Working with layers is ideal because it gives us the ability to put each item we use in creating a signature, tag, top, etc. .. separated by transparent layers. Thus, we can move, remove, add another item, etc., without others suffering any alteration.

To see more about them, the layers press here

The materials for this tutorial, you can download them here

Keep the tube of the star on the folder where you have stamps Tubes or yours.

The font you use is the Solid Haulnhouse already included them in other tutorials And I attached a small group of fairies for all LittleDollsSD.pspimage

Let's ride, the first image with the signature.

1, Open a new transparent image 300/220 px. The first thing we do is rename it to identify it and not get lost. In the layers palette Rename:

click Rename (Rename) and right on the layer, we see that we can write the new name.

The call 'fairy'

Tip to copy the Fairy Here

2 ° We have the image we want to put our firm opened with the PSP, we stand on it, and we see that the top color of the image is stronger than the others:

so we know we are acting on that image. With the second mouse button, which shows we will click the arrow opens a drop-and select Copy:

3 ° Now we activate the image at first, do another click (always with the second mouse button ;) on top of it and the drop-select Paste / Paste as new image:

4 ° We spent the cursor over the image where you want to paste the fairy and we see that we can place it wherever you want, to lock in place that we like, just click with the mouse and stay there, but selected, so we move again until we remove the selection, with the Move tool:

Select / Deselect.

5 ° Add a new layer, as we know it ;) we'll put the text now, text tool: with this configuration:

As if we forgot how to put the text, click here In the Layers palette:

The renamed to Text. Remove the selection.

6 º We will give effect to the text, to make it more beautiful. As noted in the screenshot above the layer must be selected and we'll know it changes color.

Once assured that we are on the correct layer, go to Effects / 3D/Biselado Interior:

And we apply the following values:

21/25/5/-8/23/315/49/30, Beveled 2, White

7 ° If we want the fairy is above the text, let the layers palette, click on the layer of the fairy with the left mouse button and without releasing pressure, drag it up.

This simple, we can raise or lower layers to leave at will.

8 th We already have the image list, layered .. for glitter animation. Before continuing, I keep well as this, since you could use it somewhere else and have to change the text, background color etc.. Furthermore, the PSP gives us the option to save all your layers in. Psp.

See here , for with a truquis, make the three latest versions of the PSP, can read files saved in PSP format, including without problems Animation)

To save once we have applied the tricks of the tip, go to File / Save As ...

choose the folder where you want to save it, we name the file and store no more.

9 th Let us fly to the layers palette and all visible, click on any of it. With the second mouse button to open the drop down menu and look for the option Merge / Merge visible:

if we look at the Layers palette now see that we only have one and is called Merge (Merged)

We have the fairy and the text we wanted, now let's apply the glitter to create the animation later.

10 ° For an animation, we need always two or more images, which are usually copies of an original.

* Note: It is therefore appropriate to re-rename the merger, so as not to miss

To prevent then 'jump' or movements do "weird" that were not what we expected in the layers palette, look for the Duplicate option in this case, we will do twice:

we stay in the following way the layers palette:

11 º We now proceed to the most delicate part of an animation but tranquis ... right?? no big deal

As the layers palette in the screenshot above, only we have to hide the two copies, and be sure that we are in the original here:

The layer in which the effects will we do now, is the first, the original. Copies are hidden and so must be non tiing

Let's now 12 º tool Tubes look for the star to apply in our image:

Will scale a value of 20 and others as they are:

And apply it in several places the tube:

I show more or less where I put them, because in this background is not much appreciate the contrast but this is to everyone's taste and the amount put, I do not get many because I think it looks better if they are few, but everyone's taste okay?

13 º In the Layers palette, hide the layer you just applied the tube and activate the following:

And repeat the application of the tube, changing the scale value to 40 and trying to change where we apply the previous layer.

14 º Finally, hide this layer and activate the same way the third. Change the value to 60, and just try to make them more or less where they are not in the other layers

15 The image is ready with its three layers, applied the tube. Before storage to store and carry the Animation. The store did as before, File / Save As ... Making sure that all layers are visible.

we will put a name and save it in a folder Set aside and later we found in the Animation.

Well, we finished in Paint Shop Pro work of preparing an image for an animation. We have started a basic understanding of layers, which we will use more and more and more complicated things, but that is the great tool of the PSP and all graphic design programs that self-respecting. Without them .. everything would be different, do not hesitate

Press to finish the job here .

* Note: In the second page of the tip, you will see how to optimize the animation so there is no pixelated edges of text.