Winter's Majesty

♥ Supplies Used ♥

Reindeer by VeryMany (HERE)

"Winter's Hush" by Zesty Designs (HERE)
SortaSquare Mask by BeckyP (HERE)
Falling Snow (HERE)

“Candle Mustard” (NAME)
Jasc Animation Shop 3

♥ Let's Begin! ♥

Create a canvas 1000 x 1000; we'll resize later. Open the frame, rotate, resize by and then add to the canvas.

Open paper 07, resize by 25% and add to the frame opening. Using paper 01, apply your mask and add to the white background. Duplicate and erase any excess. Move this layer up toward the left top, duplicate again, mirror, flip and position at the bottom.

Open foliage 1, resize by 25% and then add at the opposite corners of the mask layer. Open the bells, resize by 30% and add to the upper left hand side of the frame.

Open the bow, resize by 25% and add above the bells layer. Open flower 05, resize by 20% and then add in two places.

Open flower 01, resize by 25% and place in two spots. Open flower 3, resize by 35% and add to the upper right hand side (45% and 50% on the lower right hand side).

Open foliage 2, mirror, resize by 25% and then place above the frame layer; erase excess. Duplicate, flip and then position. Open flower 2, resize by 25% and add in two places as accents.

Open flower 4, resize by and then add above the foliage. Once, drop shadowed, remove the excess around the sides and top of the flower, leaving only the bottom.

Add another flower 4 layer at the top of the design, under the frame paper. Add any design elements you want at this time. I added a tag under my bow.

Open your tube, resize by 50%, mirror and then add above all layers; position and then drop shadow every layer to your liking.

I duplicated my frame layer, drop shadowed with a wide, light shadow and then mirrored, flipped and did it again. Once back into position click the OUTSIDE of the frame to remove the outside shadow.

Do NOT resize just yet. Hide ALL layers above paper 7 layer. We will now add the snow. Edit > Select All > Copy Merge and then add to AS3. Duplicate until you have ten (10) frames. Open the falling snow now.

In AS3: Edit > Select All > Copy on your falling snow. Go to your design: Edit > Select All > Paste > Into Selected Frame > position and then check your animation. It should be all over the blue paper (and more!, but we'll take care of that soon enough).

Once completed, click and copy EACH frame into a new image in PDN. Once all ten (10) layers are in a new image, rename and save.

Now this is how I do this. Others may do differently but this is the easiest for me.

Go to your static copy and recopy the frame paper. Add this above all layers in your new, animated design. Using the magic wand, click around the frame paper, go to the frame underneath and hit delete. This removes all excess imagery from your design. Do this until you hit the last layer and then name them snow 1-10.

Remove the new paper layer now. Go back to the static design and copy merge again the whole design from the frame paper to white background. Add this above all layers and send to the bottom (name base); save.

Go back to your static design. Hide all visible layers and open those that aren't visible. Edit > Select All > Copy Merged > add to your new animated design (name top) and save again.

Now that this is completed, add your name, resize to your liking and add your copyright. When you resize, you may have to sharpen the top and base.

Now, add EACH layer back into AS3 IN ORDER. That means, if you are working from snow frame 10 until you reach 1, place each frame BEFORE each other in AS3. If you are working snow frame 1 to 10, then do so AFTER each frame.

Once completed, apply your optimization settings, save and then upload to a photo sharing site to enjoy.