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
Easy Shelf 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
easyshelf.pspimage file Use for PSP8
Easy Shelf 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 400x400 16 Million Colours Transparent
Open the shelf.pspimage file. Shift D to duplicate and then close the original
Open the hh.woodfill1 pattern that you unzipped to a folder of your choice
Set your foreground to pattern and select the hh.woodfill1 pattern with these settings:

Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Shelf Bottom"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hhshelfbottom.sel"
Click on the Bottom Layer
Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hhshelfbottom
Floodfill
Go to Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel and apply these settings:

Deselect

Step 2
Select your Magic Wand tool with these settings:

Click on the first heart.  Hold down your shift key and select the other 3 hearts.  All 4 hearts should now be selected
Go to Effects/3D Effects/Cut Out and apply these settings:

Deselect

Step 3
Select your Selections Tool set at rectangle and draw a rectangle around the shelf bottom.
Click on the shelf and the marching ants will select the whole shelf
Go to Selections/Defloat
Go to Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow and apply these settings:

Deselect

Step 4
Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Pegs"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hhpegs.sel"
Click on the Pegs Layer
Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hhpegs
Floodfill
Go to Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel and apply the same settings as in Step 1
Go to Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow and apply the same settings as in
Step 3
Deselect

Step5
Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Strip"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hhstrip.sel"
Click on the Strip Layer
Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hhstrip
Floodfill
Go to Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel and apply the same settings as in Step 1
Go to Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow and apply the same settings as in    Step 3
Deselect

Step 6
Open the hh.gingham.red pattern that you unzipped to a folder of your choice
Set your foreground to pattern and select the hh.gingham.red pattern with these settings:

Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Cloth"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hhcloth.sel"
Click on the Cloth Layer
Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hhcloth
Floodfill
Go to Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow and apply the same settings as in    Step 3
Deselect
 

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

To Tutorials
To havasu hideout