In this tutorial I will show you step by step using Alien Skin's Xenofex 2 constellation..
Here is the Video Tutorial if you rather watch it...
You MUST watch it on Youtube.. You can do so by clicking this link (I REMADE IT with Corel screen capture, so now you can see it clearly): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TV7Pja3ZUO8
What you need:
PaintShop, Xenofex 2, internet connection and your work of art.. Im going to use just a sample of a picture from the internet to show you.. :)
1. First you are going to open up your program (Im using PaintShop Pro X6)..
2. If you are putting a graphic together (DO NOT MERGE).. When your graphic is finished and you are ready to add Xenofex2 constellation to it, lets go to step 3..
3. On your picture (Im using a random rose), first you are going to take your magic wand tool and select the parts you want with sparkles.. and make sure you have these settings where the toolbars are..
4. Without touching your picture and all of the parts are selected that you only want sparkles.. Now you will go up to the tabs, click on effects (MUST have Xenofex 2 before you can continue), a drop list will appear and where it says Plugins you going to click that and another drop list will appear (with the programs you have installed in your plugins folder), and your going to find the one that says Alien Skin Xenofex 2 → Constellation (click it), you should have this..
5. These are the settings Im going to use for the rose..
6. When done, click on Ok and it should look like this.. As you can see, the first thing of sparkles are there, you are going to click file → save as.. It should look like this.. (Photo should stay selected, never un-select)..
7. Your going to save it as a PNG format and save it like with numbers like this.. On my first image Im naming it Rose-1
8. Now I will undo the constellation and go back to Effects → Alien Skin Xenofex 2 → Constellation and when it pops up, you are ONLY going to click RANDOM SEED one time (this will randomly move them to a different spot where you have selected).. After you click Random seed once you will then click ok..
9. Now go to File → save as, your 2nd image naming it Rose-2..
10. Now your going to undo constellation and go back got Effects → Alien Skin Xenofex 2 → Constellation and when it pops up, your going to random seed once and click ok.. Now since the last image is done, your going to save it Rose-3..
11. You should have 3 frames (images of the rose but when you view all, the sparkle will be in different areas).. Now.. Lets move on to step 12..
12. You are going to open up your internet (browser) in the URL bar you are going to put this link: http://www131.lunapic.com/editor/
13. When you are there you are going to click on More Upload Options, your going to click that.. Here's a screenshot of where it's at..
14. After clicking that you will see Upload Multiple Images Upload Images: (your going to leave everything alone, keep it Animate Images make sure it says that) it should look like this...
15. Your then going to browse and add one photo at a time (it should look like this) Rose-1 then Rose-2 and last Rose-3, when you have added all 3 of them you are going to click Upload Now!
16. You can save it like it is or you can hover over with your mouse to Animation → Edit Gif Animation (click that).. Should look like this..
17. Here is where you will change the speed faster or slower, I usually keep it as Very Fast (20 ms) and Loop Forever.. Click apply.. Now just save picture as and you save it with whatever you want to name the file.. After all is done, it should look like this.. Your photo is now complete!! :)
Hope you enjoyed this tutorial!!! :)
Have a great day *HUGS* :)
