Spinning Top Tutorial PSP 7 This tutorial was created March 17th 2002©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 Materials :- The .cfg that I used is Debs DeHaven's. She gave me permission to use it for this tutorial and to offer it for download Here (Unzip .cgf file into the folder you have made for Sinedots II) *Sadly, Deb DeHaven passed away on May 7, 2005 She wrote lots of great tutorials for PhotoImpact including several that used the sinedots filter Her tutorials are still available Here* 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 Go to Effects...Plugins...Sinedots... open the challenge1.cfg 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 Effects...Geometric Effects... Vertical Perspective...difference=100

Step 3. Go to Image...Canvas size... and change the canvas size to 400 x 400 it doesn't matter if it's centered or not because we are going to move it anyway Make the background layer active and flood fill with the same dark colour used in step 1. Go to View...Grid...change the grid and guide properties (listed inder view) to 100 vertical and horizontal and the colour, to something that will show up against your background. Use the Mover Tool to re-position the sinedot to top with the point touching the centre the grid can be turned off now.

Step 4. Go to Layers...Duplicate...then Image...Flip... Turn off the visibility of the background layer by opening the layers palette and clicking the glasses Go to Layers...Merge...and merge visible. Turn the background visibility back on. Go to Effects...Reflection Effects... Rotating mirror...rotation=23 horizontal=0 vertical=0

Step 5. There is a peice of the sinedot in the bottom corner which isn't wanted, so remove it either by selecting with the Freehand (lasso)Tool and hitting delete, or with the Eraser. I used the Freehand Tool

Step 6. Use freehand (lasso) tool type=point to point, to select the bottom area of the spinning top Go to Selections...Float... flood fill the floating selection with gradient. The gradient I originally used is fading spectrum by Peggy Jentoft. I no longer have a link for this, but you can use a gradient of your choice I used style=Linear, Angle =24, Repeats=0 and ticked the invert gradient box. De-select

Step 7. There is a small gap in the handle With draw tool type=single line width=2 foreground colour=white, draw a line between the two sections to fill the gap. You can do this on a seperate layer and merge the two layers after, but if you do it that way, don't forget to turn off the background layer before merging Change the palette foreground to the colour that you want the handle to be, I used #80FF80 Use the Freehand Tool (point to point)to select handle Go to Selections...Float, and flood fill selected area. Then go to Effects...3D Effects...Inner bevel... use these settings De-select

Step 8. Go to Effects...3D Effects... Drop Shadow...using these settings

Step 9. There is rather a lot of wasted space surrounding the spinning top so use the Crop Tool to select the area that you want to use for your picture this was my screenshot Then go to Image...Crop...

Step 10. You can leave the background as it is if you want to, but I flood filled mine with a gradient fill using background #004000 and foreground #000040 style=linear, angle=0, repeats=0 Finish with a frame of your choice

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