Hanging Basket Tutorial PSP X version This tutorial was created April 20th 2002©Copyright Artwork by EssexGirl updated for pspX Jan 2007 please do not copy it, or put it anywhere else without my written permisson. *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 Eye Candy 3 Materials :- There is a text file included in the zip, if you don't know where to place the items. My sg_windchime.cfg, selection file and some wood, brick and copper patterns Here Flower tubes (I no longer have a link to the flower tubes that I used, but you can use any flower tubes that you have instead). some images have been made smaller to shorten file size

Step 1. Open a new image 200 x 200 transparent. Flood fill with a dark colour and add a new layer, naming it 'basket'. Go to Effects...Plugins...Sinedots... Open the 'windchime.cfg' and choose the 'shallow dish' setting. 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:-

Step 2. Go to Edit...Copy...This image will be needed again later so minimize it for now(or save it). Open a new image 400 x 400 transparent Flood fill with a dark colour, then go to Edit...Paste...Paste as a new layer Go to Effects...Plugins...Eye Candy 3.1...Chrome... Use the Copper preset with the default settings As an alternative, if you haven't got Eye Candy, you can get a similar effect with psp's sculpture using these settings (the copper pattern is in the download zip for this tutorial, place it in your patterns folder.

Step 3. Add a new layer, naming it loop 1. Make the Foreground and Stroke Properties of the materials palette style=colour, colour=white (#ffffff). Make the Background style=Transparent. With the Preset Shapes tool type=elipse width=2 antialias ticked, retain style=unticked create as vector=unticked. Draw a small circle on the top left of the basket

Step 4. Go to Effects...Texture Effects...Sculpture... Use the settings given in step 2, but change the depth to 3

Step 5. Go to Layers...Duplicate...then Image...Mirror... this gives you a matching loop on the opposite end of the basket. Duplicate this layer and use the Mover Tool to position the loop on this layer (it's covering the one on the last layer) to one side of the V at the front of the basket (see the following screenshot for approximate positions for the loops). Duplicate the layer and mirror to get a matching loop on the other side of the V. I also made 2 loops in the same way, for the back of the basket, it's up to you whether you do this, as they will probably be covered by the flowers (depending on how they are arranged). I put the loops in so that I could save the empty basket to fill with fewer flowers later if I wanted

Step 6. Make the layer loop 1 active and add a new layer, naming it cord 1 Use the Pen Tool Mode=Draw Lines and Polygons Create on Vector=unticked Connect Segments=unticked Show Nodes=ticked Line style=Solid Width=1 Antialias=ticked Draw a line from the loop to a point in the centre horizontally and above the basket, this is the first of our hanging cords. I've turned on the grid (100x100) to help show the position, but this is only a guide, you can make it higher or lower if you want to. Apply the same sculpture effect that we used on the first loop. To get the matching line the other side duplicate the layer and mirror the in same way as we did with the loops. Turn off the visibility of all the layers except the two outside loops and their joining cords, by opening the layers palette and clicking the 'eye' of each layer. Go to Layers...Merge...Merge Visible Rename the merged layer 'outside cords', turn visibility back on (you can right click on a layer in the layers palette and choose view...All...) Repeat this step (step 6)with the two front loops (either side of the V), this time renaming the merged layer 'front cords' Repeat again with the two back loops (if you made them, if not just draw the cord to where the loops would have been and duplicate mirror and merge them). Rename 'back cords'.

Step 7. In the layers palette move the 'front cords' layer to the top and the 'ouside cords' layer just below it by dragging them. The layer palette should now look like this. The back of the basket needs to be separated from the front for the flowers to go in between. To do this, the back has to be selected you can either use my .sel file or make your own selection Firstly, make the basket layer active. If you are making your own selection, use the Freehand (lasso) Tool type=point to point, feather=0, antialias ticked, carefully draw along the V shape at the front of the basket and around the outside of the back. Turn off the visibility of all the cord layers if it makes it easier. If you are using my selection (in the materials zip file) instead of making your own, go to Selections...Load from disk... and load the basket_back.sel Go to Selections...Promote to layer... Rename the promoted section 'basket back', but don't deselect yet. Make the basket layer active and press the delete key. Now you can de-select Move the basket layer to just below the 'front cords'(2nd from the top). I then duplicated the 'basket' layer to thicken it. Make sure the 'copy of basket layer is active, then go to Layers...Merge...Merge Down... This is a good time to save the basket for future use

Step 8. Use any tubed flowers to fill the basket, placing each tube on a separate layer so that they can be moved, mirrored or flipped. The scale will need adjusting, you will have to try out different sizes to find what suits the picture and delete those that are too large or small. Depending on the tubed flowers that you use, you might need to sharpen them, so if they look fuzzy, go to Effects...Sharpen... and sharpen. Also depending on the flowers you may want to add a small drop shadow to them, if so, go to Effects...3D Effects...Drop Shadow. The amount will depend on the flowers used, but start with horizontal=2 vertical=2 opacity=75 blur=12.3 you can see the effect in the preview picture in the dialogue box and adjust the settings if you want to. The arrangement is up to you, most will be on layers between the 'back cords' and the 'outside loops' or between the 'outside loops' and the 'basket' plus as with the trailing ones above the top layer. If you place one on a layer at the back, which should be at the front or vice versa, just drag the layer into position in the layers palette. This was how mine looked with the flowers in place When you are happy with the arrangement, turn off the visibility of the background layer, Merge Visible, then turn visibility back on.

Step 9. Now for the window. While we are working on the window, turn the visibility of the 'hanging basket' layer off, it'll be less distracting. Open up the the sinedot image that you minimized or saved in step 2. This is going to be used to make the lace curtains. I am going to change the colour of mine to white, (but you can certainly have coloured ones if you prefer). Go to Colours...Adjust...Hue/Saturation/Lightness... Move the lightness slider to 100 and the saturation slider to minus 100 Go to Edit...Copy...this image is no longer needed Back to the main image, make the background the active layer, then go to Edit...Paste...and Paste as a new layer Go to Effects...Sharpen... and sharpen, I repeated the sharpening once

Step 10. Go to Effects...Reflection Effects...Pattern... I used these settings. You can play around with the settings to get different patterns Change the blend mode for this layer to 'hard light' in the layer palette

Step 11. Go to Effects...Texture Effects...Blinds... Use these settings, or adjust them to your taste Re-name this layer 'curtains' The appearance of these curtains can be changed a lot by changing the colour of the background layer, I am going to do this near the end of the tutorial, but will leave it as it is while we finish the window

Step 12. Add a new layer, naming it 'bricks' Go to Selections...Select all...(or ctrl+A) Selections...Modify...Contract...contract by 40 pixels Selections...Invert...(shift+ctrl+I) you should now have a border selected around the edge Change your foreground style to 'pattern fill'. Left click the styles box to bring up the dialogue box and from the selection of styles choose 'bricks', or whatever you want your outside walls to be covered in :) scale=50 angle=0 texture=unticked Flood fill the selected area with bricks and de-select.(ctrl+D)

Step 13. Add a new layer, naming it frame. Left click on the styles box and change the pattern to 'finished wood', or wood pattern of your choice. With the Pen Tool Mode=Draw Lines and Polygons Create on Vector=unticked Connect Segments=unticked Show Nodes=ticked Line style=Solid Width=20 Antialias=ticked Hold down the shift key and draw a line from co-ordinates 30,30 to 370,30 This part is a little tricky, but it makes neat mitred corners on the window frame. We are going to use the Freehand (lasso) Tool, type=point to point, feather=0, antialias ticked, to select a diagonal section from the end of the line that we have just drawn, repeat on the opposite end, then delete. It only takes four mouse clicks. Watch the co-ordinates at the bottom left of the screen. Move the mouse to co-ordinates 30,20 left click, then move the mouse diagonally downwards and to the right until the first set of figures after the = sign (circled in the screenshot) says 20x20 Make the second click there. That is the difficult part over, exact co-ordinates are not crucial for the next part, move the mouse downwards and to the left (outside of the wooden line) and make the third click. the last movement is a right click back at the starting point. The selected area should look something like this Hold down the shift key and select a similar area at the opposite end. Make the first left click at 370,20, move the mouse diagonally downward and to the left until the figures after the = sign read 20x20 and make the second click. Move downwards to the right and click again, then right click at the starting point. Hit the delete key, de-select and this is what you should have.

Step 14. Go to Layers...Duplicate...then Image...Free Rotate... All layers=unticked Rotate single layer round canvas centre=ticked Rotate Left by 90° and use the Mover Tool to position it so that it joins the top line at the corner Go to Layers Merge... Merge down... to merge the two sides of the frame together. Duplicate the layer. Go to Image...Mirror...then Image...Flip... Use the Mover tool again to join this half of the frame to the first one... Go to Layers Merge... Merge down... to merge the two parts of the frame together, then if necessary use the Mover tool to reposition the frame more centrally.

Step 15. Add a new layer Change the width of the Draw Tool to 10. Still using the wood pattern fill, hold down the shift key and draw a line from the left centre of the frame to the right using co-ordinates 40,200 to 360,200. Duplicate the layer, then go to Image...Free Rotate... all layers unticked Rotate single layer round canvas centre=ticked and rotate 90° any direction Move these two layer underneath the the frame. We want to merge the frame parts together,so turn off the visibility of all the layers except the frame and the horizontal and vertical lines by clicking on the eyes in the layer palette. Merge Visible, rename the merged layer 'frame' Turn the visibility of the layers (except the basket of flowers) back on again.

Step 16. To give it a more 3D effect we will apply a cutout With the Magic Wand Use all layers=unticked, Contiguous=ticked, antialias=ticked feather=0, tolerance=0, hold down the shift key and click each of the squares inside the frame to select them. Add a new layer, then go to Effects...3D Effects...Cutout Use these settings

Step 17. Turn the visibility of the basket layer back on, make that the active layer and with the Mover Tool, move the basket close to the top right corner of the image, then go to Effects...3D Effects... Drop Shadow...and use these settings

Step 18. Make the background (layer 1) active. I had a lot of fun experimenting with different colours and colour combinations on this layer, so do experiment for yourself and see what you can come up with. I used a linear gradient, angle=332, foreground=#000040, background=#C0C0FF

Step 19. To finish we are going to add a frame and hang the basket from it. Go to Layers...and Merge All Change the background on the palette to white. Go to Image...Add Borders... Add a symmetrical border of 5. Select the border with the Magic Wand go to Effects...Texture Effects...Sculpture... and apply the 'mahogany' preset. This may be a psp7 preset, so if you haven't got it in your version of PSP, here are the settings, you will need the Finished Wood pattern (included in the materials zip for this tutorial) placed in your patterns folder. Click on the background and fill properties box on your palette and change the the colour to one of the colours from your image, using the eye dropper. Go to Image...Add borders... Right click on the color box and change to your background colour. Add a symmetrical border of 15. Select it with the Magic Wand. Go to Effects...3D...Cutout... Horizontal and Vertical=0 Opacity=75, Blur=15 Add a symmetrical border of 5 in white. Select it with the Magic Wand and apply the mahogany sculpture effect that we used before. De-select.

Step 20. Add a new Layer Make the palette foreground white, solid fill and the background transparent. Use the Preset Shapes Tool type=elipse, width=2, antialias ticked, Retain style=unticked, Create on Vector=unticked to make an elipse around the hanging basket and the first border of the frame, then use the Eraser Tool to erase the parts that go behind the frame and cords Go to Effects...Texture effects...Sculpture... and apply the same settings as given for the basket, in step 2. Merge all layers. Resize if you wish

This is one I made with different background colours and different pattern settings for the curtains

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