Fire Dance V7

FIRE DANCE
PSP7

This tutorial was written by Jemima ~ July 2005
Copyright © 2005 ~ Jemima ~ All rights reserved

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You will need the following to complete this tutorial
download

"Shape22" tube, "firedance" image, corner elements
Extract to a folder on your computer

"annissa28" pattern" and "jb-s063_gold"
Download and extract to your PSP Patterns folder.

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Go to your COLOUR PALETTE
Load the "annissa28" pattern into your background box and
load the "jb-s063_gold" pattern into your foreground box
using the settings shown below.

...

Open up "Shape22" tube in your PSP workspace

Create a new image 395 x 395
transparent background
Go to LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER
Go to SELECTIONS >>> SELECT ALL

Right click on the Title Bar of the "Shape22" tube and
select COPY from the options

Go to your frame image ... Right click on the Title Bar
and select PASTE INTO SELECTIONfrom the options.
DESELECT

Go to IMAGE >>> CANVAS SIZE
Use these settings

With your MAGIC WAND
Match Mode = RGB Value
Tolerance = 0
Feather = 0
Sample Merged = UNCHECKED

Select the transparent border and flood fill with BLACK
DESELECT

With your MAGIC WAND
Tolerance = 100
Select the black area

Go to LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER
Go to SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> EXPAND = 1
Flood fill with the "annissa28" pattern

Go to EFFECTS >>> TEXTURE EFFECTS >>> FUR
Use these settings

Go to COLOURS >>> ADJUST >>> BRIGHTNESS/CONTRAST
Brightness = 18
Contrast = 15

Go to EFFECTS >>> 3D EFFECTS >>> INNER BEVEL
Use these settings

Click OK
DESELECT

Go to your LAYER PALETTE
Highlight Layer 2 to activate

With your MAGIC WAND and while holding down your SHIFT KEY
select the WHITE sections of the image

Go to LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER
Go to SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> EXPAND = 1
Flood fill with SOLID RED ( #C00000 )

Go to EFFECTS >>> TEXTURE EFFECTS >>> BLINDS
Use these settings
COLOUR = ( #6B0D0D )

Click OK

Go to EFFECTS >>> 3D EFFECTS >>> INNER BEVEL
Use the same settings EXCEPT change the INTENSITY to 40

Go to EFFECTS >>> EDGE >>> ENHANCE
DESELECT

Go to your LAYER PALETTE
Highlight Layer 2 to activate

With your MAGIC WAND
Tolerance = 170
and while holding down your SHIFT KEY
Click in the transparent centre of your image and in each
of the striped areas as shown below

Go to SELECTIONS >>> INVERT
Go to LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER
Go to your LAYER PALETTE
Move Layer 5 to the TOP of your palette

Flood fill with the Gold pattern

Go to SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> CONTRACT = 3
Go to EDIT CLEAR

Go to EFFECTS >>> 3D Effects >>> Drop Shadow
Vertical & Horizontal offsets = 1
Colour = Black
Opacity = 75
Blur = 0

Repeat Drop Shadow effect changing
Vertical & Horizontal Offsets to - ( minus ) 1
Click OK

DESELECT

Don't worry about the gold surrounding the inner oval....
we're about to fix that *S*

Go to your LAYER PALETTE
Highlight Layer 2 to activate

With your MAGIC WAND
FEATHER = 5
click in the transparent centre of the oval

Go to LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER
Go to your LAYER PALETTE
Move Layer 6 to the TOP of your palette

Go to your LAYER PALETTE
Highlight Layer 5 to activate
Go to EDIT CLEAR

Go to your LAYER PALETTE
Highlight Layer 3 to activate
Go to EDIT CLEAR

Go to your LAYER PALETTE
Highlight Layer 4 to activate
Go to EDIT CLEAR

Go to your LAYER PALETTE
Highlight Layer 2 to activate
Go to EDIT CLEAR

Go to your LAYER PALETTE
Highlight Layer 6 to activate

Go to your COLOUR PALETTE
Change the SCALE on the GOLD pattern to 50

Select you AIRBRUSH TOOL
Settings:
SHAPE = ROUND
SIZE = 190
HARDNESS = 100
OPACITY = 100
STEP = 25
DENSITY = 100

AIRBRUSH the centre selection with the gold pattern

Go to SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> CONTRACT = 3
Go to EDIT CLEAR

AGAIN... Go to SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> CONTRACT = 3

Select your ERASER
Settings:

Erase the centre area of the oval to remove all traces of the gold.

DESELECT

Since I'm using a 'vertical' image I will have to rotate the frame..
If you are using a predominantly 'horizontal" image ignore this next step.

Go to IMAGE >>> ROTATE

Go to your LAYER PALETTE and CLOSE Layer 1
Go to LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE VISIBLE

Go to your LAYER PALETTE... Open and highlight Layer 1 to activate

Open your "firedance" image in your PSP workspace
Right click on the Title Bar and select COPY from the options

Go to your frame image Right click on the Title Bar
and select PASTE AS NEW SELECTION from the options.

Go to IMAGE >>> RESIZE = 85%
Make sure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED

Slide the image into position

DESELECT

Go to your LAYER PALETTE and highlight the Merged layer

With your MAGIC WAND
FEATHER = 0
click in the centre of the oval

Go to SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> EXPAND = 5
Go to SELECTIONS >>> INVERT

Go to EFFECTS >>> 3D Effects >>> Drop Shadow
Vertical & Horizontal offsets = 6
Colour = Black
Opacity = 75
Blur = 12.3

DESELECT

Go to LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE ALL (Flatten)

Change your background to SOLID WHITE

Go to IMAGE >>> ADD BORDERS = 3

With your MAGIC WAND
Match Mode = RGB Value
Tolerance = 0
Feather = 0
Sample Merged = UNCHECKED

Select the White Border and flood fill with the GOLD pattern

Go to EFFECTS >>> 3D Effects >>> Drop Shadow
Vertical & Horizontal offsets = 1
Colour = Black
Opacity = 75
Blur = 0

Repeat Drop Shadow effect changing
Vertical & Horizontal Offsets to - ( minus ) 1
Click OK

DESELECT

Go to IMAGE >>> ADD BORDERS = 2
With your MAGIC WAND
Select the White Border and flood fill with the GOLD pattern

Go to EFFECTS >>> 3D Effects >>> Drop Shadow
Vertical & Horizontal offsets = 1
Colour = Black
Opacity = 75
Blur = 0

Repeat Drop Shadow effect changing
Vertical & Horizontal Offsets to - ( minus ) 1
Click OK

DESELECT

You can decorate the upper left and bottom right corners if you wish...
or just leave them plain. I included a couple of corner elements in the zip file.

(I added a new raster layer.... copy and pasted the corner element...
positioned it in the top left corner.... flood filled it with gold ...
added a drop shadow { H & V = 1/Opacity = 75/Blur = 0}... DESELECT
LAYER DUPLICATE ... IMAGE FLIP ... IMAGE MIRROR ...
LAYERS MERGE >>> MERGE ALL (Flatten)

Resize your image to suit and save as .jpg file.

and we're done.

I would like to thank my tut testing team
for their assistance in testing this tutorial *S*
You can check out their results HERE

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