Tutorial and Graphics are the copyright of havasu hideout.  It is strictly
forbidden to copy or upload to your own server other than for printing purposes for your own personal use.  The image you make from this tutorial is yours to do with as you wish!

You will need
JASC's PSP7 - Get it here
Ameriflag Selections.  Unzip the file and place in your PSP Selections Folder.  If you do not have a Selections Folder, make one now. Use for PSP7
ameriflag.pspimage file Use for PSP8

PLEASE NOTE where instructions differ for PSP8, these will be shown in blue
otherwise follow the regular instructions

To keep the loading time down, I have tried to keep the screen captures to a minimum so when the same effect is used more than once, I have just made a reference to it!

Remember to save your work often!!!

Step 1
Open a New Image 400x400 16 Million Colours Transparent
Open the ameriflag.pspimage file. Shift D to duplicate and then close the original
Set your foreground colour to #000000 and your background to #831717
Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Red"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hh01red.sel"
Click on the Red Layer
Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hh01red
Floodfill with #000000
Go to Selections/Modify/Contract by 1
Floodfill with colour #831717
Go to Effects/Noise and add 10% uniform
Go to Selections/Float/Effects/3D Effects/Cut Out and apply these settings:

Deselect

Step 2
Set your background colour to #E9E1E1
Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "White"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hh02white.sel"
Click on the White Layer
Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hh02white
Floodfill with #000000
Go to Selections/Modify/Contract by 1
Floodfill with colour #E9E1E1
Go to Effects/Noise and add 10% uniform
Go to Selections/Float/Effects/3D Effects/Cut Out and apply the same
settings as in Step 1
Deselect

Step 3
Set your background colour to #2E305E
Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Star"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hh03star.sel"
Click on theStar Layer
Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hh03star
Floodfill with colour #000000
Go to Selections/Modify/Contract by 1
Floodfill with #2E305E
Go to Effects/Noise and add 10% uniform
Go to Selections/Float/Effects/3D Effects/Cut Out and apply the
same settings as  in Step 1
Deselect

Step 4
Set your background colour to #E9E1E1
Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Stars"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hh04stars.sel"
Click on the Stars Layer
Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hh04stars
Floodfill with colour #E9E1E1
Go to Effects/Noise and add 10% uniform
Deselect

Step 5
Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Wire"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hh05wire.sel"
Click on the Wire Layer
Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hh05wire
Floodfill with colour #000000
Deselect
Go to Layers/Arrange/Send to Bottom (Not necessary for PSP 8)

When everything is how you want it to be go to Layers/Merge/Merge Visible.
Save as a tube or psp image for later use.

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial.  Please feel free to email me if you have any
questions to fran@havasuhideout.com

Tutorial written April 12 2003

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