58. Click on the "Magic Wand Tool" and left click inside the "potting mix panel. The "Marching Ants" will appear. Go to "Selections/modify/expand/expand by 1." Click Ok.

59. Click on the "Flood Fill Tool" . Right click inside the "Marching Ants," and the panel will be filled with Black. Deselect.

60. Click on the "Layers Option Pallet" . Click on the "Potting Mix" layer and hold down the left mouse button. A small hand will appear on the layer. "Grab" the "Potting mix" layer, [continue to hold down the left mouse button], and drag the "Potting mix" layer down and behind the "Front layer." [I do this to make sure that the "Potting Mix" layer fits in and behind the "front" and "Left side" Layers.]

Go to "File/save" click Ok, and the image will be saved in the .psp extension.

This is where you choose various tubes of "Ferns, palms, flowers and rocks." Place each on a separate layer so that you can move them around until you feel that they "are just right."

62. Click on the "Layers Option Pallet" . Turn off the "background," "Color," "rear," "left side," "right side" and "Front" layers. Leave the "potting mix" and all the "tube" layers turned on.

63. Go to "layers/merge/merge visible." Turn all the layers on again. Make sure that you are still on the new "merged layer." Right click on this layer and in the box that "pops up," click on "properties" and rename the layer, "potting mix." There should be 7 layers.

64. Click on the "Layers Option Pallet" . Click on the "Potting Mix" layer and hold down the left mouse button. A small hand will appear on the layer. "Grab" the "Potting mix layer," and drag the "Potting mix layer" down and behind the "Front" and "Left" layers. Go to "File/save" and save your work in .psp extension. Click Ok.

65. Click on the "Drawing Tool" and in the "Tool Options Pallet" apply the following settings, "Single line width=5; Antialias=checked." Click Ok. Starting at co-ordinates w=170 x h=30 draw a line to each of the four corners on the top of the Terrarium.

66. Click on the "Magic Wand Tool" and left click on one of the "Dusty Gold" lines. The "Marching Ants" should highlight all four lines."

68. Click on your "Preset Shapes Tool," open your "Tool Options Pallet" and apply the following settings. "Circle; filled; line width=1; Antialias=checked; Vector=unchecked." Click Ok.
Start at co-ordinates w=170 x h=30 drag down unil you have a circle of 15 pixels.

69. Click on the "Magic Wand Tool" and left click on the "Dusty Gold" circle. The "Marching Ants" should highlight the "circle."

71. Now to put the "Clear Glass" in the "Top Panels." Click on the "Magic Wand Tool" and while holding down the "Shift" key, left click in the center of each of the panels on the "Top." The "Marching Ants" should highlight the inside of these panels. Go to "Selections/modify/expand/expand by 1." Click Ok. Do NOT deselect.

72. Add a new layer and name it "Cutout1." Go to "Image/effects/cutout" and apply the following settings. "Color=black; Opacity=60; Blur=10; Vertical=2; Horizontal=2." Click Ok.

73. Add a new layer and name it "Cutout2." Go to "Image/effects/cutout" and apply the following settings. "Color=black; Opacity=60; Blur=10; Vertical=-2 [minus]; Horizontal=-2 [minus]." Click Ok. Deselect. Go to "File/save/" and save your work.

75. If you want to have a different type of background for your "Terrarium," delete the "color" layer. Activate the transparent or "layer1," and "flood fill" with a pattern of your choice. Then go to "layers/merge/merge all flatten." Click Ok. Go to "File/save as" and save as a .jpg extension.

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