Step One - First Animation Frame

• Start Animation Shop. Position Animation Shop and Paint Shop Pro so that you can easily get at both of them.

In Paint Shop Pro hide the top two Gold Layers shown in the example on the right. It does not matter which layer you have highlighted at this point. Go to Edit/Copy Merged
Go to Animation Shop and right click anywhere on the blank canvas and a "Paste as New Animation" message will appear. Click on that message and your first frame will show in Animation Shop.

Step Two - Second Animation Frame

Go back to Paint Shop Pro. Hide "Gold 1" layer and remove the X from "Gold 2" layer. Go to Edit/Copy Merged
Go back to Animation Shop and right click on the Title Bar of your first frame and choose "Paste After Current Frame" from the menu. Your second frame has now been added to the animation. If you cannot see both frames, pull the animation out to the side and both frames will be revealed. Click on the second frame to select it. It will have a blue edge around it if it is selected.

Step Three - Third (and last) Frame

Go back to Paint Shop Pro. Hide "Gold 2" layer and remove the X from "Gold 3" (top) layer. Go to Edit/Copy Merged
Go back to Animation Shop. Make sure there is a blue border around the second frame and again right click on the Title Bar and choose "Paste After Current Frame" from the menu. Your third, and last, frame has now been added to the animation.

Step four - View Animation

• Still in Animation Shop, click on the View Animation Button    or go to View/Animation to make sure you can see the sparklin'. If so, all you need to do is save your animation.

• Go to File/Save As and give your animation a name. You will then be taken through a series of windows allowing you to set the quality of the animation. I have chosen the Best quality and simply clicked through the rest of the frames.

Here is my result from this tutorial. I have added a border around the Animation in HTML because it is a different color than the background on this page.

• You can then close Animation Shop and go back to Paint Shop Pro and save your original .pspimage if you like.

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial. Thanks to all who try it out!

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