Crazy About Selections
Crazy About Selections Tutorial
Things Needed:
Paint Shop Pro (This was done using verson 9 but other versions should work)
2 Graphics...**The first one must be square in shape to prevent it from being distorted..
**The second one must be at least 500 pixels wide. This graphic MUST be wider than taller also. Please do not try this tutorial with a taller rather than wider graphic because the results will not be as I intended them to be for this tutorial...
My Supplies (Which include my selections and tube. Silver Beads Pattern is also included) can be downloaded at the link above and also Here...Please Note that all settings remain the same unless otherwise stated
1. Before opening PSP, please unzip Supplies and put the selections in your Selections folder and the Silver Beads Pattern in your Patterns Folder in PSP...
2. Open both graphics and tube in PSP
3. Duplicate both images once and close out originals
4. Minimize the tube. Make the square graphic active and go to Edit/Copy and minimize for now...
5. Make sure your Large (main) graphic is the active image...
Image/Resize and resize your graphic to 475 pixels wide: Height will self adjust with settings below...
6. Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
7. Selections/Select All
8. Selections/Modify/Contract by 4
9. Selections/Invert
10. Set your foreground palette to the Silver Beads Pattern and your Background to a color of your choosing from your graphic. This color will also be used for your stationery background.
11. Flood fill with your silver beads pattern
12. Selections/Select None
13. Layers/Promote Background Layer
14. Image/Cavas Size and add 50 pixels to both
the width and height of your graphic. Placement is middle arrow...
15. Layers/New Raster Layer
16. Selections/Load Save Selections/Load From Disk and choose the 1Boxx_JM Selection
17. Flood Fill this selection with the silver beads
18. Selections/Modify/Contract by 4
19. Edit/Paste/Paste Into Selection
20. Select None
21. Layers/New Raster Layer
22. Layers/Arrange/Send to bottom
23. Flood Fill this Bottom layer with your chosen background color from your image...
24. Make sure the top layer is the active layer and go to Layers/New Raster Layer
25. Selections/Load Save Selections/Load From Disk and select the 2Boxx_JM
26. Flood fill with the Silver Beads
27. Selections/Modify/Contract by 4
28. Flood Fill with your background color
29. Effects/Texture Effects/Blinds:
30. Because not all graphics are going to be the same size or work out perfectly, you may need to move this box and position it at the bottom of your graphic:
31. Close out bottom layer and make your top layer active and go to Layers/Merge/Merge Visible
32. Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow using
V&H=2, Opacity=50, Blur=2, Color=Black
33. Open your bottom layer back up and go to Layers/Merge/Merge Visible
34. Layers/New Raster Layer
35. Selections/Load Save Selections and choose the 3Chain_JM Selection
36. Flood fill with the Silver Beads
37. Selections/Select None
(If this doesn't match up to your graphic you may have to position it so it does. And if it covers a part of your graphic just move it over a bit)
38. Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow using
V&H=2, Opacity=50, Blur=2, Color=Black
39. Make the Key & Locket tube active and go to
Edit/Copy (You can either minimize this now or close it out)
40. Back to your main image and Edit/Paste/Paste As A New Layer and position it at the bottom of the chain we just created...
41. Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow
42. Layers/New Raster Layer
43. Selections/Load Save Selections and load the 4Chain_JM
44. Flood Fill with the silver beads and go
to Selections/Select None
45. Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow
46. (Again if this doesn't look centered on your side, you may have to move it into position). Then go to Layers/Duplicate
47. Image/Mirror
48. Layers/New Raster Layer
49. Selections/Load Save Selections and load the 5Chain_JM
50. Flood Fill with the silver beads
51. Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow
52. Selections/Select None
53. Layers/New Raster Layer
54. Selections/Load Save Selections and load the 6Chain_JM
55. Flood Fill with the silver beads
56. Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow and then
Selections/Select None
57. You may need to position this at the bottom of your graphic (see my header as reference)
Layers/Duplicate
58. Image/Mirror
59. Layers/Merge/Merge Visible
60. Now you can add the text you want to the bottom box. After you have added it you can use a drop shadow of:
V&H=1, Opacity=40, Blur=2, Color=Black
61. Add your watermark and go to Layers/Merge/Merge Visible
Go to File/Export and Export it to the JPEG Optimizer and Optimize at 10 or 15 (Depending on how clear your graphic will look). Sometimes If I find that my graphic isn't crisp and clear I will save it as a gif instead :)
Background:
1. Open a new image 100x350 (transparent)
2. Flood Fill with your chosen background color
3. Layers/New Raster Layer
4. Selections/Load Save Selections/ and load the 4Chain_JM
5. Flood Fill with Silver Beads
6. Selections/Select None
7. Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow:
V&H=2, Opacity=50, Blur=2, Color=Black
8. Layers/Duplicate
9. Image/Mirror
10. Layers/Merge/Merge Visible
11. Layers/New Raster Layer
12. Selections/Load Save Selections and load the 7Chain_JM
13. Flood Fill w/Silver Beads
14. Selections/Modify/Contract by 4
15. Flood fill with your background color or another color from your graphic
16. Selections/Select None
17. Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow
18. Layers/Merge/Merge Visible
19. Image/Canvas Size and canvas it 1400x350
Placement is left middle arrow
20. Layers/New Layers and move this new layer to the bottom
21. Flood Fill this new layer with your background color
22. Layers/Merge/Merge Visible
Export it to the JPEG Optimizer with same settings or save it which ever way you would like to :)
Arrange in Letter Creator and Credit Tutorial back to Jodi M at:
Thank you to my testers at Crazy Creative Creators!!
I hope you enjoyed my tutorial :0)
Please feel free to snag and share my tutorials after they have been released but please credit back to me in the footer..
If you are a tutorial writer and you would like to use my selections, masks, or other things please email me at jodim@norwaymi.com
I do allow it, but I require a link back in your tutorial to my website here:
Thanks!!
Jodi M