Animating an Oscilloscope Screen

• You will need to download this image to do this tutorial
• You will need a square grid patterns as created in this tutorial

1. Open the source image called scope3.gif. Click Image=> Mode=> RGB

2. Insert a layer. Click Edit=> Fill and select pattern. Select your "square 10" Grid from the square grid pattern tutorial. Set to 50% opacity and click ok.

3. Click Filter=> distort=> Polar coordinates. Select rectangular to polar.

4. Duplicate your background. Set your default colors by hitting your d key. ON the background copy layer Click Filter=> Artisitic=>Neon Glow

• size= 5
• Glow Brightness = 15
• Color = hex #CCFFCC

5. Click on your top layer with the grid. Add a new layer. Select the oval marquee tool and draw a circle from top left corner to the bottom right corner.

6. Click Select=> inverse. Click Edit=>Fill and select foreground color at 100%.
7. Insert 8 layers on top. name them frame 1, frame 2, frame 3, frame 4, frame 5, frame 6, frame 7, frame 8.

8. Select your gradient tool. Set the gradient to be black to clear, Angle Gradient, 75% opacity.

Draw the following gradients:

Frame 1: Draw your gradient from center down to the center bottom.

Frame 2: Draw gradient from center to lower left corner.

Frame 3: Draw gradient from center to center left

Frame 4: Draw gradient fromcenter to upper left corner.

Frame 5: Draw gradient from center to center top

Frame 6 Draw Gradient from Center to Upper right corner.

Frame 7 Draw Gradient from center to center right side.

Frame 8 Draw gradient from center to lower right.

9. Turn off all your gradient layers but Frame 1. Click the button on the bottom of your tool bar to Jump to Image Ready.

10. Bring up the animation panel where you will find animation frame 1. Set the time to 0.2 seconds.

11. On the animation panel, Insert a new frame(2). Turn off the layer-frame1 and turn on layer frame2.

12. On the animation panel, Insert a new frame(3). Turn off the layer-frame2 and turn on layer frame3.

13. On the animation panel, Insert a new frame(4). Turn off the layer-frame3 and turn on layer frame4.

14. On the animation panel, Insert a new frame(5). Turn off the layer-frame4 and turn on layer frame5.

15. On the animation panel, Insert a new frame(6). Turn off the layer-frame5 and turn on layer frame6.

16. On the animation panel, Insert a new frame(7). Turn off the layer-frame6 and turn on layer frame7.

16. On the animation panel, Insert a new frame(8). Turn off the layer-frame7 and turn on layer frame8.