Round Cage

Round Cage-Part 2

Add Bevels to all 3 layers of cage. Here I used an Inner Bevel, PSP's preset "Angled".

Add a little Drop Shadow to Layer 1 and Copy of Layer 1.
Settings: Vertical 1 Horizontal 1
Opacity 71 Blur 4.7 Color Black
Layer 2 don't add a shadow, but you might want to lower the opacity on Layer 2.

Check your cage, clean up the edges, if necessary. Select Layer 2, invert and contract 2 pixels. Invert again, click on Layer 1 and hit Clear, do the same for Copy of Layer1.

Put something in the cage between Layer 1 and Copy of Layer1

Select object, click on Copy of Layer 1, add new Raster layer, then add Drop Shadow.
Settings: Vertical 10 Horizontal 11
Opacity 50 Blur 11.5 Color Black
Select object, click on new drop shadow layer and clear to eliminate extra shadows.

That's it. Your cage is done. Have fun with it!

Click here to see an image I made with this cage.

Would you like to see the inspiration for this tutorial?
Stop over to Just Mousing Around and visit Helen Grainge's Gallery.
See her image called "The Collector". That's an impressive cage!
Helen has also written a tutorial for building a cage.

Experiment, and have fun!

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