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
Eye Candy 4 - Get your trial version here
Elf Selections.  Unzip the file and place in your PSP Selections Folder.  If you do not have a Selections Folder, make one now. Use for PSP 7
elf.pspimage file Use for PSP8
Elf Accessories.  Unzip to 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!!!

This is a 2 part tutorial!  So it is up to you if you do one, two or all of them!!

Tutorial 1
Step 1

Open a New Image 400x400 16 Million Colours Transparent
Open the elf.pspimage file. Shift D to duplicate and then close the original
Set your foreground to #000000 and your background to #074F07
Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Right shoe"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hhrtshoe.sel"
Click on the Right Shoe Layer
Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hhrtshoe

Floodfill with #000000
Go to Selections/Modify/Contract by 1
Floodfill with #074F07
Deselect
Go to Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel and apply these settings:

Step 2
Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Left shoe"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hhltshoe.sel"
Click on the Left Shoe Layer
Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hhltshoe

Floodfill with #000000
Go to Selections/Modify/Contract by 1
Floodfill with #074F07
Deselect
Go to Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel and apply the same settings as in Step 1

Step 3
Change your background to colour #FFFFFF
Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Left Leg"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hhltleg.sel"
Click on the Left Leg Layer
Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hhltleg

Floodfill with #000000
Go to Selections/Modify/Contract by 1
Floodfill with #FFFFFF
Change your background colour to #074F07
On the same layer go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hhltlegdetail.sel"
Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hhltlegdetail
Floodfill with #074F07
Go to Selections/Select All/Selections/Float
Go to Effects 3D Effects/Cut Out and apply these settings:

Reapply the Cut Out but change the Vertical and Horzontal to -2
Deselect

Step 4
Change your background to colour #FFFFFF
Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Right Leg"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hhrtleg.sel"
Click on the Right Leg Layer
Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hhrtleg

Floodfill with #000000
Go to Selections/Modify/Contract by 1
Floodfill with #FFFFFF
Change your background colour to #074F07
On the same layer go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hhrtlegdetail.sel"
Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hhrtlegdetail
Floodfill with #074F07
Go to Selections/Select All/Selections/Float
Go to Effects 3D Effects/Cut Out and apply the same settings as in Step 3
Reapply the Cut Out but change the Vertical and Horzontal to -2
Deselect

Step5
With your foreground still at #000000 and your background at #074F07
Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Body"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hhbody.sel"
Click on the Body Layer
Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hhbody

Floodfill with #000000
Go to Selections/Modify/Contract by 1
Floodfill with #074F07
Deselect
Go to Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel and apply the same settings as in Step 1

Step 6
Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Detail"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hhltdetail.sel"
Click on the Detail Layer
Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hhdetail

Floodfill with #000000
Deselect
On the same layer
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hhrtdetail.sel"
Floodfill with #000000
Deselect

Step 7
With your foreground still at #000000 change your background colour to #FFE3B7
Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Left Hand"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hhlthand.sel"
Click on the Left Hand Layer
Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hhlthand

Floodfill with #000000
Go to Selections/Modify/Contract by 1
Floodfill with #FFE3B7
Go to Selections/Select All/Selections/Float
Go to Effects 3D Effects/Cut Out and apply these settings:



Reapply the Cut Out but change the Vertical and Horzontal to -1
Deselect

Step 8
Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Right Hand"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hhrthand.sel"
Click on the Right Hand Layer
Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hhrthand

Floodfill with #000000
Go to Selections/Modify/Contract by 1
Floodfill with #FFE3B7
Go to Selections/Select All/Selections/Float
Go to Effects 3D Effects/Cut Out and apply the same settings as in Step 7
Reapply the Cut Out but change the Vertical and Horzontal to -1
Deselect

Step 9
With your foreground still at #000000 change your background colour to #FFFFFF
Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Left Collar"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hhltcollar.sel"
Click on the Left Collar Layer
Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hhltcollar

Floodfill with #000000
Go to Selections/Modify/Contract by 1
Floodfill with #FFFFFF
Deselect
Go to Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel and apply the same settings as in Step 1

Step 10
Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Right Collar"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hhrtcollar.sel"
Click on the Right Layer
Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hhrtcollar

Floodfill with #000000
Go to Selections/Modify/Contract by 1
Floodfill with #FFFFFF
Deselect
Go to Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel and apply the same settings as in Step 1
changing the angle to 311

Step 11
With your foreground still at #000000 change your background colour to #FFE3B7
Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Head"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hhhead.sel"
Click on the Head Layer
Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hhhead

Floodfill with #000000
Go to Selections/Modify/Contract by 1
Floodfill with #FFE3B7
Go to Selections/Select All/Selections/Float
Go to Effects 3D Effects/Cut Out and apply the same settings as in Step 3
but change the Shadow Colour to #8B5F16
Reapply the Cut Out but change the Vertical and Horzontal to -2
Deselect

Step 12
Go to your Layer Palette and highlight the Right Collar Layer
Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Right Ear"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hhrtear.sel"
Click on the Right Ear Layer
Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hhrtear

Floodfill with #000000
Go to Selections/Modify/Contract by 1
Floodfill with #FFE3B7
Go to Selections/Select All/Selections/Float
Go to Effects 3D Effects/Cut Out and apply the same settings as in Step 7
Reapply the Cut Out but change the Vertical and Horzontal to -1
Deselect

Step 13
Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Left Ear"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hhltear.sel"
Click on the Left Ear Layer
Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hhltear

Floodfill with #000000
Go to Selections/Modify/Contract by 1
Floodfill with #FFE3B7
Go to Selections/Select All/Selections/Float
Go to Effects 3D Effects/Cut Out and apply the same settings as in Step 7
Reapply the Cut Out but change the Vertical and Horzontal to -1
Deselect

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Tutorial written September 26 2002

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