Changing Images

 

First, I made a template to use for the tag.  I've attached mine here in case you would like to use it, but please feel free to use another if you'd like. 

 

You will need 3 or 4 images of your choosing to have change from one to the other.  You can also pick out some tubes to accent them if you'd like.

 

Let's get started.  Open your template in PSP.  Shift+D to duplicate and close the original.  On the layer with the black shape, Select All.  Selections>Float.  Selections>Defloat.  Create a new raster layer.  Go to one of your image choices, copy, paste into selection.  You should have something like this.

 

 

Repeat the add a raster layer, copy, and paste into selection process with your remaining images.  I used 3 images, so here is what I have now.

 

 

Deselect.  Now, close off all but your bottom most image layer.  Add a new raster layer then add any tubes or accents that you'd like to go with that image.

 

 

Once you have your accent layer like you want, merge it down with the image layer it goes with.  Do this for the remaining images.  Here are my 3 image layers.

 

 

Next, since I haven't already.  I'm going to make my background.  Be sure it is a background that you will want to go with all of your images.

 

 

Now, for the fun part!  Close off all image layers except for the bottom most one.  Edit>Copy Merged.  Paste into AS as a new image.  Go back to PSP and close out that image layer and open the next one.  Again, copy merged and paste into AS after current frame.  Continue doing this until all your images have been moved to AS.  Since I have 3 images I ended up with 3 frames in AS. 

 

 

Click on frame 1 to select it.  Copy then paste it after the last frame.  I now have a total of 4 frames.  Select All and set the frame properties to 80. 

 

Click on the first frame again to select it.  Go to Effects>Insert Image Transition.  Use the following settings:

 

 

Now, find the next frame that has a frame property of 80.  It should be frame #18.  Apply the same image transition effect.  You will need to do this for every frame that has a frame property of 80 except for the very last one which is your duplicate of the first frame.  You only need that one there to complete the image transition between the last image and the first image.  Once you have applied the morph transition to all the original frames, delete that last frame. 

 

I do recommend if you are doing an animation like this to make the animation before adding any text.  Otherwise, the text may become wavy and distort a little during the animation.  You can see in my animation below that although the background never actually changed, it does move a bit during the transitions. 

 

 

Have fun!

Mae