Creative Discovery in PaintShop Pro
Lesson 23


You will need this Rainbow colours Image from Pixabay

You will also need this Palm Tree Image from Pixabay

Here is a zip file of the psp image - Lesson 23 Zip File

Download, then unzip to a folder where you store your psp images - this is Black Geometric shapes on a Transparent background

First - Wait for the Video player to load
Then - You need to watch the video before doing lesson below - it has a lot more important information and explanations for you
You may do the lesson as you watch the video though
Also - Click the full screen button on the player to watch it full screen or you may not see all of the settings properly



1. FIRST IMAGE GEOMETRIC SHAPES

Open your images in PaintShop Pro and Duplicate them and close the originals
Minimize the images except the Black and transparent one

Activate the magic Wand tool - it is in the Selections Fly out menu


Use the following settings
  • Mode - Replace
  • Match Mode - RGB Value
  • Tolerance - 20
  • Contiguous - TICKED
  • Feather - 0
  • Anti-Alias - TICKED
  • Outside Selected
Click on the Diamond in the centre of your image with the Magic Wand
Hold the shift key down and select the other small rectangles around the diamond
Right click on the foreground box and choose the Red from the Recent colours box
Activate the Flood Fill tool and use the following settings:-
  • Match Mode - RGB Value
  • Tolerance - 0
  • Blend Mode - Normal
  • Opacity - 100
Click in the Centre diamond and then click the small rectangles not coloured
Deselect


With the Magic Wand click in the top left Square
Choose the bright green for the foreground box of the materials palette
Flood Fill the square & Deselect
Repeat with the top right square and colour this one dark blue
Repeat with the bottom left square and colour this one the light blue
Repeat with the bottom right square and colour this with the hot pink


With the Magic Wand, select the top bar
With Shift key held down, select the bottom bar
Flood Fill this with the Yellow & Deselect


Add a New Raster layer
Move this layer to the bottom
Activate the Merged layer

Add a New Raster layer
Move this layer to the bottom
Activate the Merged layer
Click on one of the shapes and then all should be selected
Apply and Inner Bevel of your choice (OR use the one I used in the video) But it has to be a small one
Click Ok

Apply a Drop Shadow - again use your own or the one I used in the video, but small and not too dark
Reapply it so it is on all 4 sides - you will need negative numbers
Merge all layers (flatten) & Deselect
Apply a Buttonize of
  • Height - 25
  • Width - 25
  • Opacity - 100
  • Edge - Solid
  • Colour - Red - from recent colours box
Click OK

Save this as YourName-Lesson23a

2. SECOND IMAGE - PALM TREES

Bring up you palm tree image
Activate the magic Wand tool
Use the following settings:-
  • Mode - Replace
  • Match Mode - Brightness
  • Tolerance - 35
  • Contiguous - TICKED
  • Feather - 1
  • Anti-Alias - TICKED
  • Outside Selected
Click on the image in the black area
Place the Yellow from the Recent colours into the foreground Box

Activate the Flood Fill tool and use the following settings:-
  • Match Mode - RGB Value
  • Tolerance - 100
  • Blend Mode - Normal
  • Opacity - 100
Click on the black Area to fill with Yellow
Deselect


Check for Black bits that didn't colour


Either Reselect them with the Magic Wand holding the shift key down
OR
Colour them with the brush individually - Size - 1: Hardness - 75 : Opacity - 35

Resize by 40% & sharpen
Crop Roughly to a Square shape - doesn't need to be exact
Add border of 4 pixels - Choose a colour from the sky with your dropper tool
Add 2nd border of 2 pixels - Choose a different colour from the sky
Add a 3rd border of 1 pixel in Black - From the Recent colours box

Select All
Contract Selection by 7 pixels - Click OK
Apply a CutOut of
    Use these settings:-
  • Vertical - 10
  • Horizontal - 10
  • Opacity - 50
  • Blur - 25
  • Colour - Black
Click OK
Reapply the CutOut with Negative 10 in Vertical and Horizontal


Save this as YourName-Lesson23b


LESSON REQUIREMENTS

  • Coloured Geometric Shapes with Double Red Buttonize - YourName-Lesson23a
  • Palm Tree Image with Yellow Background, Border & Cutout - YourName-Lesson23b
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