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WARNING - AS WITH MOST OF MY TUTORIALS, THIS ONE IS GRAPHIC INTENSIVE. I HAVE USED MANY SCREEN SHOTS ALONG THE WAY. I'M TRYING SOMETHING NEW FOR THIS TUTORIAL. I'M USING THUMBNAILS AND A NEW SCRIPT THAT I HOPE WILL REDUCE THE LOAD TIME OF THE PAGES. IF YOU CLICK ON ANY OF THE THUMBNAILS A LARGER IMAGE OF THE GRAPHIC WILL OPEN. YOU CAN DRAG THE NEW IMAGE BY CLICKING AND HOLDING ON THE TOP BAR. CLICK ON THE X TO CLOSE THE LARGER IMAGE. Now let's add some depth to our Angel....... We're going to use the following swatch to add cutout effects to our image. Right click on the color swatch below and save to your hard drive. Open in PSP. Keep this image to the left of your angel, but make sure it is visible on your workspace, so that you can switch between colors when necessary.
Below is a screenshot of your cutout properties box. We will be changing the vertical and Horizontal settings as well as the color for each layer.
Make your wings layer active. Click on Selections/Select All. Then click on Selections/Float. Click on Effects/3D Effects/Cutout. Use the following settings: Vertical: 5 Click OK. Apply the cutout again, changing the vertical and horizontal settings to: -5. Click on Selections/Select None. NOW WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO SAVE YOUR IMAGE (CTRL +S) Make your head layer active. Using your magic wand tool (Match Mode: RGB Value; Tolerance: 30, Sample Merged: unchecked), click on the face area. Click on Selections/Modify/Expand and expand your selection by 1 pixel. Click on Selections/Float. Apply your cutout effect. Use the following settings: Vertical: 0 Apply your cutout effect again. Use the following settings: Vertical: 7 NOW WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO SAVE YOUR IMAGE (CTRL +S) Make your body layer active. Using your magic wand tool (Match Mode: RGB Value; Tolerance: 30, Sample Merged: unchecked), click on the left arm area. Click on Selections/Modify/Expand and expand your selection by 1 pixel. Click on Selections/Float. Apply your cutout effect again. Use the following settings: Vertical: 1 Using your magic wand tool (same settings), click on the main body area and the small area near the crook of the left arm. Click on Selections/Modify/Expand and expand your selection by 1 pixel. Click on Selections/Float. Apply your cutout effect again. Same settings as for arm. NOW WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO SAVE YOUR IMAGE (CTRL +S) Make your clouds layer active. Click on Selections/Select All. Then click on Selections/Float. Click on Effects/3D Effects/Cutout. Use the following settings: Vertical: 3 Selections/Select None. Your image should now look like this:
NOW WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO SAVE YOUR IMAGE (CTRL +S) Turn off the visibility for Layer1 (click on the glasses in your layer palette so the red X appears there). Right click on any of the remaining layers and choose Merge/Merge Visible. Add a new layer and name it halo. Change your foreground color to black and your background color to null. Click on your Preset Shapes tool and choose ellipse, with the following settings:
Draw a small ellipse just above your Angel's head:
Change to your draw tool. Solid line, Freehand Line, Width: 1, Antialias: checked, Vector: unchecked, Close Path: unchecked. Draw a line from the left edge of your halo, straight down until it extends over your hair:
NOW WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO SAVE YOUR IMAGE (CTRL +S) Change your foreground color to the color of your Angel's hair. Click on your Paint Brush tool and use the following settings:
Draw four accent lines near your halo:
Move your halo layer beneath your merged layer. Right click on any of your layers and choose Merge/Merge Visible. NOW WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO SAVE YOUR IMAGE (CTRL +S) That's it - your Angel is done!!! You can save as a psp file for later use, export as a picture tube, or create a graphic with it now.
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Designed by Cathy.
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