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 and 8 - Get it here 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
wallstar.pspimage file Use for PSP8 Accessories.
Unzip
and place in a folder of your choice
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 292x285 16 Million Colours Transparent
Open the
ameriwallstar.pspimage file. Shift D to duplicate and
then close the original
Set your foreground to pattern and select the "wood" pattern that
you
downloaded to a folder of your choice scale 100 angle 0
Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Background" Click on the Background Layer
Floodfill
Go to Colours/Adjust/Brightness/Contrast and set Brightness at -13
and Contrast at 0
Step 2 Set your foreground colour to #000000 and your backgroundto
pattern and select the "star pattern 2" that
you
downloaded to a folder of your choice scale 25 angle 0 Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Diamonds1"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hh01diamond.sel" Click on the Diamonds 1 Layer Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection
from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hh01diamond
Floodfill with colour #000000
Go to Selections/Modify/Contract by 2
Floodfill with star pattern 2
Go to Selections/Float/Effects/3D Effects/Cut Out and apply these
settings:
Deselect
Step 3 Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Diamonds 2"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hh02diamond.sel" Click on the Diamonds 2 Layer Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection
from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hh02diamond
Floodfill with colour #000000
Go to Selections/Modify/Contract by 2
Floodfill with star pattern 2
Go to Selections/Float/Effects/3D Effects/Cut Out and apply the
same settings as in Step 2 Deselect
Step 4 Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Diamonds 3"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hh03diamond.sel" Click on the Diamonds 3 Layer Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection
from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hh03diamond
Floodfill with colour #000000
Go to Selections/Modify/Contract by 2
Floodfill with star pattern 2
Go to Selections/Float/Effects/3D Effects/Cut Out and apply the
same settings as in Step 2 Deselect
Step 5 Set your background to "star pattern 3" that you downloaded to a
folder
of your choice Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Diamonds 4"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hh04diamond.sel" Click on the Diamonds 4 Layer Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection
from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hh04diamond
Floodfill with colour #000000
Go to Selections/Modify/Contract by 2
Floodfill with star pattern 3
Go to Selections/Float/Effects/3D Effects/Cut Out and apply the
same settings as in Step 2 Deselect
Step 6 Set your background to "star pattern 1" that you downloaded to a
folder
of your choice Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Diamonds 5"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hh05diamond.sel" Click on the Diamonds 5 Layer Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection
from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hh05diamond
Floodfill with colour #000000
Go to Selections/Modify/Contract by 2
Floodfill with star pattern 1
Go to Selections/Float/Effects/3D Effects/Cut Out and apply the
same settings as in Step 2 Deselect
Step 7 Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Diamonds 6"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hh06diamond.sel" Click on the Diamonds 6 Layer Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection
from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hh06diamond
Floodfill with colour #000000
Go to Selections/Modify/Contract by 2
Floodfill with star pattern 1
Go to Selections/Float/Effects/3D Effects/Cut Out and apply the
same settings as in Step 2 Deselect
Step 8
Open the "button" image you downloaded to a folder of your choice
Go to Edit/Copy
Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and
name it "Button"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hh07button.sel" Click on the Button Layer Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection
from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hh07button
Go to Edit/Paste/Into Selection
Deselect
Go to Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow and apply these settings:
Step 9
Go to your Layer Palette and hide the Background
Layer
Go to Layers/Merge/Merge Visible
Go to Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel and apply these settings:
If you would like to make a tube of just the star -
this is the time to do it!
Otherwise continue with the instructions
Go to Effects/3D Effects/Drop and Shadow and apply
the same settings
as in Step 8 Go to your Layer Palette and make the Background Layer
Visible
Go to Layers/Merge/Merge Visible
Step 10
Set your foreground pattern to the "Wood" Pattern changing the
scale
back to 100
Go to Selections/Select All/Selections/Modify/Contract by 5
Go to Selections/Invert
Floodfill
Go to Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel and apply the same settings as in
Step 9 Go to Selections/Invert/Selections/Float
Go to Effects/3DEffects/Cut Out and apply the same Cut Out as in Step 2 Deselect
I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial. Please feel
free to email me if you have any
questions to
fran@havasuhideout.com
