DragonflyPSP9 versionThis tutorial was created May 17th 2002©Copyright Artwork by EssexGirl Updated for use with PSP9 20th March 2005 please do not copy it, or put it anywhere else without my written permission. Filters and programs used in this tutorial :- Materials :- I dedicate this tutorial to Philipp Spöth some images have been made smaller to shorten file size |
This tutorial was originally written for PSP7 and used
the Sinedots filter |
Step 1. |
Step 2. Flood Fill the selection with your gradient, |
Step 3. |
Step 4. The following screenshot will show you how far to turn
it. Select a different tool to get rid of the deformation
box, |
Step 5. |
Step 6. You can either use the centre handle to reposition |
Step 7. Make the other wing (wing 1) the active layer and |
Step 8. Change the background of your materials palette to
white, Make the Ellipse Tool active and use these settings Make a long narrow cigar shape for the body I made my ellipse a little too long, so I adjusted
the When you are happy with the position and size |
Step 9. |
Step 10. You can adjust the position with |
Step 11. Add a new layer Draw an antenna something like this Then with the paintb4rush and these settings Go to Effects...Texture Effects...Sculpture... Go to Layers...Duplicate... Turn off the visibility of the wings and the |
Step 12. Do a left mouse click on the body of You need another two similar legs for this side of Turn off the visibility of all the layers except the |
Step 13. Turn off the visibility of all the layers except
these |
Step 14. Turn on the visibility of the 'wings' layer. |
Step 15. Now go to Effects...Plugins...VM Natural... |
Step 16. Some presets use different 'blend' settings and it
is Go to Image...Flip... We are going to flood fill the sinedot, but first
open Flood fill the layer with gradient. Duplicate the layer and merge visible, then apply |
Step 17. Duplicate the layer and rename it 'rushes 2'. |
Step 18. Apply the VM Natural...Lakeside reflection, I changed
the |
Step 19. Make the foreground colour #CEBBCB and Go to Image...Add Borders... Activate the Magic Wand and use these settings Select the border with the Magic Wand, Go to Selections...Invert... Go to Effects...3D Effects...Cutout... Repeat the cutout, changing the horizontal and |
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Step 23. Step 24. Then de-select |
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. |
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