flipping works as well lol.
Ok you can hide the top flip layer
make it blind click on the glasses.
ok duplicate you bottom layer again because believe it or not we need to.
name it opening.
ok this is where things get intresting.
Well dont just sit there reading this garbage.
Start decorating it..Lol.
Opps before I really forget this you may want to have your layer pallet adjusted right
You want it in that order. At least till I tell ya other wise.
open (hidden)
opening
bottom
Rester layer 1(you can deleate this one if you want.)
Oh a word for the wise
When you decorate always place things on different layers in case you want to move this or that around.
Make sure you high lighted opening first before adding a new layer.
Ok when your done playing around hide your bottom layer and merge the rest .
Merge visable.
Rename so we dont forget.
So you have 3 layers.
open
opening
bottom.
Ok make your bottom layer active.
yah you can hide opening for now.
Well are you gonna decorate your bottom layer or what?
As before make sure you add layers in case you want to move something around.
Dont forget to merge visible when your done decorating. But Only merge the bottom layer and what ever you want on it.
Rename it bottom
Ok we should still have 3 layers if we did every thing right.
Ok lets get this thing going shall we.
Ok duplicate the bottom
Hide the original.
ok this is where it gets really tricky and fussy.
duplicate your opening layer.
Hide the original.
Ok on the copy of opening make it active
click on your deform tool.
Push the nodes in.
Middle first.
Push it in just a wee bit.
ok now the fun node to play with. This one is a bit tricky
the top one where we want it to be slanted a tad.
like so
Ok here is the trick to do this.
Hold the shift key, your mouse should be on the corner
hold the shift key and move it up a bit.
you will have a shape like appear in the corner.
Ok move it up just a tad. Ok got that done.
Okey dokey.
Dulplicate that layer
and move it again.
but this time you only have to mess with the middle node in a bit.
Ok
Yep do it again
you want a grand total of 3 of those.
4 opening layers in all.
Ok now its time to perhaps go to the bathroom
streach your legs
grab a nice cold Diet Coke.
Or smoke a ciggie. Non for me thanks I quit.
Okey dokey
Now tha we have 4 opening layers I guess we need to have a total of
5 bottom layers.
Ok merge your layers
bottom/opening hide
keep doing that till you have one
bottom layer and one open layer
merge it.
you should have a grand total of 5 layers.
Open em all up and get them in animation shop. PRONTO
Oh dont forget to watermark you work.
Crop it before you take it to animation shop.
Once in animation shop you can resize it.
Ok now to get this puppy moving.
Click on the first frame go to edit
select all
animation
frame properties and set it for 50
Ok click on the first frame again
change its properties to 400.
Click on the last frame to 500.
here is what you should have. Except decorate yours different lol
The more frames you have in the middle the smoother it is.
If you dont like how yours turned out PLEASE DON'T KILL OR HURT ME!!!!
This is just the way I did this card. It is up to the creator to make his or her own decisions.
Mazie
Written Sept 15,2004
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