Sinedots Ornate Chair Tag PSP8 version This tutorial was created 7th August 2005©Copyright Artwork by EssexGirl 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 Mura Meister Copies Super Blade Pro (optional) Materials :- There is a text file included in the zip, if you don't know where to place the items. My ribbon.cfg, perspective-room mask and speckle goldfill pattern Here OPTIONAL : My sg_silvery sparkle SBP preset Here put the preset and bmps that go with it into SuperBladePro's Environments and Textures folder. A tube of your choice The tube that I have used was created from the artwork of Al Buell and was tubed by Phyllis of Serenity Arts, if you would like to use the same tube, visit Serenity Arts you will find it in the Al Buell section of the pin-up tubes. Font of your choice I have used Brock Script, which is available from DaFont.com some images have been made smaller to shorten file size

Step 1. Open a new image 200 x 300 pixels transparent background Go to Layers and add a New Raster Layer naming it 'sinedots' Go to Effects...Plugins...Dragonfly...Sinedots II... Click on the 'open' button at the bottom of the screen Use the navigation box to go to the folder where you saved the 'ribbons.cfg' select and open it. Click the dropdown list of presets (just above the open button) there are a few ribbon type presets included in this cfg. In this tutorial I am using the 'ribbon-twist', so choose that and click OK. (Some of the other presets are on a black background, so if you decide to try this tutorial with one of those, you will have to change the blend (which is just above the colour box), to 'screen' so that the background is transparent). Go to Image...Canvas Size... Change the canvas size to 600 x 600 Lock aspect ratio=unticked In the placement area choose the centre box. Make the bottom layer (Raster 1) active and flood fill with black, then make your sinedots layer active.

Step 2. Go to Image...Flip... Go to Effects...Plugins...Mura Meister...Copies... Click on the dropdown list of presets (bottom left) and choose 'Cards'

Step 3. Go to Image...Rotate...Rotate clockwise 90 Use the mover tool to move the sinedots image to the right, so that it almost touches the edge of the image Go to Effects...Reflection Effects...Rotating Mirror... Horizontal offset=0 Rotation angle=0 Edge mode=Wrap Next we are going to resize the sinedots image, without changing the size of the canvas, so Go to Image...Resize... With the 'Resize all layers' box unticked, resize by 80% Resample using Bicubic.

Step 4. Open the tube that you are going to use in psp, Go to Edit...Copy...then go back to your image and Go to Edit...Paste...Paste as New layer... If you use a different tube to the one I am using you will probably need to resize it, so make sure that the 'Resize All Layers' box is unticked, resize to a size that you are happy with and move into position with the mover tool. Go to Effects...3D Effects...Drop Shadow Offsets:- Vertical=minus 3 (-3) Horizontal=minus 3 (-3) Opacity=50 Blur=10 Colour=Black The pink clashes a bit with the red dress, so I decided to change the colour of my sinedots chair, depending on the tube you are using , you may want to leave it pink, change to a different colour. If you want to change the colour, make the foreground of your materials palette the colour that you want to use. You can either use the eye dropper to select a colour from your tube, or use a contrasting colour if you prefer. Open the Layers Palette and click on the padlock at the far right of the 'sinedots' layer. It will turn blue and the transparency of the layer will be locked so that the transparent areas will not be affected when you flood fill the layer. Make the 'sinedots' layer active, flood fill with your chosen colour. Unlock the transparency of the layer by clicking the padlock again it will change back to grey.

Step 5. This step is optional If you want to add a silvery effect to the sinedots (see the green version at the end of the tutorial), you can apply a SuperBladePro preset, if you don't want to apply the silver go on to the next step. Your sinedots layer should still be active. Go to Selections...Select All...then Selections...Float... Go to Effects...Plugins...SuperbladePro... Apply the sg_silvery sparkle preset De-select

Step 6. If you want to make the sinedots image stronger you can duplicate the layer, then go to Layers...Merge...Merge down...I thought this was better, but it's a matter for personal choice. Add a drop shadow to the sinedots image using the same settings that you did for the tube. Add a new layer, flood fill with white, then go to Layers...Arrange...Send to Bottom Make your black layer (Raster 1) active Go to Layers...Load/Save Mask...Load Mask from Disk... Choose the sg_perspective-room mask with these settings Right click on Group - Raster 1 in the layer palette and choose Merge Group

Step 7. Add a new layer naming it 'border' Go to Selections...Select All...then Selections...Modify...Select Selection Borders... Inside, border width=5, antialias=unticked You should have a selection 5 pixels wide around the edge of your image. Change the Foreground and Stroke Properties on your materials palette to 'pattern' and choose the speckle goldfill pattern angle=0, scale=100, Texture=unticked. Flood fill the selected border. Go to Selections...Invert...then Selections...Modify...Contract...20 pixels Selections...Modify...Select Selection Borders... Inside, border width=5, antialias=unticked Flood fill the selection with speckle goldfill

Step 8. Finish by adding your text in a colour and font of your choice. I usually create as a Vector and then convert to Raster when I am satisfied with the size and position, but you can add a new layer and create as Floating text if you prefer to do it that way. I have used the gold speckle pattern for the foreground and red for the background of the materials palette. Font=Brock Script Size=100 Stroke=1 pixel When you are happy with your text apply a drop shadow using the same settings as you used on the tube and sinedots. Add a new layer for any copyright information you want to add Merge all and Resize to suit, Resample using Bicubic.

This is a version I created using a different tube (from the artwork of Peter Driben). I changed the colour of the sinedots and applied a silvery sparkle SuperBladePro preset. Instead of creating the borders in step 7, I applied an edge mask and saved as a transparent gif

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