MAKING LACE
Here you will find out how
I make Lace. You will need Paintshop Pro 6 and how to use layers. If you
don't know how, you can find out how to do it at MARDIWEB.COM
in her psp basics tutorial.
MAKING THE BACKGROUND LACE:
Step 1: Open a new
image 200 x 200 pixels with a transparent background.
Step 2: Using your
line tool  make WHITE
lines horizontaly and vertically spaced 5 pixels apart with the following
settings.
You will have an image like
this. NOTE: I used black so it would show up better (your's will
be white).
Step 3: Rotate the
image 45% and using your selection tool, select a square area as shown.
NOTE:
Make sure you select to the corners of the small diamonds.
 
Step 4: Crop image
to selection. You should now have an image like this.
Step 5: Save your
image as a lace.psp file.
MAKING THE LACE:
Step 1: Open a new
image with a transparent background large enough to hold your image.
Step 2: Add a layer
and name it color. Flood fill it in solid color with a light gray (R 218
G 218 B 218).
Step 3: Add another
layer and name it lace.
Step 4: Flood fill
this layer with the lace.psp file you made earlier using the pattern flood
fill.
Step 5: Using your
shapes tool  choose eclipse
with the following settings.
Step 6: Make two
eclipses on the lace layer as shown.
Step 7: Using your
selections tool set for eclipse, select the area inside the the eclipse
you just made and hit delete. You will have an image like this. NOTE:
For a different effect, you may skip this step.
Step 8: Using your
text tool choose a dingbat font that you want to use. I used RosesRoses.
Use the following settings: Color - white; floating and antialias - checked.
Place the text (dingbat font) inside the eclipse as shown.
Step 8: Merge your
layers usings Layers>Merge All>Flatten.
Step 9: You should
now have an image like this.
Step 10: Go to colors
colorize
with the following settings.
NOTE:
Play around with the hue and saturation settings to get a variety of colors.
Click ok.
You will now have an image
like this.
Save it as a JPG or GIF
file.
NOTE: Try using different
dingbat fonts and colors for different effects. You can use the shapes
and lines tools etc to add edges to your lace. Here is one I made to show
you what I mean.
I hope you have a lot of
fun making some lace. I would like to see your results. Send me an email
where you are using the lace you made so I can check it out.
If you have any questions
about the instructions, Please let me know and I will try to answer them.
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