this tutorial was written by me on 15th November 2007
please do not take, re-write or copy as your own, any resemblence to any
other tutorial is purely coincidental

my supplies

open new transparent image 600x600 ( we will resize later)
flood fill with white
open the frames supplied and paste as new layer
select your magic wand
click inside the centre frame
selections > modify > expand by 2

open the paper1 and copy and paste as a new layer

selections > invert > hit delete
move layer below the frame

go back to the top layer (frame)
select the magic wand tool and select the left frame this time
(make sure you select the little bit too)

selections > modify > expand by 2

open the paper2 and copy and paste as a new layer

selections > invert > hit delete > selections > select none

repeat these steps for the right frame using paper2 again

selections > select none

select your magic wand tool and select inside the inner part of the frame

selections > modify > expand by 2

open the tube and copy then paste as a new layer
use your mover tool to place the part of her you want showing, when happy selections > invert
hit delete

selections > select none
lower the opacity to 54 and drag below the frame layer

hide the background layer
layers > merge > merge visible

effects > 3d effects > drop shadow

unhide background

add a new raster and drag to top if not already there
use your colour picker to choose a colour from the tube
flood fill this layer

open up the mask supplied and minimise in psp
layers > new layer from mask

right click the mask layer in the palette and > layers > merge > merge group
drag this layer to above your background

duplicate

open your tube and paste as a new layer > image > resize > 75%

place to the right hand side of the centre frame
select your selection tool and set to feather to 25, and drag around the bottom of the tube and hit delete
to take away the harsh edges, when you are happy > selections > select none

then using the freehand selection tol, take away part of the right arm

selections > select none

hide all layers apart from the 2 masks and merge them visible
add the copyright and your watermark

and any text that you would like on it

duplicate this mask layer twice to make a total of 3 layers and name them 1,2 and 3

effects > xenofex2 > constellation

repeat this for the other 2 layers but change the random seed

hide 2 and 3 and copy merged and paste into animation shop

hide 1 and unhide 2 and copy merged and paste after current frame in animation shop

hide 2 and unhide 3 and copy merged and paste after current frame in animation shop

view animation and save