Tablelamp Tutorial PSP X This tutorial was created March 27th 2002©Copyright Artwork by EssexGirl Updated for pspX 10th Feb 2007 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 Super Blade Pro Greg's factory output vol II Materials :- There is a text file included in the zip, if you don't know where to place the items. My lamp_selections.pspimage and silvery sparkle SBP preset Here Although the result is the same as the psp7 version of this tutorial, from PSP9 onwards the effect of the geometric perspectives changed and distorted the images so much that it isn't possible to use them. This version uses selections instead of the sinedots images, so most of the steps are entirely different to the original tutorial. some images have been made smaller to shorten file size

Step 1. Open the lamp_selections.pspimage. At the moment it just looks like a dark blue image, but the selections we are going to use are in the Alpha Channels. You can change the background colour if you wish to, so flood fill with a colour of your choice, a dark colour works best. Add a new layer. Go to Selections....Load/Save Selection... Load Selection from Alpha Channel Load the lamp base. Flood fill the selected area with white, clicking 3 or 4 times with the flood fill tool to get a stronger colour, don't deselect yet Go to Effects...Plugins...Flaming Pear...SuperBladePro... Apply the sg_silvery sparkle preset (or a preset of your choice) Select none

step 2. Add a new layer. Go to Selections....Load/Save Selection... Load Selection from Alpha Channel Load the lamp stem. Flood fill the selected area with white, clicking 3 or 4 times with the flood fill tool to get a stronger colour, don't deselect yet Go to Effects...Plugins...Flaming Pear...SuperBladePro... Apply the sg_silvery sparkle preset (or a preset of your choice) Select none Go to Layers...Merge...Merge Down... To make the stem and base look thicker, go to Layers...Duplicate... then layers...Merge...Merge Down... I thought this gave a better effect.

Step 5. To give the glow around the lamp, make the background layer active then go to Effects...Plugins...Greg's Factory Output Vol II... Spotlight...I changed the X setting to 128 and the Y setting to 88, the rest I left at the default settings. Resize if you wish (Shift+S) Resample using Bicubic And add a frame of your choice Here is a lamp I made in another colour. I used #400000 for the background, #DF7777 for the lampshade

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