Magic Egg Wreath |
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. I've used screenshots, and short and easy to understand steps (that's why it looks like a lot of steps) so those that are beginners can have fun too :) What you'll need: Paintshop Pro Trial HERE A Tube of choice I got mine at Suzie Q's Mura's Filter Meister Copies 1.3 DOWNLOAD Unzip your Mura's filter into wherever you keep your plug-ins folder. If your Paintshop Pro is open, close it so that this filter will work Unzip all the other downloads where you keep your folders for your Paint Shop Pro. Everybody has a different way of doing this, depending on what versions they are using. If you need a zip program you can get one HERE **Save your work often! 1. Open up a New Image. 400x400. Transparent. 2. Use your Preset Tool. Go to Tool Options and pick out Elipse. Anti-alias checked. Vector and Retain UNchecked. 3. Foreground Null. Background gradient or pattern of choice. (something that will match nice with your tube). 4. Make sure you Status Bar on the bottom of your workspace is on. Move your Preset Shape cursor around your transparent image. On the bottom left you should see numbers moving. If you don't, go to View/Toolbars and click on your Status Bar. 5. You may want to write down the coordinates 191,175 > 213,212.. Put your cursor at the coordinates 191,175. Hold down your right mouse button so you have a solid egg and don't let go until you get to the second set of numbers that are 213,212.. 6. Use your Mover Tool and move your egg watching the coordinates on the bottom left until you get to 193,162. 7. Selections/Select All. Selection/Float. Selections/Invert. 8. Effects/3Deffects/Dropshadow and apply: Vertical and Horizontal both 8. Opacity 54. Blur 25.9 and for the Color use one that is darker than the gradient or pattern your using. 9. Selections/Select None. 10. Go to your Mura's Copies 1.3 filter and choose the Preset Encircle where the red arrow shows in the screenshot. (you don't need to change any numbers). Hit OK. 11. Use your Mover Tool to center your egg wreath as much as you can. The screenshot shows what your wreath 1 should look like. 12. Right click on wreath 1. Duplicate. Rename this layer wreath 2. 13. Effects/Colorize and pick out a nice color for this wreath of eggs. 14. Image/Rotate. Click on Left. Click on Free. Then type in 45 (degrees). 15. Use your Mover Tool and move your wreath 2 slightly down off the wreath 1 as showen in the screenshot. 16. Activate your wreath 1 layer. Add a new layer name it deco 1. 17. Foreground gradient. Background Null. 18. Use your Preset Tool. Tool Options pick Elipse. Anti-alias checked. Retain and Vector UNchecked. Line Style is Opposing Arrowhead-Overlap (this comes with PSP 7). Line Width is 1. 19. Place your Preset Shapes cursor in the middle of the circle of your wreath. Hold down your Right mouse button and draw out a outer circle see screenshot where the red arrow is. When you have your circle where you want it Right click on this layer. Duplicate. Rename this deco 2. Image/Resize by 80%. Resize All Layers UNchecked. The screenshot now shows you how your wreath should look like with the deco added. 20. Activate your top layer. Add the bow download (optional). 21, New layer, and add your tube of choice. **OPTIONAL** Flowers On Eggs I've added little flowers that are preset shapes that come with PSP 7. If you'd like to add flowers it's real easy and rather fast. But a little confusing for those that haven't used this technique. Don't panic there's always the REDO button in case you make a boo boo lol. 1. Activate your wreath 2 layer. Add a New layer, rename it flowers. 2. Use your Preset Shape Tool. Go to Tool Options I chose Flower 2. Anti-alias Checked. Retain and Vector UNchecked. Line Style Solid. 3. Foreground Null. Background gradient or pattern of choice. 4. Hold down your right mouse button and draw out your little flower on the top egg or the egg clear of the bow. When you get the size you want let go of your mouse button. 5. Click on your white pointer/cursor then Right mouse button click on that flower. Click on Copy. Again Right mouse button click. Click on Paste as a New Selection. You now have a little flower hanging onto your cursor lol. Place your flower where you want it. Left mouse button click and let go. You'll have marching ants but we won't worry about them lil buggers lol. 6. Now Right mouse button click on that flower (with marching ants). Click on Paste as a New Selections and place it on the next egg. Again Right mouse button click, Paste as a New Selections and place on the next egg. And just keep going around like that until you got all your flowers. At the last flower if you got marching ants go to Selections/Select None. And that's it! Now you can add some text if you want and make it a tag :) I hope you enjoyed this tutorial please email me if you have any questions. Debbie Februray 21, 2007 Copyright© 2001-2007 Kreative-Expressionz All Rights Reserved |
