Animated Portholes- Pg 2 the Portholes

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  1. Click on a ring layer and activate the magic wand feather set to 0.   Click inside the ring to select it then click on the background layer in the palette and hit the delete key.   Select none.   Repeat this for the other rings.   You should now have something like this:
  1. Merge all the ring and glass layers.   Give it a drop shadow with following settings:
  1. Add new layer.  Get the rounded rectangle selection tool and make a selection as shown below:
selection 2
  1. Flood fill the selection with the gradient.   Give it an inner bevel with the following settings:

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  1. Ctrl +C to copy the selection.   Then Ctrl+E to paste the selection.   Move the selection into place.   Repeat this for each vertical hinge as shown below:
hinge placement
  1. Once you have all the hinges added, give it a drop shadow with the same settings as above.
  2. Add a new layer. Ctrl+E to paste the selection.   Ctrl+R to bring up the free rotate dialog box.   Enter direction left, 90 degrees, rotate single layer.   Move it into position. Now Ctrl+C to copy again.   Ctrl+E to paste.   Repeat.   Give it a drop shadow same settings as before but change Vertical to -2 and horizontal to 1.   You should now have something like this:
hinge placement 2
  1. Add a new layer.  Get the preset shapes tool retain style checked, create as vector UNCHECKED and choose button 066.
button 66 (I am not sure if this preset is included in PSP or if I picked it up somewhere.   If you need this preset please and I will send it to you.)

Now, zoom in by 5 (makes it easier to place the button) and draw a circle on one of the hinges.   Ctrl+C to copy then Ctrl+E and paste the selection around the porthole. Refer to finished image for placement".
  1. Merge all layers except the transparent layer at the bottom of the palette. 
Whew! Now comes the tedious part...lol   On to animation