Winter Warmth tut (Animated)

Supplies Used:

Hot Winter tube by Jose Cano. Get it at SATC.

Hot Winter kit by Tasha's Playground. Get it at SATC.

Picture frame of choice.

Eyecandy 4000 Gradient Glow

Eyecandy 5 Nature: Fire

Animation Shop

Font: Frosty

Open a new image size 500 by 500.

C/P Paper 8.

Apply your picture frame.

C/P Fireplace.  Resize by 50%. Dropshadow.

C/P Snowflakes 2. Resize by 75%. Dropshadow.

Move Snowflakes under the top of the fireplace.

C/P Snowflakes. Resize by 30%.

Duplicate the hanging snowflakes. Position snowflakes hanging from the fireplace mantle.

C/P Stockings. Resize by 40%. Dropshadow.

Position hanging from the mantle.

C/P Doodle Tree. Resize by 50%. Dropshadow.

Position starting at the bottom of the left side of the mantle.

C/P Wood. Resize by 50%. Dropshadow.

Position over the bottom left of the mantle.

C/P Doggy. Resize by 30%. Dropshadow.

Image, mirror.

Position just over the left edge of the wood.

C/P Bear. Resize by 20%. Dropshadow.

Position under the right side of the tree.

C/P Candles. Resize by 25%. Dropshadow.

Center over the top of the mantle.

C/P Mug. Resize by 25%. Dropshadow.

Position under the right edge of the candles.

Duplicate mug & Mirror.

C/P Cupcake. Resize by 15%. Dropshadow.

Duplicate 3 times.

Position cupcakes on the mantle over the mug handles.

C/P your tube. Dropshadow.

Position over the left side of the fireplace.

Type out your font.

Apply gradient glow of 3.

Dropshadow font.

If you are not animating you can save your tag here. Don't forget your copyright and watermark.

Select the fireplace layer.

Duplicate 2 times for a total of 3 layers.

Hide the top 2 layers.

Use your lasso tool to draw a selection starting from the top of the logs up to the black ridges.

On the original layer apply Eyecandy 5 Nature fire with the following settings...

Small Campfire, Fire Direction 90, Column Length 42, Flame Width 11, Expansion -10, Waver 100, Turbulence 72, Flame Intensity 70, Soften Edges 40, Start from bottom checked.

Hit ok.

Close the fireplace layer and open fireplace 2.

Apply Fire again but hit the random seed button.

Close the fireplace layer and open fireplace 3.

Apply Fire again but hit the random seed button.

Deselect.

 

Close Fireplace 3 and open fireplace 1.

Go to Edit, Copy merged.

Paste into animation shop as a new image.

Close Fireplace 1 and open fireplace 2.

Go to Edit, Copy merged.

Paste into animation shop after current frame.

Close Fireplace 2 and open fireplace 3.

Go to Edit, Copy merged.

Paste into animation shop after current frame. 

 

Select frame 1 in animation shop.

Edit, Select all.

 Animations, Frame Properties, Change to 50.

Save your animation :P Hope you enjoyed this tut as much as I enjoyed writing it :)