Tips and Tutorials for PSP 7

Stripes and Things

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.

Open a new image, 300 X 300, Transparent background.
Flood Fill with White.

On your Main menu, go to Effects>Texture Effects>Blinds.
Use these settings.

On your Main menu, go to Effects>Geometric Effects>Pixelate.
Use these settings.

Click on the Magic Wand , go to the tool options and set the Tolerance to 5 or lower.
Click on one of the stripes.

On your Main menu, go to Selections>Modify>Select Similar.
You should see every other stripe selected..

From here you can do a lot of experimenting with colors and effects.

Here's one example.
Pick a dark blue for your foreground color, and a light blue for you background color.
Flood fill your selected stripes with dark blue.
On your Main Menu, go to Effects>3D Effects>Inner Bevel.
Choose a bevel effect, here I used Metallic.

On your Main Menu, go to Selections> Invert.
Flood Fill

with the light blue.
I used the Metallic Bevel on these stripes, also.

On your Main Menu, go to Selections>Select None.
Go to your tool bar, double click on the Crop Tool

.
Use these settings. Click OK.

That's it, you have a striped background.

To make the ball shape as shown on top of page:

On your Main Menu, go to Effects>Geometric Effects> Circle.
On your Main Menu, go to Image>Rotate, use 90 degrees left or right.
To Smooth the edges a little, select the shape.
On your Main Menu, go to Selections> Modify>Contract by 1.
Go to Selections> Modify>Feather by 1.
Go to Selections>Invert.
On your Main Menu, go to Edit>Clear.

Using the Weave Filter on your stripes is another nice effect.

Experiment, and have fun!

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