This tutorial is my own creation. Any resemblance to another is purely coincidental.
Please read my tutorial terms. I used Paintshop Pro 7.04, and it should work in other versions. You'll need a knowledge of Paintshop Pro to make this tutorial. It may seem long but it's easy and repetitive. So kick back, relax, have some hot cocoa and enjoy :) and enjoy : What you'll need: Paintshop Pro trial version Here Selections Download Pattern/buttons Download Unzip your downloads into where you keep your files for your Paintshop Pro. Everybody has a different way of doing this, depending on what versions they are using. If you need a zip/unzip program you can get winzip Here **Save your work often! Open up a new image, 650 width x 300 height. Transparent. ARMS 1. New layer, name it arms. 2. Selections/load from disk/1-arms.sel 3. Floodfill with Color #5D4A2F Selections/Select None. SNOWMAN BODY 1. New layer, name it body. 2. Selections/load from disk/2-body.sel 3. Floodfill with Color #EBE6DF Selections/Select None. SNOWMAN BODY SHADE 1. New layer, name it bodyshade. 2. Selections/load from disk/3-bodyshade.sel 3. Floodfill with Color #D8CCBC Selections/Select None. SCARF 1. New layer, name it scarf. 2. Selections/load from disk/4-scarf.sel 3. Floodfill with scarf/hat pattern Scale35, Angle 0 Selections/Select None. TEXT 1. New layer, name it text. 2. Selections/load from disk/5-believetext.sel 3. Floodfill with Color #3C4A3C or color of choice. 4. Keep Selected. 5. Add a New layer, name it white. Floodfill this layer with White. Selections/Select None. 6. In your layer pallette on the "white" layer, go to the far right where it shows "normal" and click on the arrow. Choose dissolve. 7. Now in the middle of that "white" you'll see the opacity. Drag the slider to the left to only 1. **See Screenshot)** STAR 1. New layer, name it star. 2. Selections/load from disk/6-star.sel 3. Floodfill with Color #B4843F Selections/Select None. STAR SHADE 1. New layer, name it star shade. 2. Selections/load from disk/7-starshade.sel 3. Floodfill with Color #94631E Selections/Select None. SNOWMAN HEAD 1. New layer, name it head. 2. Selections/load from disk/8-head.sel 3. Floodfill with Color #EBE6DF Selections/Select None. SNOWMAND HEAD SHADE 1. New layer, name it headshade. 2. Selections/load from disk/9-headshade.sel 3. Floodfill with Color #D8CCBC Selections/Select None. FACE 1. New layer, name it face. 2. Selections/load from disk/10-face.sel 3. Floodfill with Black Color #000000 Selections/Select None. HAT 1. New layer, name it hat. 2. Selections/load from disk/11-hat.sel 3. Floodfill with scarf/hat pattern Scale35, Angle 0. Selections/Select None. BUTTONS 1. Open up your button.psp download. Edit/Copy, Edit/Paste as a new layer. 2. Drag this layer to below your "text" layer, and use your mover tool to place your buttons. FINISHING You can do 1 of 2 things here. 1. Activate your blank Layer 1 and add a background. If you used Layer 1 add a New Layer and drag it to the bottom, and add a background. OR: 2. You can Right Click on any layer in your layer pallette. Merge/Merge Visible. Go to File/Export and down the menu click on Picture tube. Type in the name you want for your image, and it will go to your picture tubes. I like making a lot of my work into picture tubes because I can make them the scale size I want and they always look nice. After you make your picture tube you can also save your image for later use. And that's it! I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. If you have any questions please email me Debbie November 28, 2006 |
