CHRISTMAS STAR
Novice Tutorial

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This tutorial was created by Jemima ~ June 2003
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You will need....

SNOW, Goldchains, Holly, Hanger tubes
which can be downloaded here
.





Please remember to SAVE OFTEN,
and
Clear your CLIPBOARD regularly.
I'd hate to have you get half way through this and
have PSP crash because it's overloaded
and worse....
you lose all your precious work.


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Open a new image 350 x 400
Transparent background
16 Million colours


Go to LAYERS >>> New Raster Layer


Go to your Background STYLES box
and select a GREEN gradient or Gradient of your choice,





Select your PRESET SHAPES tool
and use the following settings



Place your cursor at position 30 (across), 70 (down)
and drag it to position 310 (across), 370 (down)
Release your cursor button.





Go to EFFECTS >>>3D Effects >>> Inner Bevel
Use the following settings




Repeat Inner Bevel

With your SELECTION tool
Settings:
Rectangle
Feather = 0
Antialias = Checked

Draw a rectangle around the 'star'
Click inside the rectangle to select the 'star'.

Go to SELECTIONS >>> Modify >>> Contract = 1


Open up your "SNOW" tube in PSP
Right click on the title bar and
select COPY from the drop down options

Right click on the title bar of your 'star' image and
select PASTE INTO SELECTION from
the drop down options.


DESELECT





Go to LAYERS >>> New Raster Layer

Open up the 'Goldchains' tube
Right click on the title bar and
select COPY from the drop down options

Right click on the title bar of your 'star' image and
select PASTE INTO SELECTION from
the drop down options.

Centre the image over your 'star'

Go to COLOURS >>> Adjust >>> Gamma Correction




Go to COLOURS >>> Adjust >>> Brightness/Contrast
Use the following settings




Go to EFFECTS >>> Sharpen >>> Sharpen


Go to EFFECTS >>>3D Effects >>> Drop Shadow
Use these settings



DESELECT





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