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 Tower 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
tower.pspimage file Use for PSP 8 Tower 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 the "Grey Pattern" that you downloaded to a folder of your choice Set your foreground pattern to "greypattern" Scale 100 Angle 0
Open a New Image 300x300 16 Million Colours Transparent
Open the
tower.pspimage file. Shift D to duplicate and
then close the original
Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Front"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hh01front.sel" Click on the Front
Layer Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection
from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hh01front
Floodfill
Go to Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel and apply the Metallic Preset
supplied
with PSP changing the depth to 1
Deselect
Step 2 Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Side 1"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hh02side1.sel" Click on the Side 1
Layer Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection
from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hh02side1
Floodfill
Go to Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel and apply the Metallic Preset as
in Step 1
Deselect
Step 3 Set your foreground colour to #000000 Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Side"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hh03side.sel" Click on the Side
Layer Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection
from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hh03side
Floodfill
Go to Selections/Invert
Go to Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow and apply these settings:
Deselect
Step 4 Set your foreground pattern to "greypattern" Scale 100 Angle 0 Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Front 1"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hh04front1.sel" Click on the Front 1
Layer Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection
from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hh04front1
Floodfill
Go to Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel and apply the Metallic Preset as in Step 1
Deselect
Step 5 Set your foreground colour to #000000 Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Top"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hh05top.sel" Click on the Top
Layer Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection
from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hh05top
Floodfill
Go to Selections/Invert
Go to Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow and apply the same settings as in Step 3
Deselect
Step 6 Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Vent"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hh06vent.sel" Click on the Vent
Layer Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection
from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hh06vent
Floodfill
Go to effects/Texture Effects/Blinds and apply these settings:
Deselect
Step 7
Set your foreground pattern to "greypattern" Scale 100 Angle 0 Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Disc Holder"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hh07discholder.sel" Click on the Disc Holder
Layer Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection
from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hh07discholder
Floodfill
Go to Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel and apply the Metallic Preset as in Step 1 Deselect
Go to Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow and apply these settings:
Step 8
Set your foreground colour to #000000 Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Discs"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hh08discs.sel" Click on the Discs
Layer Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection
from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hh08discs
Floodfill
Deselect
Go to Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow and apply the same settings as
in Step 7 changing the Vertical and Horizontal to 1
Step 9
Set your foreground pattern to "greypattern" Scale 100 Angle 0
Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Deco"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hh09discdeco.sel" Click on the Deco
Layer Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection
from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hh09discdeco
Floodfill
Go to Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel and apply the Metallic Preset as in
Step 1 Deselect
On the same layer go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose
"hh10discdeco1.sel"
Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection
from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hh10discdeco1
Floodfill
Go to Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel and apply the Metallic Preset as in Step 1 Deselect
Step 10
Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Floppy"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hh11floppy.sel" Click on the Floppy
Layer Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection
from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hh11floppy
Floodfill
Go to Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel and apply the Metallic Preset as in Step 1 Go to Selections/Modify/Contract by 4
Set your foreground colour to #000000
Floodfill
Deselect
Go to Effects3D Effects/Drop Shadow and apply the same settings as in Step 8 - your settings should still be there
Step 11
Set your foreground pattern to "greypattern" Scale 100 Angle 0
Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Floppy Deco"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hh12floppydeco.sel" Click on the Floppy Deco
Layer Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection
from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hh12floppydeco
Floodfill
Deselect
Go to Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel and apply the Metallic Preset as in Step 1
Step 12
Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Button"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hh13button.sel" Click on the Button
Layer Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection
from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hh13button
Floodfill
Go to Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel and apply the Metallic Preset as in Step 1 Go to Selections/Modify/Contract by 4
Set your foreground colour to #000000
Floodfill Go to Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel and apply the Metallic
Preset as in Step 1 Deselect Go to Effects3D Effects/Drop Shadow and apply the same
settings as in Step 8 - your settings should still be there Repeat the drop shadow changing the Vertical and Horizontal
to -1
Step 13
Go to your Layer Palette and highlight the "Front Layer"
Set your foreground pattern to "greypattern" Scale 100 Angle 0
Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "Deco"
Go to Selections/Load from Disc and choose "hh14deco.sel" Click on the Deco
Layer Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection
from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hh14deco
Floodfill Go to Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel and apply the Metallic
Preset as in Step 1 Deselect On the same layer repeat for "hh15deco1" and "hh16deco2"
Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection
from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hh15deco1 repeat
the instructions Click on the Blue
Layer Go to Selections/Load Save Selection/Load Selection
from Alpha Channel. Use the drop down arrow and select hh16deco2 repeat
the instructions
Go to Layers/Merge/Merge Visible
If you would like to add a wire make sure you add a layer under the
Tower
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
