Winter Wonderland FTU Tut

Supplies Needed:

PSP: I used PSP9, but any version should do.

 Kit of Choice: I used Glisten by imagic reflections. You can find it here.

 Tube of Choice: I used a tube by Erica Leigh Currey. You can find it here at The PSP Project. Please do not use without the proper license!

Mask Of Choice: I used WSL_Mask84 here.

 Font of Choice: I used Acorn Swash. It is a PTU font.

(Optional) VDL Snowflake here

(Optional) Animation Shop 3

Let's get started!

New canvas 600X600
C/P Frame_09 resize 65%
Select inside frame with magic wand expand by 5
C/P paper of choice (I used Paper_11 resized 65%)
Invert selection & delete
Deselect & move paper below frame

C/P elements of choice
I used the following:
Icicles resized 65% & brightened
Snowman resized 65%
Tree_01 resized 60%
Tree_03 resized 65%
Tree_05 resized 60%
FallenSnow_03 reiszed 60%
Tree_07
Frame_03 resized 65% duplicated & mirrored

(Optional) I recolored everything to make it a little brighter.

C/P tube resize if needed

D/S everything

C/P paper of choice (I used p07_KOW_Schnegge)
Apply mask & merge group

Crop & resize now

Add name, words & copyright

To Animate:
Add 3 new layers
Rename them Snow 1, Snow 2 & Snow 3
On Snow 1 apply VDL Snowflakes with these settings:
Amount-65 Minimum size-0 Maximum size-12 Hardness-100 Tranparency-0 Snow color- Basic Snow Random Seed-0

Apply the same settings to Snow2 & Snow3, changing random seed each time

Hide Snow2 & Snow3
Copy Merged and paste into Animation Shop
Back in PSP hide Snow1 & unhide Snow2
Copy Merged and Paste After Current Frame in Animation Shop
Back in PSP hide Snow2 & unhide Snow3
Copy Merged and Paste After Current Frame in Animation Shop
In Animation Shop Select All
Change the frame properties to 15 & Animation Properties to Opaque White

View & save