FIRE DANCE
PSP8/9
This
tutorial was written by Jemima ~ July
2005
Copyright © 2005 ~
Jemima ~ All rights reserved
********************************
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.
********************************
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
LAYERS >>> NEW
RASTER LAYER
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
IMAGE >>> CANVAS SIZE
Use these settings
WIDTH & HEIGHT = 400
With your MAGIC WAND
Match Mode = RGB Value
Tolerance = 0
Feather = 0
Sample Merged = UNCHECKED
PSP9 USERS: CHECK CONTIGUOUS
Select the transparent border and flood
fill with BLACK
DESELECT
With your MAGIC WAND
Tolerance = 100
Select the black area
LAYERS >>> NEW
RASTER LAYER
SELECTIONS >>>
MODIFY >>> EXPAND = 1
Flood fill with the "annissa28"
pattern
EFFECTS >>> TEXTURE
EFFECTS >>> FUR
Use these settings
ADJUST >>> BRIGHTNESS and
CONTRAST >>> BRIGHTNESS/CONTRAST
Brightness = 18
Contrast = 15
EFFECTS >>> 3D EFFECTS
>>> INNER BEVEL
Use these settings
Click OK
DESELECT
Go to your LAYER PALETTE
Highlight Raster 2 to activate
With your MAGIC WAND and while holding
down your SHIFT KEY
select the WHITE sections of the image
LAYERS >>> NEW
RASTER LAYER
SELECTIONS >>>
MODIFY >>> EXPAND = 1
Flood fill with SOLID RED ( #C00000 )
EFFECTS >>> TEXTURE
EFFECTS >>> BLINDS
Use these settings
COLOUR = ( #6B0D0D )
Click OK
EFFECTS >>> 3D EFFECTS
>>> INNER BEVEL
Use the same settings EXCEPT change the
INTENSITY to 40
EFFECTS >>> EDGE EFFECTS
>>> ENHANCE
DESELECT
Go to your LAYER PALETTE
Highlight Raster 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
SELECTIONS >>> INVERT
LAYERS >>> NEW
RASTER LAYER
LAYERS >>> ARRANGE >>> BRING TO TOP
Flood fill with the Gold pattern
SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY
>>> CONTRACT = 3
EDIT CLEAR
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 Raster 2 to activate
With your MAGIC WAND
FEATHER = 5
click in the transparent centre of the
oval
LAYERS >>> NEW
RASTER LAYER
LAYERS >>> ARRANGE >>> BRING TO TOP
Go to your LAYER PALETTE
Highlight Raster 5 to
activate
EDIT CLEAR
Go to your LAYER PALETTE
Highlight Raster 3 to
activate
Go to EDIT CLEAR
Go to your LAYER PALETTE
Highlight Raster 4 to
activate
EDIT CLEAR
Go to your LAYER PALETTE
Highlight Raster 2 to
activate
EDIT CLEAR
Go to your LAYER PALETTE
Highlight Raster 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
SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY
>>> CONTRACT = 3
Go to EDIT CLEAR
AGAIN... 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.
IMAGE >>> ROTATE
>>> FREE ROTATE
Go to your LAYER PALETTE and CLOSE Raster
1
LAYERS >>> MERGE
>>> MERGE VISIBLE
Go to your LAYER PALETTE.. Open and highlight
Raster 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.
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
SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY
>>> EXPAND = 5
SELECTIONS >>> INVERT
EFFECTS >>> 3D Effects
>>> Drop Shadow
Vertical & Horizontal offsets = 6
Colour = Black
Opacity = 75
Blur = 11.88
DESELECT
LAYERS >>> MERGE
>>> MERGE ALL (Flatten)
IMAGE >>> ADD BORDERS = 3
COLOUR = WHITE
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
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
IMAGE >>> ADD BORDERS = 2
COLOUR = WHITE
With your MAGIC WAND
Select the White Border and flood fill
with the GOLD pattern
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
Page designed by
for
http://www.artistrypsp.com/
Copyright
© 2000-2005 Artistry In PSP / PSP
Artistry
All rights reserved.
Unless specifically made available for
download,
no graphics or text may be removed from
this site for any reason
without written permission from Artistry
In PSP / PSP Artistry
|