Hello.. weeh!.. Now I am going to make Scratch Effect on your Photo.. 1. Open your Photoshop[Adobe] and create new file. Any size will do, its up to you what size will you make. 2. Select Brush Tool as shown below. [img]http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/3654/11jd4.jpg[/img] 3. Create a new layer(Shift+CTRL+N) and apply brush stroke as shown below. [img]http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/9526/88032753zs0.jpg[/img] 4. Insert an image that you will use in Animating. The image was your choice. [img]http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/6246/43161862lr1.jpg[/img] 5. Press Ctrl+Alt+G to create a clipping mask. [img]http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/276/11575978gm8.jpg[/img] 6. Select both layers, then merged them both(Right Click then Merged Layers). After merging, duplicate layer. 7. Select eraser tool with the same brush settings. Duplicate the layer and hide the previous one. Eraser the bottom stroke as shown. [img]http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/7573/93544877hn7.jpg[/img] 8. Similarly create several duplicates and remove the strokes. [img]http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/4744/74120433ao4.jpg[/img] [img]http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/9939/41002820rr2.jpg[/img] [img]http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/9897/63725198hd2.jpg[/img] 9. Open your animation window(frame). On the first frame, all layers are hide. [img]http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/7757/52016471fr0.jpg[/img] 10. Keep duplicating the frames and unhide stroke layers as shown below. [img]http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/1630/79424329ql2.jpg[/img] [img]http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/5306/10gt3.jpg[/img] 11. And last, you can now save optimized your work(Press Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S to save an optimized animated GIF.). [img]http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/1103/scratchfe1.gif[/img] Hope you'll like my tutorial.. If you like it repu is much appreciated

Last edited by forsakendoll (2010-02-19 11:10:58)