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 Flag 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 flag.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 400x300 16 Million Colours Transparent
Open the
flag.pspimage file. Shift D to duplicate and
then close the original
Set your foreground colour to #000000
Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Flag"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hhflag.sel" Click on the Flag Layer Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection
from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hhflag
Floodfill
Go to Selections/Modify/Contract by 1 pixel
Change foreground colour to #FFFFFF
Floodfill
Deselect
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 -3
Deselect
Step 2
Set your foreground colour to #000000
Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Stripes"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hhstripes.sel" Click on the Stripes Layer Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection
from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hhstripes
Floodfill
Go to Selections/Modify/Contract by 1 pixel
Change foreground colour to #D6394C
Floodfill
Deselect
Go to Effects/3D Effects/inner Bevel and apply these settings:
Step 3
Set your foreground colour to #000000
Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Blue"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hhblue.sel" Click on the Blue Layer Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection
from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hhblue
Floodfill
Go to Selections/Modify/Contract by 1 pixel
Change foreground colour to #6685C6
Floodfill
Deselect
Go to Effects/3D Effects/inner Bevel and apply the same settings as in Step
2
On your Layer Palette hide Layer 1
Hide all but the Flag, Stripes and Blue Layers
Go to Layers/Merge/Merge Visible and rename this layer Flag
Go to Effects/Geometric Effects/Wave and apply these settings:
Step 4
Change your foreground colour to #FFFFFF
Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Stars"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hhstars.sel" Click on the Stars Layer Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection
from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hhstars
Floodfill
Go to Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel and apply the same settings as in Step
2
Deselect
Step5
Change foreground colour to #000000
Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Inner Frame"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hhinnerframe.sel" Click on the Inner Frame Layer Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection
from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hhinnerframe
Floodfill
Go to Selections/Modify/Contract by 1 pixel
Change foreground colour to #3A6DAE
Floodfill
Go to Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel and apply the same settings as in Step
2
Deselect
Go to Effects/Geometric Effects/Wave and apply the same settings as in Step
3
Step 6
Change foreground colour to #000000
Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Inner stars"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hhinnerstars.sel" Click on the Inner Stars Layer Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection
from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hhinnerstars
Floodfill
Go to Selections/Modify/Contract by 1 pixel
Change foreground colour to #F4DA25
Floodfill
Go to Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel and apply the same settings as in Step
2
Deselect
Step 7
Change foreground colour to #000000
Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Inner Frame1"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hhinnerframe1.sel" Click on the Inner Frame1 Layer Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection
from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hhinnerframe1
Floodfill
Go to Selections/Modify/Contract by 1 pixel
Change foreground colour to #FFFFFF
Floodfill
Deselect
Go to Selections/Select All/Selections/Float
Go to Effects/3D Effects/Cutout and apply the same settings as in Step 1
Reapply the Cut Out but change the Vertical and Horzontal to -3
Deselect
Go to Effects/Geometric Effects/Wave and apply the same settings as in Step
3
Step 8
Keep Layer 1 hidden
Go to Layers/Merge/Merge Visible and minimize the image
Rename this Layer Flag
