Animated Snowglobes

Make Your Own Animated Globes

As with most things that get popular, there is now a whole community of individuals creating digital, animated snowglobes on their computers. These are great for adding to e-cards or livening up your web-site and they're pretty easy to create. Once you've created your first few you'll probably find yourself driven to creating more and more elaborate snowglobes. One of the joys of digital snowglobes is that there are virtually no restrictions on what you can include in your globe or what you can do with them. The possibilities are endless.

To Start, You Will Need

Paint Shop Pro

This is available as a download from Paint Shop Pro with a free 60-day trial. While you're there, don't forget to download Animation Shop - without this, you won't be able to make your globe shake and the snow fall!

PSP Snowglobe Tubes

PSP snowglobe tubes containing your globe, base and snow/glitter as well as clipart. Check out the sites listed here and you'll find a great collection of free PSP tubes, etc., to start you off as well as step-by-step instructions on how to build your snowglobe. You'll soon be able to do this in your sleep!

To inspire you, we've included some examples of what others have created (below). Click the images to visit the author's sites. To the right, you'll find sites that can help you create your own animated globes. There are sites offering free tubes, clip-art and step-by-step instructions. Let us know when you've created your snowglobe and we might feature your creation here!

Let your imagination run wild!