Rose Medallion

PSP8 and PSP9

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You will find links to filters/programs used in this tutorial Here
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Filters and programs used in this tutorial :-
Paint Shop Pro
Dragonfly's SinedotsII

Materials :-
My sg_golden_goblet.cfg Here
Unzip into the folder that you keep your sinedots presets in.

Some images have been made smaller to shorten file size

Step 1.
Open a new image 200 x 200 transparent, flood fill with black.
(this just makes it easier to see the sinedots image).
Add a new raster layer.
Go to Effects...Plugins...Dragonfly...Sinedots II...
If you are new to sinedots and don't know how to open
the .cfg files and the presets that they contain,
click HERE for more information

Open the 'golden_goblet' preset.
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 Image...Canvas Size...
Change the size of the canvas to 400 x 400
with the placement in the centre.
Make the bottom layer (raster 1) active and flood fill with black,
then make your sinedots image layer (raster 2) active again.

Go to Effects...Reflection Effects...Rotating Mirror...
For the mirror placement use
horizontal offset=20, vertical offset=0, angle=225
Edge Mode=Transparent.

You can get variations in the final result by adjusting the settings,
try using the same angle, but changing the horizontal offset to 0
I'm sure you can come up with some variations of your own :)

Step 3.
Go to View...Change grid, guide and snap properties...
change the grid settings for the current image to 200 x 200
and the change colour to something that they will show
up against the black background.

Go to View...Grid...to turn on the grid Go to Image...Resize...
Make sure that the 'all layers' box is not ticked
(we only want to resize the sinedots layer).
Resample using bicubic and resize to 85%.
If you used different settings on the rotating
mirror, the size of your sinedots image might be
slightly different to mine, so you may have to
experiment with the amount of resizing.

The sinedots should just fit into the bottom left quarter
of the image. Place it so that it doesn't quite touch the
outside edges of the image. Don't worry if it is slightly
larger, it doesn't matter if it overlaps a little bit
into the other sections. It will just give a slightly
different pattern to the final result.

Use the Mover tool to position the sinedots image
at the bottom left corner of the image.

Step 4.
Go to Layers...Duplicate...then Image...Mirror...

PSP8 has a great new feature which means that we can now
merge the layer that we are on with the one below, without
having to hide all the other layers. GREAT!!! that was something
that I always found tedious in PSP7 :)

Go to Layers...Merge...Merge Down...
Then go to layers...Duplicate...and Image ...Flip...
Now merge the two layers with Layers...Merge...Merge Down...

The grid isn't needed any longer, so go to

Step 5.
Go to Layers...Duplicate...then go to
Effects...Reflection Effects...Kaleidoscope...
Make the settings as follows
Image area :-
Horizontal offset=0, Vertical offset=0,
Rotation angle=0, Scale factor =minus 29 (-29),

Kaleidoscope settings :-
Number of petals=8, Number of orbits=0, Radial suction=0

Edge mode=Repeat

You can get many variations by experimenting with the settings,
for example try adjusting the horizontal and vertical offsets,
or the radial suction.

As another variation you could duplicate the 'copy of
raster 2' layer and resize the layer by about 70%,
or apply different kaleidoscope settings to it.

Step 6.
To change the colour of the sinedots lock the transparency of each
layer containing a sinedots image, by clicking the padlock at the
far right of the layers, in the layer palette.
The padlocks will turn blue.

Step 7.
Make the layer that you want to colour active. I started with

Click on the left of the three buttons below the foreground,
materials box and choose colour, gradient, or pattern, depending
on how you want to colour the image and flood fill the layer.

If you are using a solid colour you can choose the colour from the
'available colours panel' or click on the foreground materials box
and choose your colour from the materials dialogue box.
If you are using a gradient, or pattern click on the foreground
materials box and choose from the materials dialogue box.

I used a gradient with these settings to colour this layer
Gradient type=Rainbow pastel, Style=Radial,
Angle=0, Repeats=0, invert=unticked
Centre point:- Horizontal=50, Vertical=50,
Texture=unticked

Repeat this step on the other sinedots layer (or layers).
I used the same gradient, but changed the repeats to 5

Click the 'lock transparency' padlocks again to unlock
the transparent areas.

Step 8.
Make the top layer active, then go to
Effects...3D Effects...Drop shadow...
These were the settings that I used,
feel free to adjust them to suit yourself.
Vertical offset=3, Horizontal offset=3,
Opacity=68, Blur=16.83, colour=black
Repeat the drop shadow on each of the sinedots layers.

Make the background layer (raster 1) active and flood fill
in your choice of colours. I used Foreground-background gradient
Style=Sunburst, colours black (#000000) and purple (#900796)

Go to Layers ...Merge...Merge All...
Add a frame of your choice.

Here is another example using different kaleidoscope
settings and flood filling with solid colours.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.
Thankyou to my very helpful testers
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