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 or 8 - Get it here Mouse 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
mouse.pspimage file Use for PSP 8 Mouse 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!!!
Step 1
Open a New Image 300x300 16 Million Colours Transparent
Open the
mouse.pspimage file. Shift D to duplicate and
then close the original
Set your foreground to colour #000000
Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Bottom"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hh01bottom.sel" Click on the Bottom
Layer Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection
from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hh01bottom
Floodfill
Deselect
Step 2 Open the "Grey Pattern" that you downloaded to a folder of your choice Set your foreground pattern to "greypattern" Scale 100 Angle 0 Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Bottom Trim"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hh02bottomtrim.sel" Click on the Bottom Trim
Layer Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection
from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hh02bottomtrim
Floodfill
Go to Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel and apply the Metallic Preset
supplied
with PSP
Deselect
Step 3 Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Top"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hh03top.sel" Click on the Top
Layer Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection
from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hh03top
Floodfill
Go to Selections/Float
Go to Effects/3D Effects/Cut Out and apply these settings:
Deselect
Step 4 Set your foreground colour to #000000 Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Trim"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hh04trim.sel" Click on the Trim
Layer Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection
from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hh04trim
Floodfill
Deselect
Step 5 Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Trim 1"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hh05trim1.sel" Click on the Trim1
Layer Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection
from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hh05trim1
Floodfill
Go to Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel and apply these settings:
Deselect
Step 6 Set your foreground pattern to "greypattern" Scale 100 Angle 0 Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Wheel"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hh06wheel.sel" Click on the Wheel
Layer Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection
from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hh06wheel
Floodfill
Go to Effects/Texture Effects/Blinds and apply these settings:
Go to Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel and apply these settings:
Deselect
Go to Layers/Merge/Merge Visible
If you would like to add a wire make sure you add a layer under the
Mouse
layer
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
