Multi Effects

Applying multiple effects to the same image

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Open a new image 300 X 300 transparent.

Activate your text tool and apply the text that you would like for the first word.

Apply Inner Bevel. I used the round preset with the bevel width reduced to 6.

Apply Drop Shadow. Below are the settings.

Move your text to the top of the image. It should look something like this.

Make a new layer.

Apply the text that you would like for the second word. Repeat the Inner Bevel but do not apply Drop Shadow.

Save your image.

Open Animation shop. Click Files > Preferences > General Program Preferences.

Click the Layered Files Tab.

Check "Keep layers as separate frames" is checked and click ok.

Click File > Open. Open the image that you just saved in PSP. You should have 2 frames.

Click on the second frame to select it.

Click Effects > Insert Image Effect.

In the Image Effects window, select the Rotate effect with the settings shown below. Click OK.

Press CTRL + A to select all.

Export your animation to paint Shop Pro.

In Paint shop Pro, you should have an image that looks something like this.

Save your image in psp format. Close the image.

Back to animation shop. Close the animation that you have open.

Open your General Program Preferences window again. This time check "Each frame shows first and current layers" and click ok.

Click File > Open. Open the image that you just saved in PSP.

The first frame will look like this. Please click on it so that only frame 1 is selected. Press the delete button on your keyboard.

Press CTRL + A to select all. Right click on your image and select Frame Properties.

The default number here is 10. Change it to 20 and click ok.

Click on the last frame so that only the last frame is selected. Right click and select Frame Properties again. Change the number to 100 and click ok.

Select all frames again. Right click and select Animation Properties.

You have to have a colored background or the Drop Shadow will look "funky".

Click on Opaque and select the color that you'd like for your background.

Your animation should look something like this.

Ready to add another effect?

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