mommy2raven

Ok can anyone help me...
Does anyone know a link to a site that shows you how to make blinkies cause after a day of trying im admitting defeat!!!
Thanks Bailey xoxoxoxox

lilmumma

hope this helps

should work for any template
For this tutorial you will need:
PSP (I used 10, but any verison should work)
Animation Shop
A Tube
Blinkie Template

Open your blinkie template, duplicate (shift + D) and close the original.

Open your tube, duplicate (shift + D) and close the original.

Image>Resize - to fit in the template (approximately 70 pixels in height).

Adjust>Sharpness - as needed

Choose 2 colors from your tube - one light and one dark.

Open the Template image, Edit>Copy (make sure you have the template layer highlighted - not the credits layer)

File>New>Transparent image 300x300

Edit>Paste>Paste as new layer

**NOTE** If you would like to change the color of the blinkie outline from black to your darker color - open the template image, copy and paste into the new transparent image as new selection, flood fill the selection with your darker color - Selections>Select None

Select your Magic Wand tool with these settings


select the outer portion of the template



Flood fill with your dark color

Add any texture or noise effect you would like.

Selections>Select None

Select the Inner Box and the Small Squares with your Magic Wand tool (same settings as before)


Flood Fill with your light color

Selections>Select None

Open your resized tube, Edit>Copy

Open your blinkie

Edit>Paste as a new layer

Using the Mover Tool, reposition your tube

Add any Text and effects you would like.

Layers>Add a new raster layer and apply your watermark.

Layers>Merge>Merge Visible

At this point you may want to crop the image around the frame.

Layers>Duplicate (the number of layers depends on the number of squares you will have blinking - as this template has 4 squares on each side - you will need a total of 4 layers)


In the layer palette, close off the visibility of all the layers (click the eye to close the layer), except the top layer.

Select the top left square and the bottom right square with your Magic Wand tool (same settings as before)


Flood fill with your dark color

Selections>Select None

Close this layer and open and highlight the next layer.

Select the next square down on the left and the next square up on the right.

Repeat the above steps, until all the small squares have been filled with the dark color.

Open the visibility on all the layers and highlight the top layer

Save this image as a PSP Animation Shop image or as a PSP compatible image.

Launch Animation Shop and open your image.

View the animation and if it is to your liking, save with the gif optimizer.

**NOTE** If you would like to increase or decrease the blinking
Edit>Select All

Animation>Frame Properties and change the frame speed

Most blinkies look best at the default speed of 10

HOPE THIS HELPS A LITTLE LOL

edit:- mine made this btw

Suz

WOW thats fantastic hun. thanks for the demo