Part 2

Go to *tool options>Paint Brush (shape: round). Choose the size of the dot that you want to use (#1, 2 or 3, depending on the space you have in between the borders.) Check these settings too.

    
 
I will be using the dark color that I chose from
the tube at the beginning of this tut.
 Starting at the left hand corner, let's begin adding
the round paint dots. 
Space them out, in order to have room
for our second layer.
You can also click on View>Grid 
to use as your spacing guide if you prefer.
 
 
When you've finished with that frame, go to your Layers Palette. Remove the X, and drop the Layer Blend Mode down to about 65 percent, so that you can see the first layer through this layer. 
 
 
 
Make sure that you are working on the second layer, before you begin adding the paint dots.
Now, place the dots in between the first set of dots that we have on the first layer.
 
 
 
After you have finished, go up to the *Layers Palette* and change the Layer Blend back to 100 percent.
 Next, go to File>Save As and name your Blinkie. 
Close out PSP, then open AS>File>Open and open your Blinkie.  (I usually keep the frame properties set at 10, but you can slow it down a bit by clicking on Edit>Select All>Animation>Frame Properties. 
 
Now we're ready to add the text.  *You can do this several ways. I usually click on frame 1, export it to PSP, add a layer and my text.  Next, click on CTRL C (on the text layer), go back to AS and click CTRL V (to paste) the text layer in AS.  
Close PSP without updating.
 
Next,  click on the Propagate Paste Tool,
 
 go back to the text frame, (click to activate) and up to Edit>Copy.  Next, click on your Blinkie and go up to Edit/Select All, Edit/Paste (the text into the Blinkie).
Now you're ready to crop and save!
 
 
 
Woohooo...all finished!
Congratulations!
I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial and are happy with your new creation.
 
*Sometimes, instead of adding the dots, I will take the second rectangle, or in this case, the pearl tubes that I used to outline the Blinkie, and add the underwater effect in Animation Shop.*
 

 (You can find the settings that I use from another tutorial >Here<.)  Make your creation as detailed as you wish, remember to save often, watermark your creation, and  have fun!
:)
 
*This tutorial was written by Mz.TapŠ on May 5th, 2003.  *Any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.* Feel free to "text link" to this tutorial or print it out for personal use but please do not copy and place it anywhere on the web, rewrite it or claim it as your own.

Thank You....Mz. TapŠ

*Special thanks to Z' Teach (Mz. Marlene) for proofing and to Mz. Pixie for testing this tutorial for me.*