Download the files used Here  and open the files into PSP

1.  Open and minimize on your PSP workspace the three tubes that you downloaded from tut. These are the firecracker, the fireworks and the fireworks sparkle.

2.  Open a new image, 200 by 200, transparent background, save in PSP format.

3.  Make active the Fireworks RedWhBlu and go edit copy and minimize again, then make your transparent image active and go edit, paste as new layer. Rename this layer fireworks. Move the tube so is close to top center of image. Save.

4.  On your layer palette, make layer 1 active layer and then bring up the drm-firecracker tube and go edit copy and minimize it again, then go edit paste as new layer. (this keeps layer one as a blank layer)

5.  Duplicate your firecracker layer 5 times so you have a total of 6 firecracker layers. Rename all the firecracker layers in order from bottom up to be R1 to R6. Save.

6.  Move R1 to be at bottom center of the image, with the black motion trails not visable.

7.  Move each rocket layer up about 3/4 the height of previous rocket until R6 is touching the first part of the fireworks layer. Save.

8.  Make your fireworks layer active and add a new raster layer.

9.  Make your foreground and background style box on colour palette white.

10.  Select your text tool and use a fat font such as bellbottom, or balloon and type in your name. Antialias checked, and size around 26. Use mover tool to move font so it sits centered on the fireworks.

11.  While you name is selected (in ants) go to selections, save to alpha channel and okay and okay to save selection. Save your image.

12.  Make active your fireworks sparkle and on layer palette, make layer 1 active. Go Edit copy, edit paste as new image and minimize this image. Make layer 2 now your active layer and go edit copy, edit paste as new image, and minimize this image. Finally, make layer 3 active and go edit copy, edit paste as new image, and minimize this image. Close your fireworks sparkle.

13.  Set your foreground style box to pattern, and browse in preview patterns and select the first of the three patterns showing there.

14.  Floodfill your text with this pattern and keep ants marching.

15.  Go to Effects, 3D effects, drop shadow and apply dropshadow with these settings: v & h=1, opacity=100, blur=0. Repeat drop shadow, only change V&H to minus 1. Deselect ants. (selections..select none).

16.  Add new layer, go to selections...load from alpha channel your name selection.

17.  Click on your pattern to open toggle box and browse in preview patterns and select the second of the three patterns showing there.

18.  Floodfill your text with this pattern and keep ants marching.

19.  Go to Effects, 3D effects, drop shadow and apply dropshadow with these settings: v & h=1, opacity=100, blur=0. Repeat drop shadow, only change V&H to minus 1. Deselect ants. (selections..select none).

20.  Add new layer, go to selections...load from alpha channel your name selection.

21.  Click on your pattern to open toggle box and browse in preview patterns and select the third of the three patterns showing there.

22.  Floodfill your text with this pattern and keep ants marching.

23.  Go to Effects, 3D effects, drop shadow and apply dropshadow with these settings: v & h=1, opacity=100, blur=0. Repeat drop shadow, only change V&H to minus 1. Deselect ants. (selections..select none).

24.  You could have 11 layers on this image. Save and now is time to animate. If you wish, you can close all images on PSP.

TIME TO ANIMATE

25.  Open Animation Shop.

26.  In AS, go File, open, and browse to where you have saved your image. Select your image and open. Now you should see it appear on your AS workspace. Left click and hold on the right side of your frame image so you see double arrow, then drag to the right so you pull the frames out somewhat so you can see a couple of frames.

27.  Use the slider below the frames to view frames until you get to the frame that has your fireworks image showing. (there should be a total of 11 frames.

28.  Left click on that frame only and you will see the frame get selected. It will be in highlighted in a blue/red border.

29.  Go to Animation, frame properties, toggle window will open and set speed to 30.

30.  With this frame still selected, go to Effects, insert image effect and settings are: start with animation frame=checked direction run in reverse=unchecked effect length=0.8 secs frames per second=6 fps effect=explode show preview=checked at the bottom you should see a sentence saying "effect contains a total of 4 frames" then click okay. You now have 15 frames in total.

31.  Now move your slider so you see F13 (your first name frame), left click it to select it hold down your shift key and move slider until you see your last frame name, F15 and then left click on that frame. This will select the three frames F13 to F15.

32.  Go to Animation, frame properties and set speed to 25.

33.  Let's check now and see if we are happy with our results. Go View, view animation.

34.  Close view animation and go File, Save. Name it and keep it in gif format and save to where you keep your animations then click okay. It will automatically optimize for you.

I hope you had fun making this 4th of July animation tag for yourself.

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