Lil' Spooks
This tutorial was created by me on October 19, 2008.
Any similarities to any other tutorial are purely accidental and not intentional.
Please do not copy or post on another site without permission.
Supplies needed:
PSP
(I wrote this in X but any version will work)
Animation Shop
Plugins: No external filters needed for this tutorial
No tubes needed for this tutorial
Font of choice – I used Penguin Attack HERE
Scrap Kit (PTU): “SPOOKY” by Mirella of
Scrapity Scrap and More HERE
(visit Mirella’s blog HERE)
Template: Template 14 by me HERE
(don’t forget to leave some love)
Let’s get started!
Open your template in PSP
Image > Canvas size = 750 X 675, center placement
Click on sq background layer
Selections > Float > Defloat
Open Paper 15
Copy and paste as a new layer
Selections > Invert
Hit delete
Click on sq background frame layer
Selections > Float > Defloat
Open Paper 13
Copy and paste as a new layer
Selections > Invert > Delete
Add drop shadow
0, 0, 75, 10
Click on large rectangular background layer
Selections > Float > Defloat
Open Paper 2
Copy and paste as a new layer
Selections > Invert > Delete
Click on large rectangular frame layer
Selections > Float > Defloat
Open Paper 11
Copy and paste as a new layer
Selections > Invert > Delete
Add same drop shadow
Click on rectangular background layer
Selections > Float > Defloat
Open Paper4
Selections > Invert > Delete
Click on rectangular frame background layer
Activate your manual color correction tool
Change your Source color to #404040 and your Target color to #000000
Adjust > Add/Remove Noise > Add Noise
Uniform, 83, Monochrome checked
Repeat Noise
Add same drop shadow
Click on center rectangle layer
Selections > Float > Defloat
Open Paper9
Copy and paste as new layer
Selections > Invert > Delete
Add same drop shadow
Click on small left bg layer
Selections > Float > Defloat
Open Paper7
Copy and paste as new layer
Selections > Invert > Delete
Click on small center bg layer
Selections > Float > Defloat
Open Paper8
Copy and paste as new layer
Selections > Invert > Delete
Click on small right bg layer
Selections > Float > Defloat
Open Paper6
Copy and paste as new layer
Selections > Invert > Delete
Merge your 3 small backgrounds together
Click on center frames layer
Selections > Float > Defloat
Open Paper3
Copy and paste as new layer
Resize by 80%
Selections > Invert > Delete
Add same drop shadow
Open Clipart_spider
Copy and paste as a new layer
Resize by 60% and position on top left of your purple frame
(see mine for placement)
Drag layer below your small left background layer
Sharpen and add a drop shadow
0, 0, 80, 7
Click on your top layer of your layers palette
Open Clipart_bat
Image > Mirror
Copy and paste as a new layer
Resize by 60% and sharpen
Position at top right of your canvas
Add same drop shadow
Open Clipart_mummie
Copy and paste as a new layer
Drag below center frames layer and center on the left background
Use your eraser or selection tool to remove any of the mummie showing outside of the frame
Add a drop shadow
0, 0, 80, 7
Open Clipart_frankenstein
Copy and paste as a new layer
Resize by 30% and free rotate 20 degrees right
Center on right small frame background
Sharpen and add same drop shadow
Click on your center frames layer
Open Clipart_cat
Copy and paste as new layer
Resize by 80% and sharpen
Position over center frame
(see mine for placement)
Add same drop shadow
Rename cat open
Duplicate layer and rename cat closed
Click on your cat closed layer and zoom in on the eyes
Activate your clone brush 
and use the following settings:
Right click on the yellow part of the left eye
Then put your cursor over the eyeball and left click
Repeat both steps until the eyeball is completely removed
Do the same for the right eye
When you are finished, hide the closed eye layer
Open Clipart_spook
Copy and paste as new layer
Resize by 80% and sharpen
Position at the bottom right of your canvas
Add same drop shadow
Rename spook open
Duplicate layer and rename spook closed
Repeat the same steps you did with the cat’s eyes
for the spook's eyes
Hide spook closed layer when you are done
Open Clipart_Hat2
Copy and paste as new layer
Resize by 40% and free rotate 20 degrees left
Position over cat’s head
Sharpen and add the same drop shadow
Open Clipart_Pumpkin
Copy and paste as new layer
Resize by 60% and position at the bottom left of your canvas
Sharpen and add the same drop shadow
Open Clipart_Ghostsign
Copy and paste as new layer
Resize by 75% and sharpen
Drag layer below your purple rectangle
(see mine for placement)
Sharpen and add the same drop shadow
Click on the top layer of your layers palette
Open Bow1
Copy and paste as new layer
Resize by 65% and position at the top left of your purple frame
Sharpen and add the same drop shadow
Open Brad3
Copy and paste as new layer
Resize by 40% and position at the top right of your purple rectangle
(see mine for placement)
Sharpen and add the same drop shadow
Open CrumpleRibbon2
Copy and paste as new layer
Resize by 60% and position at the top of your purple rectangle
Drag ribbon layer below spider layer
(see mine for placement)
Sharpen and add the same drop shadow
Image > Canvas size
Change height to 700, bottom placement
Add your copyright and any text
Image > Resize by 66% all layers checked
Hide your white background
***your cat closed layer and your spook closed layers
should be hidden***
Edit > Copy Merged
Open Animation Shop
Ctrl V to paste as new animation
Back in PSP
Hide your spook open layer and unhide your spook closed layer
Edit > Copy Merged
Back in AS
Edit > Paste After Current Frame
Hit your right arrow once to activate new frame
Back in PSP
Hide your spook closed layer and unhide your spook open layer
Back in AS
Edit > Paste After Current Frame
Hit your right arrow once to activate new frame
Back in PSP
Hide your cat open layer and unhide your cat closed layer
Back in AS
Edit > Paste After Current Frame
Ctrl A to select all frames
Animation > Animation Properties
Click Opaque and change color to white
Hit OK
Click on Frame 2
Edit > Copy
Click on Frame 3
Edit > Paste after Current Frame
Click on Frame 2
Hold your shift key down and click on Frame 4
Animation > Frame Properties > 15
Click on Frame 1
Animation > Frame Properties > 50
Click on Frame 5
Animation > Frame Properties > 25
Animation > Resize Animation (if necessary)
View > Animation
File > SAVE AS!!!!
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