Creative Discovery in PaintShop Pro
Project 17

Including content to Lesson 38

You will need this Image from Pixabay
Download the 1920 x 1277 version

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. PREPARE

Open a New Transparent Image 500 x 500 with a Raster Background
Load #b4ccda into the Foreground box of the materials palette.
Load goldgrad1 pattern into the background box.
Open the Image of the Lady, duplicate and minimize.


2. FIRST SQUARE

Activate the Selection Tool
  • Selection Type = Square
  • Mode = Replace
  • Feather = 0
Click on the Custom Selection Icon

Place the following settings into the box
  • Top = 20
  • Left = 20
  • Right = 400
  • Bottom = 400
Click OK

Flood Fill the Selection with the Gold Pattern
Contract the Selection by 8 pixels
Hit the Delete key on your keyboard


Invert the Selection

Activate the Magic Wand - Go to the Presets and click on the Default button
Click somewhere within the selection - NOT in the centre of the square - this is outside of the selection
Then JUST the Gold Border will be selected

Apply an Inner Bevel
Click on the Default button and change only the following
  • Bevel = 2
  • Width = 5
  • Depth = 2
Click OK

    Apply Drop Shadow
  • Vertical = 5
  • Horizontal = 5
  • Opacity = 50
  • Blur = 5
  • Colour = Black
  • Shadow on New Layer = Unticked
Click OK

Deselect (Ctrl + D)


3. SECOND SQUARE

Add a New Raster Layer
Activate the Selection Tool
Click on the Custom Selection Icon
Place the following settings into the boxes (we are adding 50 to each setting)
  • Top = 70
  • Left = 70
  • Right = 450
  • Bottom = 450
Click OK

Flood Fill with the Gold Pattern from the Background box
Contract the Selection by 8 pixels & Hit the Delete key on your keyboard
Invert the Selection

Activate the Magic Wand & Click somewhere within the selection
Apply the same Inner Bevel as before
Apply the same Drop Shadow as before


Deselect (Ctrl + D)


4. LINK THE SQUARES

Zoom right in to do this next part - we will work on the top right corner, where the two borders cross.


Select your Selection Tool and Place it on Rectangle as the Selection Type
Select the section crossing, but follow the Vertical Bar, including from the edge of the gold to the Black line on the right side.
Start above the Cross piece and select to well below the drop shadow.


Hit the delete key on the key board and the Horizontal piece is now gone and the Vertical is sitting on top.


5. ADD THE LADY IMAGE

Put the Selection Type back on Square
Select the Centre square by drawing the selection OVER the top of the gold border - this is important - Start in the corner of the GREEN circle


Add a New Raster Layer
Bring up the Image of the Lady you minimized earlier
Select a Square from this image - include two birds - one on either side of her. Just above her head and down to just below her shoulders.


Copy and Paste Into Selection
Drag this layer down to the bottom


Deselect


6. ADD THE BACKGROUND

Still with the Square Selection Tool, Draw out a square over the top of the first gold square you made
- the same way you did the last one - Right on top of the gold border.


Add a New Raster Layer and drag it to the bottom
Flood Fill with the light blue in the foreground box
Deselect

Back to the Selection Tool and repeat with the Second square you made - Draw a square right on top of the gold border


Flood Fill with the light blue (on the same layer as the other blue fill)
Deselect

Go to the Texture icon
  • Texture = jd-texture32
  • Size % = 40
  • Smoothness = 0
  • Depth = 1
  • Ambience = 50
  • Shininess = 0
  • Colour = Light Blue
  • Angle = 315
  • Intensity = 50
  • Elevation = 25
Click OK

Merge all Layers


Save this as YourName-Project17a

Now create another one - Your choices of Image, Textures, Colours to match

Save this as YourName-Project17b

Here is another example that I have done.



You can go straight to the forum to post your lessons Click HERE



LESSON REQUIREMENTS

1. Lady Image - YourName-Project17a

2. Your Choice, but must include 2 Squares Linking - your choice of Metallic, gradient or pattern
Also must include a textured background
- YourName-Project17b



Your PDF file is HERE



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