Colored Decanter

Tutorial for Paint Shop Pro 6 & 7

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This is what the tutorial will make

 

REMEMBER to SAVE OFTEN!

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#1 .. Open New Image   225, 400 .. 16 million, Transparent

#2 .. Go to Selections, Load from Disk.  Open the selection that says sher_decanter.sel

#3 .. PSP6 .. Set your Foreground color to F3F3EF
       PSP7 .. Set your 1st style button to Paintbrush, color F3F3EF.  Your 2nd, 3rd, and 4th button will be NULL.

*NOTE** If you do not know how to do this then go to step 3A & B. If you do then skip to #4.

#3A .. Hold your left mouse button down on the 1st button under the color palette, it will open a new little window that will give you 4 chooses.   Choose the first one which is the paintbrush.  Now left click on the button and it will bring up your color wheel .. enter F3F3EF into the box beside HTML color.  Click OK.

#3B .. Hold your mouse button down on each of the other buttons and when the little window comes up then choose the NULL (off) Button. 

#4 .. Use your Flood Fill Tool  and left click inside of your selection.

Ok that was the easiest part of the whole thing .. the rest is kind of tough but well worth it if you will stick it out:)  Please try, it really is a nice effect.

#1 .. CTRL D to deselect .. Zoom in once, you will find it easier to work this way for now.

#2 .. Add new layer (go to layer, add new raster layer)or(click on the white paper icon on the top left hand side of the layer palette)

#3 .. Use your Selection Tool  Set to Ellipse, Feather 0, Antialias Checked.

#4 .. Select the Ball part of the decanter, you do not have to be perfect but try to get as close as you can.

#5 .. PSP6 .. Go to Image, Effects, Cutout, use the settings below
       PSP7 .. Go to Effects, 3D, Cutout, use the the settings below

          Vertical -9 (minus9)
          Horizontal 15
          Opacity 76
          Blur 13.8
          Shadow Color is B876EA
          Fill interior color is UNChecked
          Click OK

#6 .. PSP6 .. Go to Image, Effects, Inner Bevel, use the settings below
       PSP7 .. Go to Effects, 3D, Inner Bevel, use the settings below.

          Use the Preset PILLOW
          Click OK

#7 .. CTRL D to deselect

#8 .. Use your Selection Tool set to ROUNDED Rectangle, all settings stay the same.

#9 .. Follow the Top of the Decanter

#8 .. Apply the same CUTOUT effect that you did earlier in step #5

#9 .. Apply the same Inner Bevel effect that you did earlier in step #6

#10 .. Use your Selection Tool set for Rectangle, all other setting stay the same.

#11 .. Start right at the bottom of the last piece you did and draw your rectangle right to the top of the round part of the bottom .. I have filled mine in with red so you can see it .. PLEASE do not fill yours in:)

<<Bottom

#12 .. Change your Selection Tool to Ellipse, all other settings stay the same

#13 .. Hold down your Shift key and draw an Ellipse at the bottom of the "RED" part of mine.  You want it to run from the side corners to just below the "round" part of the bottom of the bottle.  **NOTE** use CTRL Z to undo if you make a mistake.

#14 .. Apply the same CUTOUT and INNER BEVEL effects that you did in prier steps.

#15 .. Add New Layer .. Put this layer between your first and second layer.

#16 .. Use your Selection tool set to ROUNDED Rectangle and follow the bottom of your Decanter.

#17 .. Use the CUTOUT and INNER BEVEL effects that you used earlier.

#18 .. Use your Selection Tool set to Ellipse and do the round part of the Decanter.

#18 .. Apply the CUTOUT effect making these changes.

          Vertical -10 (minus 10)
          Horizontal 35
          Click OK

#19 .. Apply the INNER BEVEL effect just like you have earlier.

#20 .. CTRL D to deselect

#21 .. Open  your Layer Palette and turn off the Visibility on the "white layer"  It should be Layer 1 .. to turn it off, click on the glasses to the right of the layer.

#22 .. Go to Layers, Merge, Merge VISIBLE

#23 .. Turn the visibility back on-on layer 1 by click on the red X.

#24 .. Highlight layer 1 (white layer) in your layer palette

#25 .. Add new layer (You should have three layers in your palette now, from top to bottom it should read "Merged" "Layer2" "Layer1"

#1 .. Open the jpg picture that you downloaded with the selection.

#2 .. Click on your Copy Button 

#3 .. Go back to your Decanter Window .. Open your layer pallet, make sure that LAYER2 is highlighted.

#4 .. Go to Edit, Paste, Paste as new Selection then do not click until you get it where you want it .. it is fine if it hangs over a little because we will clean it up with a couple of clicks:)

#5 .. CTRL D to deselect after you get it where you want it.

#6 .. Paste as new Selection until you get what you want.
 This is mine

#7 .. Open your Layer palette .. highlight the White layer "LAYER1"

#8 .. Use your Magic wand, 0 Tollerence, 0 Feather, Antialias UNchecked

#9 .. CLick on the OUTSIDE of the Decanter .. you should get marching ants all around the outside of the window PLUS the Decanter

#10 .. Go back to your Layer Palette .. Highlight LAYER2 .. Hit Delete on your keyboard ... there you have it:)

#11 .. Go to Layers, Merge, Merge visible

#12 .. Save in what ever format you want to.