Glynis, Maggie, T_Storm, and TLC
View From A Window Challenge
Springtime
The image above is what you will be making. It's reduced in size.
This tutorial is a team collaboration.
You will need PSP7 and the Simple Filters and the two images below.
Right Click and save both to your hard drive.
Open both images in PSP and minimize the Mask image for now.
Shift D to duplicate Springtime. Resize to 300 x 200
making sure the Maintain Aspect Ratio box is UNChecked.
Now go to Effects, Sharpen, Unsharp Mask, Radius 1.03,
Strength 10, Clipping 5. Shift D to duplicate and minimize.
Save your work often!
With the first copy active, go to Mask, New, From Image and
select Frame Mask. Check Invert Data Box. Then Mask, Delete.
Select your Magic Wand tool, Match Mode set to Opacity,
Tolerance 100, Feather 0 and holding down the Shift Key select
the transparent areas. Selections, Invert. You will now have
"marching ants" around your image as shown:
Go to Effects, 3D Effects, Inner Bevel, Selections shown:
Selections, None.
Open a new image 350 x 250 and floodfill with a light color
selected from your image. Activate your framed image,
Edit, Copy, Click on your floodfilled image, Edit, Paste
as a New Layer. Layers, Merge Visible.
Close out your first framed image and the mask image as
they are no longer needed. When asked to save, click No.
Minimize your Floodfilled image for now and activate
the duplicate of the original. Select your Freehand Tool
Feather 3, Antialias Checked and make a selection from
the flowers at the bottom of the image. Edit, Copy,
Edit, Paste as a New Image.
Open a new image, 200 x 200, Foreground Color.
Set your Styles Palette to Pattern and select
the flower image you just made (the first image
above). Set the percentage to 100% and the
Angle to 315 and floodfill your image
(second image above).
Now go to Effects, Plugins, Simple and 4 Way Average,
repeat using Blintz, then Diamonds, and finally Quick Tile.
This is similar to what you will get:
Minimize your background image for now.
Activate your framed image, select your Magic Wand,
Match Mode RGB, Tolerance and Feather 0, select the
outer border of your frame. Add a new layer and setting
your pattern to the background you just made, Scaled at
35%, Angle at 315, floodfill the outer border.
Selections, Invert. Effects 3D Effects, Drop Shadow.
Set the V and H at 2, Opacity: 50, Blur: 6.5, Color: #22213E.
Repeat, changing the V and H to -2. Lower the Opacity of
this layer to 70%. Keep selected and Layers, Merge Visible.
Add a layer. Set your foreground color to 404040 and
close out your background color. Select your Draw Tool,
Single Line, Width 1, Antialias checked. Make sure
your Rulers are on (View, Rulers). Turn off your
framed image and making sure you are on Layer 1,
draw lines at these coordinates:
start 139,25 finish 177,75
start 101,25 finish 177,124
start 63,25 finish 177,174
start 25,25 finish 177,224
start 25,75 finish 139,224
start 25,125 finish 101,224
start 25,175 finish 63,224
Watch the lower left corner of your screen:
Then to clean up any strays you might have made,
Selections, Invert, then hit your Delete Key.
Selections, None. Layer Duplicate, Image Flip.
Make sure your Framed Layer is still turned off
then merge the two line layers Visible.
Layer, Duplicate, Image, Mirror. Layers, Merge Visible.
Selections, Select All, Float.
Effects, 3D Effects, Inner Bevel, Round Preset.
Effects, Sharpen, Unsharp Mask
Radius: 1.17, Strength: 46, Clipping: 2
(Note from TLC: While I was changing the
strength number I noticed the twisted bar effect.
I played around with the Strength and Clipping
settings and used Strength: 500, Clipping: 0
and applied twice)
Open viewing on your Frame Layer and check
to see if your bars go to the edge of the frame.
If not, use your deformation tool to pull them
into place, then Effects, Sharpen, Unsharp Mask
Radius: 1.03, Strength: 2, Clipping: 1.03
(Always Unsharp Mask after using the deformation tool)
Turn off viewing of your bar layer, take your Magic Wand
tool, Match Mode RGB, Tolerance 5, Feather 0 and holding
down the shift key, select the solid colors inside the frames.
Selections, Modify, Expand 1. Delete.
Staying on your Frame layer, take your selection tool,
same settings as before, and make a selection of the entire
framed image. Add a layer, then Effects, 3D effects,
Cutout. V and H: 70, Opacity: 60, Blur: 35.5, Color: #D7D1F3.
Add a layer and repeat changing the V and H to -70.
Close off all layers except the two Cutout layers.
Making sure one of the Cutout layers is active, Merge
Visible and Layers, Arrange, Send to Bottom.
Adjust the Opacity to 30. Layers, Merge Visible.
Change your Foreground Styles Palette back to
colors and use the color you selected earlier or
another complimentary shade. I used #9E72A3.
Go to Images, Canvas Size, Width: 370,
Height: 250, Center Horizontally and Vertically
Checked. Take your Magic Wand, Match Mode: RGB,
Tolerance and Feather: 0 and holding down the shift
key, select both borders of your image. Floodfill
then Effects, 3D Effects, Inner Bevel as shown:
Selections, Select None. Zoom in
and take your selection tool and make a
small selection of your border, then Edit, Copy,
Edit, Paste as a New Selection. Move in place
at the top of your border, then repeat and
place at the bottom. Repeat making the selection,
and moving into place on the right side border.
Image Resize, 350 x 250, making sure
Maintain Aspect Ratio box is UNChecked.
Change your Foreground Styles Palette back to Pattern
and select the background pattern you made earlier.
100%, Angle: 45. (Tip: when you want to use
a pattern at an angle, to make it seamless rotate
your pattern by the degrees you want to use, making
sure All Layers is checked. This will give you the
size you need to make a seamless pattern. You can
resize it after floodfilling)
Open a new image, 1024 x 283 (the height from
rotating the 200 x 200 pattern image 45 degrees)
and floodfill with your pattern. Then Effects,
Plugins, Simple, Quick Tile. Resize your background
to 1024 x 245.
Activate your framed image and Edit, Copy, click on your
background to make it active, Edit, Paste as a New Layer.
Move it into place on the left side, zooming in if needed
to make sure the top, side, and bottom have none of the
background showing. Now go to Effects, 3D Effects,
Drop Shadow, V: 0, H: 3, Opacity: 45, Blur: 6.5,
Color: #231426 or a darker shade of the color you
used for the border. Layers, Merge All Flatten.
Save as a .jpg image. Alternatively you can save
the background pattern square, and the framed image
(after adding a layer and floodfilling with your background
pattern and moving it to the bottom) separately and use
as a left or right side scroll stationery.
We hope you enjoy doing this tutorial.
Maggie did the framed image, T_Storm did the
beautiful background, Glynis added the background
to the framed image and added the bars to the window.
I added the drop shadows, cutout effects, borders and
pulled all their wonderful work together.
Be sure and check out all the other Team tutorials on
the Team Spirit Tutorials website.
TLC
This tutorial is owned by Team Spirit Tutorials
and the team members who wrote the tutorial.
© Team Spirit Tutorials
© Made with TLC
January 8, 2002
