Let It Rain

Supplies Needed

1 tube of choice.  I'm using the adorable artwork of Lisa Victoria which you can purchase from Up Your Art.  You must have a license to use.

Font of choice - I'm using R Young here

Weescotlass Mask 138 here

Plug Ins used:

Mura’s Meister - Copies

Van Der Lee Snowflake

Animation Shop

“Let it Rain” is a tagger size scrap kit created by Stu of Creative Crazy Scraps and can be purchased from Scraps From the Heart.  Thank you Stu for such a wonderful kit.

  

This tutorial was written assuming you have working knowledge of PSP. 

~♥~ Let’s get started ~♥~

Open up a 700 x 700 blank canvas.

Flood fill white.

Copy and paste 16 as a new layer.

Resize 80%

Free Rotate Left 90 degrees.

Click inside each rectangle with your Magic Wand.

Selections/Modify/Expand by 4.

New Raster layer below the frame.

Copy and paste Paper 1 Into Selection.

New Raster layer.

Flood fill with #59b6ec

Change the Properties to Color.

Copy and paste 7 as a new layer below the frame – Move into position – see my tag for reference.

Selections/Invert

Tap the delete key.

Deselect.

Copy and paste your tube as a new layer.

If you’re using the same tube as I did, resize 80% and snug the edges up to the frame – see my tag for reference.

Paste your tube again as a new layer just above the flood fill layer.

Change the Properties to Soft Light and move into position – see my tag for reference.

Highlight the flood fill layer.

Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.

Highlight the tube layer just above it and tap the delete key.

Deselect.

New Raster layer just below the frame layer – Name this layer Rain 1

Apply Van Der Lee – Snowflakes:

Match your settings to mine – moving the Random Seed button where you like.

Close the layer out.

New Raster layer – Name it Rain 2.

Repeat the above step accept move the Random Seed Button a little.

Close the layer out.

New Raster layer – Name it Rain 3.

Repeat the above step.

New Raster layer – Name it Rain 4.

Repeat the above step.

Open up Rain 1 layer.

To each Rain layer:
Adjust/Blur/Motion Blur - 
Angle: 28
Strength: 30%
OK

Copy and paste 30 as a new layer.

Resize 5%

Apply Mura’s Meister – Copies:  Encircle.

Use default settings accept change Number to 25.

OK

Make your Target Tool active and change the new circle element you just made to #59b6ec.

Duplicate and change the color to #87a861.

Move both circle elements into position – see my tag for reference.

Add your elements.  I used:

37:  Resize 15%/Duplicate 3x’s

8;  Resize 30%

Highlight your white canvas. 

New Raster Layer. 

Select All. 

Copy and paste Paper 13 Into Selection.

Deselect. 

Apply the mask. 

Merge Group.

Add your copyrights.

Add your name.

Copy Merged.

~Time to Animate~

Open up Animation Shop.

Edit/Paste/As New Animation.

Back in PSP.

Close out Rain 1 layer.

Open up Rain 2 layer.

Copy Merged.

Carry into AS.

Edit/Paste/After Current Frame.

Back in PSP.

Close out Rain 2 layer.

Open up Rain 3 layer.

Copy Merged.

Carry into AS.

Edit/Paste/After Current Frame.

Back in PSP.

Close out Rain 3 layer.

Open up Rain 4 layer.

Copy Merged.

Carry into AS.

Edit/Paste/After Current Frame.

Animation/Frame Properties:

Change the Display time to 15.

OK

Animation/Resize Animation:

Percentage of Original checked

Width & Height: 80

OK

Save if you like the animation.

   

I’d love to see your results.

Email me!

Hugs,

Bev