This tutorial was written by Monti on October 6th 2006. It's concept is copyrighted to Monti. Any creation you make from my ideas are yours. You may print out this tutorial for your own personal use, but please do not copy it in any way to put online, pass out or rewrite without my permission or worse yet attempt to claim as your own.

For this tutorial you will need

Paint Shop Pro
Animation Shop

The Following Colour Chart.
Left click and when it opens right click then save as, then open in PSP.

Ok we are ready to start.

REMEMBER TO SAVE OFTEN

You can drag this arrow down the page with you to keep your place in the tut.
Script provided by Dynamic Drive.

Step 1:

This is the first part of the outline we will be making. Mine has been resized a lot so you can see it clearly.
To make this easier I have numbered all pixels over 1.

Open a new image 100 x 100 transparent.
Select the brush tool with the following settings.
Size = 1
Hardness, Opacity and Density = 100
Zoom in to about 800% - 1000%
Set your foreground to colour 1 on the outline colour chart (#B95E22) and start in the bottom centre of your canvas. (You can move the image later using your move tool if you need to).

Step 2

When your outline is complete, select your magic wand with the following settings and click inside the centre pumpkin segment.

Select colour 2 (#D27130) on your pumpkin colour chart and flood fill that selection.
Keep selected.
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
V + H = 0
Opacity = 100
Blur = 7
Shadow colour = Use your pumpkin outline (#B95E22)
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked.
Deselect.

Step 3

Select your magic wand and click inside the left middle section of the pumpkin.
Fill with colour 2 (#D27130) on your pumpkin colour chart and flood fill that selection.
Keep selected.
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
V + H = 0
Opacity = 100
Blur = 5
Shadow colour = Use your pumpkin outline (#B95E22)
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked.
Deselect.

Step 4

Select your magic wand and click inside the far left section of the pumpkin.Make sure you hold down your shift key and select the small single space at the top as well. See Screenshot below.

Fill with colour 2 (#D27130) on your pumpkin colour chart and flood fill that selection.
Keep selected.
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
V + H = 0
Opacity = 100
Blur = 4
Shadow colour = Use your pumpkin outline (#B95E22)
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked.
Deselect.

Select your magic wand and click inside the far right section of the pumpkin. Make sure you hold down your shift key and select the small single space at the top as well and repeat the instructions in step 4.

Step 5

Set your foreground to colour 3 (#685f3C) on your colour chart and draw the stem of the pumpkin as shown below.

Select your magic wand and click inside the large section of the stem.
Set your foreground to colour 4 (#9C8E5E) on your pumpkin colour chart and flood fill that selection.
Keep selected.
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
V + H = 0
Opacity = 100
Blur = 4
Shadow colour = Use your stem outline (#685f3C)
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked.
Deselect.

Select your magic wand and click inside the small top section of the stem.
Fill with colour 4 (#9C8E5E) on your pumpkin colour chart and flood fill that selection.
Keep selected.
Selections float, Effects 3D effects, Cutout with the following settings
V + H = 0
Opacity = 100
Blur = 3
Shadow colour = Use your stem outline (#685f3C)
Make sure fill interior with colour is UNchecked.
Deselect.

Step 6

Add a new raster layer and using colour 3 (#685f3C) on your colour chart draw on the shoots as shown below.
NOTE: Once you have your 2 starting points added near the stem, hide your pumpkin layer as this will allow you to add the shoots easier.

Merge all visible and open animation shop.
Copy and paste into animation shop and save as a .gif.

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