Rain and Lightening

This is what we will be making




You will need PSP, Animation Shop & Sqirlz & Alien Skin Xenofex 2,

You can get Sqirlz HERE.

You can get Xenofex 2  HERE.

Get the supplies HERE.

Background 1 was made by me, background 2 is a photo taken by a friend of mine.

1. Open a new image 550 X 450
2. Copy & paste background 1 as a new layer
3. Copy & paste background 2 as a new layer & pull down so the bottom hit’s the bottom of your image.
4. Copy & paste the path as a new layer, move down a little, see my example
5. Copy & paste your image as a new layer
6. Add the copyright & your name
7. Add a new raster layer, go to Selections, select all, Selections, Modify by 5, Selections, Invert, now flood fill with your choice of color.  You can add a drop shadow if you like.  

8. Merge all, save as a jpg file
9. Open your Sqirlz program then open the image you just saved
10. Click on the red Y & click & select rain/snow only



11. Click on the rain icon



Use these settings



12. Click on the red oval on the side



13. Go around the lower part of your image like this:



14. Click on the yellow arrow to see what your animation will look like.  If it’s too fast you can change the speed in Animation Shop. If you are happy with it, click on gif to save it.  You can close Sqirlz now, you are finished with it.



15. Open Animation Shop then open the animation you just saved, you can adjust the animation frame properties if you like, Select All, then click on Animation, Frame properties, I set mine at 10
16. Now click on frame 8, go to File, Export to PSP
17. Add a new raster layer.  Go to Effects, Alien Skin Xenofex 2, Lightening & use these settings,



18. Now use your deform tool to make the lightening bolt a lot shorter so it doesn’t look like it’s hitting the little girl
19. Go to Adjust, Brightness/Contrast & use these settings then Merge Down



20. Now click on the X to close the image, a box will come up asking if you want to save the changes to the image, click NO, then it will ask if you want to update the changes back to Animation Shop, click YES.
21. In Animation Shop, resize by 85%
22. Select All, go to Animation, Cull animation & use this setting



I culled it because Photo bucket made a mess of it when I uploaded it with all 20 frames.

I hope you enjoyed doing this tutorial