Easy Underwater Animation

by kim@pixelbit.com

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Needed tools:

Paint Shop Pro 6.0 or higher

Flood

Mura Cloud

underwater.zip

Open a new image no larger than 260 X 300 Transparent

Flood with the sky gradient included in the zip file.

Open a new image same size.

Apply Mura Clouds with the following settings.

Use your selection tool set to circle and select a circle in your image. Press CTRL + C to copy.

Refer to your water image and press CTRL + L to paste as a new layer.

Press CTRL + A to select all.

Press CTRL + F to float.

Click Effects > 3D Effects > Cutout and apply the following settings.

Repeat the cutout but change the vertical and horizontal to -3.

Deselect.

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