Round Cage

Round Cage

This tutorial is NOT to be scripted or made into a "Quick Guide" unless it is for your own personal use.

To do this tutorial you will need a working knowledge of PSP. If you are new to PSP, or have a problem doing this tutorial, you can find me at Raven's PSP forum, be happy to help you out.

You will also need the Eliminate Black Filter made by Joe Cilinceon. You can find it on the Free Stuff page at Diztec.com.

If you need a larger view of a screen shot, just click on the image.

Open a new image 400 x 400, transparent.
Add a new Raster layer, Flood Fill with whatever color or pattern you would like your cage to be. Select all and contract by 15 pixels.

On the main menu go to Effects-Texture Effects-Weave.
Settings: Gap Size 70, Width 4, Opacity 2,
Weave Color Black, Gap Color Black,
click to check Fill Gaps.

On the main menu go to Effects-Geometric Effects-Circle.

Invert selection. On the main menu go to Edit- Clear

Again, invert selection, on the main menu go to Effects-Plugin Filters and find Eliminate Black Filter.

Add a new Raster layer, Flood Fill, contract by 4, Clear

Duplicate Layer 1, rotate Copy of Layer 1 by180 degrees.

Do not merge layers, you can group them though. On your Layer Palette click on the top right for Layer Groups. Where it says None, left click to raise numbers, right click to lower numbers. Set all your layers to 1 and you will be able to move them as one unit and still keep your separate layers.

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