This tutorial, was translated with PSPX9, PSPX8 and PSP2020, but it can also be made using other versions of PSP.
Since version PSP X4, Image>Mirror was replaced with Image>Flip Horizontal,
and Image>Flip with Image>Flip Vertical, there are some variables.
In versions X5 and X6, the functions have been improved by making available the Objects menu.
In the latest version X7 command Image>Mirror and Image>Flip returned, but with new differences.
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Material

Material



For the tube thanks MerryHeart.
(you find here the links to the material authors' sites)




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Animation Shop here







You can change Blend Modes according to your colors.

In the newest versions of PSP, you don't find the foreground/background gradient (Corel_06_029).
You can use the gradients of the older versions.
The Gradient of CorelX here



1. Choose from your tubes a light and a dark color.



Set your foreground color to a Foreground/Background Gradient, style Linear.



Open a new transparent image 1000 x 650 pixels.
Flood Fill the transparent image with your Gradient.

Effects>Texture Effects>Blinds - background color.



Open rideau

Edit>Copy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste as new layer.
Adjust>Sharpness>Sharpen.

Effects>3D Effects>Drop shadow, color black.



Open MM-AI-Tube-00(100)-paper

Edit>Copy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste as new layer.
Layers>Arrange>Move Down.
Adjust>Sharpness>Sharpen.

2. Activate your top layer.

Open your main tube AI VISION-LAMP CAROL KIDS 24

Edit>Copy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste as new layer.
Image>Resize, if necessary - for the provided tube I resized to 65%, resize all layers not checked.
Adjust>Sharpness>Sharpen.

Move the tube down.



Effects>3D Effects>Drop shadow, same settings.

Open the tube AI VISION-RUSTIC FARM TREE 13

Edit>Copy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste as new layer.
Image>Resize, if necessary - for the provided tube I resized to 80%, resize all layers not checked.
Adjust>Sharpness>Sharpen.

Effects>3D Effects>Drop shadow, same settings.

4. Move the tube to the right or to the left.



Layers>Duplicate.
Image>Mirror>Mirror Horizontal.
Layers>Merge>Merge Down.

Open couronne

Edit>Copy.
Go back to your work and go to Edit>Paste as new layer.
Move the tube againt the border.
(Objets>Align>Top)



Effects>3D Effects>Drop shadow, same settings.

Image>Add Borders, 2 pixels, symmetric, light color.

4. Selections>Select All.
Image>Add Borders, 50 pixels, symmetric, dark color.
Selections>Invert.

Effects>Reflection Effects>Kaleidoscope.



Again Selections>Invert.
Selections>Promote Selection to Layer.

Effects>3D Effects>Drop shadow, color black.



Selections>Select None.

5. Activate your bottom Layer.

Activate your Magic Wand Tool
and click in all the colored rectangles to select them.



Change the Gradient's settings.



Flood Fill the selection with your Gradient.

Layers>New Raster Layer.
Invert the colors of the Gradient.



Flood Fill the selection with your Gradient.

Layers>New Raster Layer.

Change again the Gradient's settings.



Be careful, if you're confused with the color inversions,
this setting should have the light part in the center



Flood Fill the selection with your Gradient.

Selections>Select None.

You should have this



6. Activate your top layer.

Image>Resize, 1000 pixels width, resize all layers checked.

Sign your work on a new layer.

Close the layers Raster 2 and Raster 3.



Edit>Copy Special>Copy Merged.

Open Animation Shop and go to Edit>Paste>Paste as new image.

Go back to PSP.

Open the layer Raster 2.



7. Edit>Copy Special>Copy Merged.

Go back to Animation Shop and go to Edit>Paste>Paste after the current frame.

Again in PSP.
Open the layer Raster 3.

Edit>Copy Special>Copy Merged.

Go back to Animation Shop and go to Edit>Paste>Paste after the current frame.

And you'll get an animation composed by 3 frames.

If all is ok and check the risult clicking on View animation
you should have this



8. Move the cursor under the image to the left
and click on the first frame to select it.
Edit>Select All.

Open stars
Also this animation is composted by 3 frames.

Edit>Select All.
Edit>Copy.

Activate your work and go to Edit>Paste>Paste into selected frame.

Position the animation on the wreath and, when you've found the correct position,
left-click.

9. Repeat Edit>Paste>Paste into selected frame,
as many times as you want to add more gifs to the wreath,
and to the Christmas trees.

In my example, I also added stars in the four corners.

Always make sure the cursor under the image is to the left.

Check the result by clicking View animation
and save as gif.

If the animation seems too fast, go to Animation>Frame Properties and increase the duration.
For the example below, I set the duration to 25.
(The higher the settings, the slower the animation).





Version with my tubes from Pinterest images






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15 November 2025