Showing posts with label Tutorial. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tutorial. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

My First Tutorial



This is my first ever attempt at writing a tutorial so, please, be kind.

We will be making this scalloped circle...


Supplies needed ~
Paint Shop Pro (I use PSP 9, you can d/l a free trial of PSP X2 *here*
Mura’s Meister Copies ~ download *here*

Let’s begin ~
Remember to always save often!

Open a 500 by 500 transparent canvas.
Flood fill with white.

With foreground color closed off and background color set to #c0c0c0, using your preset tool set at eclipse and ‘create on vector’ (while holding the shift key down) draw out a 25 by 25 a circle.

Center circle.
Go to ~
Objects-align-center in canvas
Right click on your vector layer-convert to Raster layer

Using your eclipse tool again, with color #808080, draw a 10 by 10 circle.

Center circle.
Objects-align-center in canvas
Right click on your vector layer-convert to Raster layer
Go to selections-select all-float-defloat
Go to your layers-click raster 1-hit delete on your keyboard
Click on raster 2-right click-click delete
Selections-select none

Go to Mura’s Meister-Copies with these settings ~
Encircle
Circle
Number - 8
Shift X - 12
Shift Y - 12
All else - default



Back to the eclipse tool and color #c0c0c0, draw out a 50 by 50 circle

Center circle
Objects-align-center
Right click on vector 1-convert to raster layer
Right click on Raster 2-Merge-Merge down



Go to Mura’s Meister-Copies with these settings
Number - 20
Shift X - 75
Shift Y - 75
Leave all the other setting as they are



Back to the eclipse tool and color #c0c0c0, draw out a 405 by 405 circle

Center circle
Objects-align-center
Right click on vector 1-convert to raster layer
Right click on Raster 2-Merge-Merge down



And there you have it..
Save it as a psp image or psd and use it as your template.