Country Flower

For this tutorial
you will need:

This zip file containing the flower selections. Unzip the file and save in your PSP Selections folder. If you do not have a Selections folder, make one now.

Patterns or textures of your choice. I have zipped some that you are welcome to use. They can be unzipped to any folder and opened in psp.

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Written November 5, 2001
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Country Flower

This tutorial was written using PSP7, but can probably be done in earlier versions with a few adjustments.

** Remember to save your work often! **

1. Open a transparent image 450 x 400. Set your foreground to Black and your background to Texture .

2. Add a new Raster Layer (all layers will be Raster layers). You don't have to worry about naming the layers unless you just want to. Load the "jd-leaf1" selection (Selections - Load from Disk). Flood fill with Black. Go to Selections - Modify - Contract by 2. Select a pattern of your choice and fill the selection. Keep selected.

3. Go to Selections - Float. Go to Effects - 3D Effects - Cutout and use these settings:

Color Black
Opacity 45
Blur 15
Horizontal and Vertical 2.

4. Selections - Select None. Go to Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow and use these settings:

Color Black
Opacity 50
Blur 5
Vertical and Horizontal 0.

5. Add a new layer. Load the "jd-leaf2" selection. Repeat steps 2 through 4 using a different pattern.

6. Add a new layer. Load the "jd-petal1" selection. Repeat steps 2 through 4. Continue until you have all 4 petals.

7. Add a new layer. Load the "jd-center" selection. Repeat steps 2 through 4.

8. Add a new layer. Load the "jd-stitching" selection. Flood fill with Black. Selections - Select None.

9. Layers - Merge - Merge Visible. Your flower is ready to tube (File - Export - Picture Tube).

This can also be done using solid colors and textures.

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