Ok, this tutorial requires two programs. I don't have the newest versions of them, but I'm pretty sure it's sort of the same.

 

 

 

For this tutorial we're going to be using this image:

 

 

 

 

 

 

The goal is to get the word "California" to be glittery once we're done. I'm going to try to make this tutorial as simple as possible.

 

 

 

1. The first thing you need to do is open Paint Shop Pro. On my computer (Windows XP) it's Start>>All Programs>>Jasc Software>>Jasc Paint Shop Pro 8. It might be different for your computer if you use a different version.

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Now copy the image we're using, right click, and select "Paste As New Image." Paste this image 3 times. It's very important there are three of them.

 

 

 

3. There should be a toolbar to the left of the window and at the top there ia a button with an arrow called "Pan tool." Click on this. There should now be a toolbar above that with a zoom. Set the zoom percent to "200%" on one of the images.

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Now your image should be twice the normal size. Go back to the toolbar on the left and click on the arrow next to the "Selection" tool and select "Magic Wand."

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. Using the magic wand tool, click inside all the letters of "California."

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. Now go to the very top toolbar and click on "Adjust." Then click on "Add/Remove Noise" and then on "Add Noise." A box should pop up. Set the presets to "Default". Click the radio button for "Random" and set noise to 75%. Then click ok.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. Now go to "File" and click "Save As." Name your image and then add a 1 after it. For example, I named my image "cali" so this part would be "cali1". Make sure you save it in a file where you know where to find it later. Make sure you save it as a GIF.

 

 

 

 

 

 

8. A window should pop up looking like the window below. Just click OK.

 

 

 

 

 

 

9. Repeat steps 4-8 on the other two images, naming them cali2 and cali3 when saved (or whatever you named them with a 2 and a 3 at the end.) You should now have this:

 

 

 

 

 

 

10. Once you're sure everything's saved, go ahead and close Paint Shop Pro. The hard part is over! Yay! But now you have to open up Animation Shop 3. On my computer, it's Start>>All Programs>>Jasc Sofware>>Animation Shop 3.

 

 

 

 

 

 

11. Done that? Cool. Now on the top there should be a tool bar. The first button is the "Animation Wizard." Click on that, and a window should pop up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

12. In the first window it asks a question about dimensions. Set it to "Same size as the first image fame" and click next.

 

 

 

In the next box it asks about canvas color, set it to transparent and click next.

 

 

 

In the next box there is a long paragraph that doesn't make much sense, just set it to "centered in the frame" and "with the canvas color." Click next.

 

 

 

The next box asks you about looping. Click yes, and set it to 10/100ths of a second and click next.

 

 

 

Now it will have a white box. Click on "Add images." Then find the file you saved "cali1", "cali2", and "cali3" in and open them. Then click next and click finish.

 

 

 

 

 

 

13. Now you should have a rectangular window that looks sort of like a timeline with all three of the images. Good, that means you did it right. Now go back to the top toolbar and click on the "View Animation" button. Now a new window should pop up and have a glittering image!

 

 

 

 

 

 

14. Viola! Congratulations, you just made a glittering image! If you did it right, it look like this:

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you have any questions, please ask! If you find any errors or misspellings please let me know and I will fix them. Thanks for reading!

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Looks pretty cool. If I had those programs, I'd try it immediately :D But since I don't, I'm not much help :(

Yays! A reply! =)

 

 

 

Yeah, I guess these programs are a bit expensive, but you have to admit, they're cheaper than Adobe Photoshop ^_^

Ooo! I have that exact same version :P Thats what made me look at this.

 

 

 

I always thought the add Noise button, added sound to the picture in some weird way o.O

 

 

 

Nice tutorial btw :D

Thanks! ^_^

 

 

 

I used to think that too when I first got the program, but my step dad taught me how to do all this stuff so now I know, lol.

nice :twisted:

 

 

 

now i can custom my own backrounds

 

 

 

ty for the tutorial

Nice again making a tut :D

 

Allways helping :P

 

 

 

~komodo

Nice tutorial there.

Thanks guys! ^_^

hehehe yes very nice cept i dont have that program. That was a waste of time making that tutoril but oh well ur time not mine :D

can u do a guide ofr dat using adobe elements 3???

Looks pretty cool. If I had those programs, I'd try it immediately :D But since I don't, I'm not much help :(

 

 

 

Diddo, I wish i had all the latest imagery programs, coz i l0v0rz imagery.