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This tutorial written by Cathy on December 5, 2003.

 

 

*** FINISHING OUR ROOF ***

1. Turn off the visibility for all but your "roof" and "chimney" layers.

2. Make your "roof" layer active and convert to raster (Layers/Convert to Raster Layer).

3. Select all (Selections/Select All); float (Selections/Float); defloat (Selections/Defloat).

4. Change your foreground color to white and click on your Airbrush tool with the following settings:

  • Shape: round

  • Size: 25

  • Hardness: 50

  • Step: 25

  • Density: 50

  • Thickness: 100

  • Rotation: 0

  • Opacity: 100

  • Blend Mode: normal

  • Rate: 5

5. Spray the top portion of your roof to add "snow":


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6. Repeat steps 1-5 for your "chimney" layer, this time adding a little "snow" to the bottom of your chimney:

7. Deselect (Selections/Select None).

8. Make your bottom layer (Raster1/Layer1) active. Rename this layer "background".

9. Use any color/pattern to make your background (I chose to make a night sky).

10. Click on your "roof" layer and add a new raster layer. Name this new layer "frame".

11. With your "frame" layer active:

  • Select all (Selections/Select All)

  • Contract by 10 (Selections/Modify/Contract)

  • Invert (Selections/Invert)

  • Flood fill with black

12. Merge your "frame", "roof", "chimney" and "background" layers. Rename this layer "roof".

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*** COMBINING OUR LAYERS ***

1. Click on your "mouse1" layer and send to the bottom. (Layers/Arrange/Send to Bottom).

2. Click on your "mouse2" layer and send to the bottom. (Layers/Arrange/Send to Bottom).

3. Click on your "mouse3" layer and send to the bottom. (Layers/Arrange/Send to Bottom).

4. Click on your "mouse4" layer and send to the bottom. (Layers/Arrange/Send to Bottom).

5. Click on your "roof" layer and sent to the bottom. (Layers/Arrange/Send to Bottom). Your Layer Palette should now look like this:


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6. We have 8 layers with mice on them so we need 8 copies of our roof. Make sure your "roof" layer is active and duplicate 7 times (Layers/Duplicate). Your Layer Palette should look like this:

9. Turn off the visibility for all but your "roof" and "mouse4" layers.

10. With your "mouse" layer active, click on your Eraser Tool and change your settings to the following:

  • Shape: Round

  • Size: 1-10

  • Hardness: 100

  • Step: 1

  • Density: 100

  • Thickness: 100

  • Rotation: 0

  • Opacity: 100

10. Erase the any portion of your mouse which is not above the chimney, to get the following:

 

11. Merge these two layers (Layers/Merge Visible); rename this layer "frame1" and turn off this layer's visibility.

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12. Turn on the visibility for your "mouse3" and "Copy of roof" layers.

13. If needed, use your Mover Tool to move your mouse so that there is no red showing to the side of your chimney, then use your Eraser Tool (same settings) to erase all of your mouse that is over the chimney.

14. Merge these two layers (Layers/Merge Visible); rename this layer "frame2" and turn off this layer's visibility.

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15. Turn on the visibility for your "mouse2" and "Copy(2) of roof" layers.

16. Make sure your "mouse2" layer is active and use your Eraser Tool (same settings) to erase all of your mouse that is over the chimney. Merge these two layers (Layers/Merge Visible); rename this layer "frame3" and turn off this layer's visibility.

17. Turn on the visibility for your "mouse1" and "Copy(3) of roof" layers.

18. Make sure your "mouse1" layer is active and use your Eraser Tool (same settings) to erase all of your mouse that is over the chimney. Merge these two layers (Layers/Merge Visible); rename this layer "frame4" and turn off this layer's visibility.

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19. Turn on the visibility for your "Copy(4) of roof" layer and ALL of your "greeting" layers.

20. At this point you can use your Mover Tool to arrange/rearrange your mice if you'd like.

21. I decided I wanted mine to appear to be floating down to the roof, so I moved them as shown below:



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22. Once you are happy with the placement of you mice, turn off the visibility for all layers.

23. Turn on the visibility for your "Copy(4) of roof" layer and your "greeting4" layers.

24. Merge these two layers (Layers/Merge Visible); rename this layer "frame5" and turn off this layer's visibility.

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25. Turn on the visibility for your "Copy(5) of roof" layer and your "greeting3" layers.

26. Merge these two layers (Layers/Merge Visible); rename this layer "frame6" and turn off this layer's visibility.

27. Turn on the visibility for your "Copy(6) of roof" layer and your "greeting2" layers.

28. Merge these two layers (Layers/Merge Visible); rename this layer "frame7" and turn off this layer's visibility.

29. Turn on the visibility for your "Copy(7) of roof" layer and your "greeting end" layers.

30. Merge these two layers (Layers/Merge Visible); rename this layer "frame8".

31. Turn on the visibility for all layers (Layers/View/All).

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31. You should now have 8 layers, named "frame1" through "frame8", from bottom to top as shown below:

32. Make sure all your layers are visible.

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Animating our Image

 

 

 

All Art Work & Graphics Designed by Cathy
This tutorial originally posted on December 6, 2003

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Revised: April 06, 2008.