SnowGlobe

"SnowGlobe"

What you need:

Tube of choice, I used artwork by Elias Chatzoudis

Scrapkit of choice, I used "Santa's Kingdom" by NLD

*This is a bit pricey compared to some kits, but well worth it.
However any scrap kit or elements you may have on hand will work just as well.

Font of choice, I used defatted milk

Graphic Program of choice, I use PSPX2

Animation Shop 

Supplies Included :

Snowglobe, created by me

Animated Snow

*The snow globe is fixed, and is available in PSD, PSPImage and individual PNG files*

Let's begin!

1. Open all of your supplies

2. Open your snowglobe image

Adjust canvas size to 600x600 pixels

*You can trim it down later

(Go to Image>Canvas Size>600x600)

Select the Background layer of the snowglobe

C/P as a new selection onto a color, paper or gradient of choice

Promote Background layer

Crop to selection

C/P the new background on above the old one in the template

Delete the old layer

If you need to adjust the position, simply de-select the glass bubble and light reflect layers to easily move it around

This may take a couple tries to get it right

3. Once the background is in place, you can begin to build your snowglobe scene

You will need re-size the elements many times to get the to fit perfectly inside the globe itself

Add drop shadows to give the appearance of depth

Once you have the outdoor scene built, C/P the tube of choice above the background layer

Trim as needed or re-size

*Add copyright info and name now*

Once you are ready to add the snow, create a new raster layer above the tube layer

Now go back down to your background layer and using your magic wand, with the "Match Mode" set to "none", select the circle background

Now highlight the new raster layer above the tube layer you just created

Open Animation Shop

*We will now begin the animated portion of this tutorial*

4. Open the animated snow included or one of your choice

Copy the first frame and paste it as a new image into PSP

Using your flood fill tool, add it to the selection on the blank layer above the tube

Save as frame 1

Go back to PSP and hit the undo button until just the blank layer is selected again with the dancing ants

Go back into animation shop and Copy the second frame

Repeat these steps until you have created the exact amount of frames as the animated snow

5. Using your animation wizard, open all of the finished frames you created

Select the speed, I used 10

Press play, and if you are happy with the speed save and you are done!

This tutorial was created on Dec. 15, 2009 at 1:50 AM by Pimp'd Tagz