Ballerina

This tutorial was written
by Sarah Fiack on
August 20,2013
Any resemblance to another
tutorial is purely coincidental.
I am using 1 tube by Gennadiy Koufay.
This artist is no longer selling tubes. I purchased
the tube when the artist sold at CILM.

I am also using the scrap Prima Ballerina
by Inzpired Creations which you can purchase
here

Animation 326
by Simone Scrappy Bit Of Fun
here

Mask by Moonbeams & Spiderwebs
MB & SW Mask 19
Blog

Animation Shop

Open a 700x700 new image.
Open up your tube, closeup and scrap supplies.

Open a grass pile element.
Copy and paste as a new layer.
Paste your tube as a new layer.
Position on the pile.

Open a brick wall element.
Paste as a new layer.
Position behind your previous
layers. Duplicate this layer & mirror.

Select an Effiel Tower element.
Paste on the bottom layer. Position
as wanted in the center of the tag
behind the brick wall layers.

Open hanging ballet slippers.
Resize 45%.
Paste on left side of the tag.
Position so they appear to be haning
from the brick wall.

Open a dress model.
Paste behind the grass pile
layer on the right side of the tag.

Open a table element.
Resize 35%
Paste on bottom front right corner
of the tag.
Repeat with a wine bottle. Paste on
top of the table.

Open a violin element.
Resize 40%.Position to appear
to be leaning against the table.

Open a ballet mirror. Position
between the grass and brick wall
layers. Move down to the bottom half
of the tag.

Add a drop shadow to the layers
tube, pile, and mirror.
2,2,50,5 black

Open hearts element.
Resize 50%.
Paste as a new layer on the upper
left side of the tag.

Open a button element.
Resize 50% Paste twice on the tag.
One on each upper side of the tag.

Paste a paper of choice as a new layer
on the bottom layer of the tag.
Apply the mask MB & SW Mask 19.
Merge group.

Merge layers. Add wordart or text
of choice to your tag.
Crop to desired size.
Add artist copyright information & name.

To animate, put a white background on the bottom
layer of the tag.

In Animation shop, open animation of choice.

Copy your tag as copy merged. Now go to Animation shop
and paste as a new animation.
Duplicate for the required number of frames
as your animation has.

For the animation I am using, it has 21
frames. This means I have to duplicate
the tag image for a total of 21 frames.
To duplicate, hold down Ctrl and repeatedly
press the L button.
Down on the bottom right corner of AS,
it will show how many frames you have.

Once you have all the frames needed,
edit - select all.
Now on your animation, select all - copy.
Drag onto your tag image.
Select all - view animation.
If happy, save as gif.