Fools Gold

Fool's Gold

I wrote a new PSP 8 Quick Tip called The Midas Touch for turning most anything into Gold.

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.

If you need a larger view of a an example, just click on the image.


	Open a new image, 300 X 300, Transparent. Flood Fill with the Red-Green-Blue Gradient. Use the Sunburst Style set to 0.

	On the Main Menu, go to Effects>Edge>Enhance More. You may not see any change. Back to the Main Menu, go to Effects>Edge> Find All.

	On the Main Menu, go to Effects>Edge>Trace Contour.

	Go to the Main Menu, Effects>Artistic Effects>Chrome. Use these settings.

	Set your foreground color to #E3C125. You can use other colors if you want more brown in your gold, or more yellow. Go to the Main Menu, Effects>Artistic Effects>Hot Wax Coating

On the Main Menu go to Effects>Illumination Effects>Lights. Use these settings. Color #CE8D38

Make a circle selection around the light effect you added. On the Main Menu go to Effects>Geometric Effects>Warp. Use these settings.

	Keep your circle selected. On the Main Menu, go to Selections>Modify>Contract. Contract by 1. Keep your circle selected. On the Main Menu, go to Selections>Modify>Feather. Feather by 1. Keep your circle selected. On the Main Menu, go to Layers>Promote to Layer. Now you can Deselect. You're done, just move the promoted layer and you'll see your button made with Fool's Gold.:) You might want to go the Main Menu and use Edge>Enhance or Enhance More

	Changing the colors and settings you use will give you much more than gold buttons. Try using the deform tools for different shapes. Experiment, and have fun!

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