Champagne Glass Tutorial PSP8 This tutorial was created 27th December 2002©Copyright Artwork by EssexGirl Updated for use with PSP8 27th February 2005 please do not copy it, or put it anywhere else without my written permission. *NOTE* Sometimes the links for filters change, it's difficult (and a lot of work) to keep changing them on individual pages, so I have created a page with links to filters and programs that I have used in my tutorials. That way it is easier for me, because when there are changes I will only have one page to update and hopefully better for you, because I'm less likely to miss a page out when doing the updates :) You will find links to filters/programs used in this tutorial Here the link will open in a new window Filters and programs used in this tutorial :- Paint Shop Pro Dragonfly's Sinedots II filter you can get Fantastic Machines Paint Engine Materials:- There is a text file included in the zip, if you don't know where to place the items. My challenges.cfg, gradient and bubbles tube Here some images have been made smaller to shorten file size

Step 1. Open a new image 300 x 150 transparent, flood fill with a dark colour and add a new layer naming it 'glass top' Go to Effects...Plugin Effects...Dragonfly...Sinedots.... open the sg_challenges.cfg and choose challenge_M If you are new to sinedots and don't know how to open the .cfg file click HERE for more information Some presets use different 'blend' settings and it is important for this tutorial to make sure that the blend in the sinedots setting is set to 'screen' like this:- I have kept the sinedots shape in it's original colour, as my background is going to contain some mauve and purple shades and I want the champagne glass to reflect some of this colour. If you are going to use a different colour background you may want to change your sinedots shape to a lighter shade of your colour choice. If you have a favourite way of colouring use that, otherwise go to colours...Colourize.. and experiment with the settings to find the colour that you want to use.

Step 2. Go to Effects...Geometric Effects... Perspective Vertical... Make the difference=70 and the Edge mode=Transparent Go to Image...Canvas Size... Change canvas size to 300 x 400 ticking the In the Placement area choose the top centre square. You should have a large transparent area at the bottom of your image. Make the background layer active and flood fill with your dark colour.

Step 3. Use a colour from your sinedots image as the palette background colour and make the foreground a slightly darker shade of the same colour. I used #D0B3D0 for the background and #978197 for the foreground. Change the foreground style to gradient and use gradient=#1 foreground-background, style=linear gradient, angle=90, repeats=1 Make the background style null. Add a new layer naming it 'stem' With the Pen Tool using these settings Contiguous = unticked Simple mode = unticked Create as Vector = unticked Mode = Drawing mode Segment type = Line Segments Line style = Solid Width = 15 Antialias = unticked Draw the stem, leaving enough space below it for the base of the glass. If you hold down the shift key as you draw it will keep the line straight

Step 4. We are going to add a highlight, but when we blur this, some of it may spill over the edges of the stem. To make it easy to clean up any overspill we will make a selection in the area outside of stem shape and save it to the alpha channel. To do this click the blank area outside the stem with the Magic Wand to select. Go to Selections Load/Save Selection...Save Selection to Alpha Channel calling it stem cleanup. De-select. Add a new layer, naming it 'stem highlight' Change the foreground colour to white and style to solid fill. On the Pen Tool options change the line width to 3. Draw a line down the length of the stem, a little to the right of the centre. It won't matter if you make it too long as any excess will be deleted when we do the cleanup. Go to Effects...Blur...gaussian blur...radius=1.99 Go to Selections...Load from Alpha Channel... and load the 'stem cleanup' selection. Press the delete key, then de-select. With the 'stem highlight as the active layer, go to Layers...Merge...Merge Down.

Step 5. Change the foreground colour back to the one you used in step3 (you can right click on the colour box to bring up a window of recently used colours). The background should still be the same as in step 3 Change the background style to gradient fill using foreground-background gradient, style=linear gradient, angle=320, repeats=0. Make the foreground style null Make the background layer active and add a new layer naming this layer 'base'. Use the Preset Shapes Tool with these settings line width=1, type=ellipse, antialias ticked, vector unticked Draw an ellipse for the base, keep in mind that it needs to be large enough so that the glass doesn't topple over, we don't want any spills :) Move into position with the Mover Tool if necessary. We are going to make a clean up selection for the base in the same way that we did for the stem. Click the blank area outside the ellipse with the Magic Wand, save it to the alpha chanel naming it 'base cleanup'. De-select.

Step 6. Add a new layer, naming it 'base highlight'. change foreground colour to white and the style solid fill. Make the background style null. Use the Pen Tool with these settings Contiguous = unticked Simple mode = unticked Create as Vector = unticked Mode = Drawing mode Segment type = Freehand Line style = Solid Width = 5 Antialias = ticked You can zoom in so that it's easier to see what you are doing. We want a couple of curved lines using the pen tool at width 5, then another line along the bottom close to the edge changing the width to 2. Click on the 'New' button after each line is drawn. It doesn't matter if they are a bit uneven, as we are going to blur them. You can use the following screenshot as a guide, but they don't have to be exact. Go to Effects...Blur... Gaussian blur...radius=3.97 load the 'base cleanup' selection from the alpha chanel and press the delete key. De-select. With the base highlight as the active layer, go to Layers...Merge...Merge down.

Step 7. Make your stem layer active. We need to soften the bottom edge of the stem where it meets the base. Activate the Soften Brush and use these settings Shape=round Size=5 Hardness=12 Step=30 Density=40 Thickness=100 Rotation=0 Opacity=70 Soften the join between the stem and base The transparency of the base and stem layers can be lowered to give a more glassy look. Open the layers palette and move the tranparency slider down until you are happy with the result. I lowered the transparency on my stem layer to 80 and on my base layer to 60 Turn off the visibility of the background layer by opening the layer palette and clicking the 'eye' next to that layer to hide it. Merge visible, rename the merged layer 'glass' Turn the visibility of the background layer back on by clicking the eye again to remove the X.

Step 8. With glass layer active go to Image...resize... Make sure that the all layers box is unticked, make the resize type bicubic resample and resize to 75% Use the the Mover Tool to place glass in the centre. Next we add some wine to the glass Add a new layer. Change the palette background to white solid fill and the foreground null. Activate preset shapes tool and use these settings. Shape=ellipse Retain style=unticked Antialias ticked Create as vector=unticked Line style=solid line width=1 make an ellipse for the surface area of the drink. If you need to adjust the size of your ellipse, click on the Deformation Tool and use the handles of the deformation box to stretch or contract it. You can reposition it with the centre handle. Lower the transparency of the layer in the layer palette. I lowered the transparency on mine to 42 Move the layer below the 'glass' by opening the layers palette and dragging it down. Turn off the visibility of the background Merge Visible, then turn visibility back on.

Step 9. Go to Effects 3D Effects...Drop Shadow... Add a drop shadow with these settings Vertical Offset=0 Horizontal Offset=5 Opacity=71 Blur=14.8 Colour=black You can decorate the background in any way that you want. This is how I did mine Change the palette foreground to gradient fill Style=linear gradient Angle=45 Repeats=0 I used a gradient of my own called 'sg_hot and dark'. This gradient was created in PSP7, but it will work in PSP8 as well. If you want to use that one you can download it from the link at the top of the page. Make the background layer active and flood fill with the gradient. Go to Effects...Plugin Effects... Fantastic machines...Paint Engine... use the 'borg' preset Use the Selection Tool type=rectangle to select a rectanglular section at the bottom of the image. This is my screenshot Go to Colours...Adjust...Brightness/Contrast... brightness=-23 (minus 23), contrast=14 De-select I finished by adding a new layer on top of the background layer and placing a few tubed bubbles into my glass. I used my own tube of bubbles scale=50. You are welcome to use these if you haven't got any tubed bubbles They can be downloaded from the link at the top of the page. Add any other tubes that you want (cocktail sticks, cherries etc.) Go to Layers...Merge...Merge All.... Add a frame of your choice.

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