Animated butterfly

Whatever you create from using my tutorial is your but please don't steal my work.

This is a somewhat lengthy tutorial.
The arrow below is drag able.
Grab it and drag it to help you keep your spot.

Click here to download the butterfly that I used.
If you have a butterfly that you would prefer to use, feel free to do so.
Zoom in.

Use your lasso tool set to point to point.
Select the left wing. Be very careful not to select any of the body.Delete. Deselect.

Your image will look like this now.

Select the right wing the same way. Click on the wing to form the selection around the wing.
Click Selections > Promote selection to layer.

In your layer palette you should have two layers. the bottom layer is the body only.
The top later is the right wing only. If you still have a right wing connected to the body on the bottom layer,
make the bottom layer active and press delete.
Make the top layer active. Duplicate.
Use your deformation (PSPX calls this the pick tool)
Grab the node along the right edge and push in toward the center slightly. No more than 1/8 inch.

Apply your deformation. Duplicate the top layer.
Apply deformation the same way pushing the node along the right edge in slightly.

Apply the deformation. Duplicate.
Deform one more time.

Your layer palette should look a little like the one below.

Save your image in psp format.
If you are using PSP 8 or higher,
save AS, in the save window click on options.
Make sure your image is PSP 7 compatible.

Open Animation shop.
Click File > Preferences > General Program Preferences > Layered Files.
Check Each frame shows first and current. Click ok.

Open your image.
You will have 5 frames. The first frame is the body only. The other four frames have both body and right wing.
Click on frame 1 to be sure it is selected. Press your delete key.

Go back to preferences.
This time check Keep layers as separate frames. Click ok

Open the same image.
This time it looks a little different
the first frame has the body only.
the other frames have right wings only.
Select all (CTRL + A)
Mirror (CTRL + M)

While all frames are selected, copy (CTRL + C)

Make your original image active.
Select all.
Paste into selected (CTRL + E) and place the left wing where it is supposed to go.

Press SHIFT + D to make a duplicate. Click on frame 1.
Press and hold your CTRL key and click on frame 4.Delete.

Now your duplicate has only two frames.
Select all.
Click Animation > Reverse frames.
Copy.

Back to your original image.
Click on frame 4 to be sure that only frame 4 is selected.
Paste after current frame.

That's it. All you have to do now is save it.
I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial.