Webbed Gold HootyTut Paint Shop Pro tutorial

Zip Zap

by Hooty aka Doyle Allen 12/7/06

This tutorial was written in PSP 10

Intermediate Skill Level

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NEEDED:

PaintShopPro

A wide graphic

Simple Filters > Zoom Out and Flip

AlienSkin Eye Candy:

Any version that has the Glass

effect. We will be using the default

clear setting with no drop shadow.

Performance notes:

All settings remain the same

unless otherwise stated.

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OPEN PSP

1 File > Open

Wide graphic of your choice.

2 Window > Duplicate

3 Close the original

4 Image > Resize

Settings:

Resample using = Smart Size

Lock aspect ratio = Checked

Resize all layers = Checked

Width no more than 580 pixels

Height no more than 430

5 Dropper Tool

Pick a light color from your graphic

for the Foreground color.

Pick a dark shade of the same color

for your background color.

Example

6 Materials Palette

Change your Foreground to Gradient.

Settings:

Foreground-background

Texture = NOT Checked

Repeats = 10, Invert = NOT Checked

Style = Sunburst

All the rest of the settings at 50 each.

Link center and focal points = Checked

7 Image > Add Borders

Settings:

Symmetric = Checked, 1 Pixels

Color = Black

8 Image > Add Borders = 2 Pixels

Foreground color.

9 Magic Wand Tool

Settings:

Mode = Replace

Match mode = RGB Value

Tolerance = 0, Use all layers = Checked

Contiguous = Checked, Feather = 0

Anti-alias = Checked, Outside

Select the new border.

10 Effects > Plugins > Eye Candy >

(any version)

Glass > Clear (no shadow) at default

settings.

11 Image > Add Borders = 4 Pixels

Background color.

12 Magic Wand Tool

Select the new border.

13 Effects > Plugins > Eye Candy >

Glass > Clear

14 Image > Add Borders = 2 Pixels

Foreground color.

15 Magic Wand Tool

Select the new border.

16 Effects > Plugins > Eye Candy >

Glass > Clear

17 Image > Add Borders = 1 Pixels

Color = Black

18 Selections > Select All

19 Selections > Modify

Contract = 10

20 Selections > Invert

21 Edit > Copy

22 Image > Add Borders = 20 Pixels

Any color not in graphic.

23 Magic Wand Tool

Select the new border.

24 Flood Fill Tool

Settings:

Match mode = None

Use all layers = Not Checked

Blend mode = Normal, Opacity = 100

Flood fill with your gradient.

25 Layers > New Raster Layer

26 Edit > Paste > Paste Into Selection

27 Selections > Select None

28 Layers > Duplicate

29 Layers Palette

Make your middle layer active.

30 Effects > Distortion Effects >

Polar Coordinates

Settings:

Rectangular to polar

Transparent

31 Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow

Settings:

Vertical and Horizontal both at 2

Opacity = 30, Blur = 2.00

Color = Black

Shadow on new layer = NOT Checked

32 Layers > Duplicate

33 Image > Flip

34 Layers Palette

Make the top layer active.

35 Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow

36 Layers > Merge > Merge Visible

37 Layers > New Raster Layer

Add your watermark.

38 File > Export > JPEG Optimizer

Compression = 25

Do not close this!

BACKGROUND TILE

1 Delete your watermark layer.

You should have only one layer

left when you do that.

2 Image > Resize

Settings:

Resample using = Smart Size

Lock aspect ratio = Checked

Resize all layers = Checked

Width = 400 Pixels

Height will adjust itself.

3 Effects > Plugins > Simple

Zoom out and Flip

4 Layers > New Raster Layer

5 Flood Fill Tool

Fill the new layer with one of your

chosen colors. The light or dark one.

6 Layers Palette

Lower the layer opacity to make it

text friendly

7 File > Export > JPEG Optimizer
Compression = 25

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