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As often happens, I create an image, show it to Sinamin and she says, "Tut in Order".  I hate to write the tutorials, but I love the designing end.  So we are collaborating on many of the tutorials for FBN.  Most of the FBN members already have most of these programs in their design arsenals.

R E Q U I R E D    E L E M E N T S

Paint Shop Pro - Version 7

Flaming Pear - Flood Filter

Eye Candy 3
 (There are lots of places to download this now if you don't have it)
Contact either Sinamin or Sassy for these links

Variations Filter

This tube (compliments of Donna Walker from Fly By Night Graphics)

An image no larger than 300 x 300 that you wish to use.  Choose something with good color variation.

Ready?  Let's go.

T U T O R I A L   I N S T R U C T I O N S

Open a new palette, transparent, 500 x 500

Open the roundglass.tub

Control C to copy the tube

Reactivate your transparent palette and Control L to copy the tube as a new layer

Selections, Select All

Selections, Float

Now we are going to colorize our round glass using the variations filter.  choose a color that will compliment the graphic you have chosen.  You may wish to apply the color more than once or darken it, to achieve a desired effect.

Layers, New Raster Layer.  Name this layer "image".

Layers, Arrange, Move Down.  This will place the image layer below the round glass tube.

Open the graphic you have chosen to use and Control C to copy.

Reactivate our design palette, making sure the image layer is active and Control E to paste.  Using your mover tool, position your image under the round glass.  Don't worry about your edges extending beyond the glass, as we'll take care of that in a minute.  Right now, you want to position your image so that it fills the glass.  You do not want any empty area inside of the glass.  So if the image you have chosen is too small...find a little bit bigger image.

Now we are going to carefully erase the excess portions of our image that are extending beyond the glass.  To make this easier, change the properties of Layer 2 (your round glass layer) to screen.  Now reactivate your image layer.

Use the following settings for your eraser tool:
Size 25
Hardness 25
Opacity 100
Step 25
Density 100

Now, carefully erase the portions of the image that extend beyond the glass.

Once you have erased all of the excess portions of the image, reactivate Layer 2, your round glass layer.

Selections, Select All.

Selections, Float.

Effects, Plug In Filters, Eye Candy 3, Perspective Shadow with the following settings:
Vanishing Point Direction 212
Vanishing Point Distance 66
Length 60
Opacity 37
Blur 61
Color Black
Draw Everywhere - Not Active

Selections, Select None.

Activate Layer 1, which will be your background layer.

With your eyedropper tool, select a color from your original image that you would like to use as your background color.  I suggest you choose a medium range color.

Flood fill this layer with your chosen color.

Effects, Noise, Add.  choose 5 and Uniform.

Effects, Plug In Filters, Eye Candy 3, Swirl with the following settings:
Whirlpool 33
Smear 15
Twist 100
Streak 20
Warp and Smooth - Active

Effects, Texture, Blinds
Width 2
Opacity 44
Color - Will depend on your original image.  Black will do for some, but try a darker version
of your background color instead.  You want to use a color that will darken our background a bit without making it too dark.

If your background is off hue a bit, try using the variations filter to correct the color.

Effects, Geometric Effects, CurlyQ with the following settings:
Number of Columns 5
Number of Rows 5
Size 100
Strength 15
Counterclockwise

Now, make this layer invisible, activate one of the other layers and go to Layers, Merge, Merge Visible.

Make your background layer visible again.

With your merged layer active, position your image globe where you would like it on your palette, being sure not to cut off your perspective shadow when you do so.

Once you are happy with the position of your image globe, Layers, Merge, Merge Visible.

Effects, Plug In Effects, Flaming Pear, Flood with these settings:
Horizon - Start at 65 and then adjust this accordingly, so that your globe appears to be emerging from the water.  Settings from 59-65 will work just fine, depending on how you have positioned your glove on your palette.
Offset 0
Perspective 37
Attitude 54
Waviness 64
Complexity 57
Brilliance 35
Blur 64
Size 27
Height 51
Undulation 51
Glue Normal
Color - A darker tone than your background color, one that will compliment your image tones.

In your color palette, set your background color to white.

Image, Add Borders, Symmetrical, 10

Select the white border with your magic wand and flood fill with the color you used for your background fill.  You can find this color by right clicking on the white background colors.

While still selected, go to Effects, Artistic Effects, Brush Strokes with these settings:
Length 15
Density 100
Bristles 71
Width 10
Opacity 25
Angle 309
Softness 10
Color Black

While still selected, apply CurlyQ's again, with the same settings as before.

While still selected you can either go to Effects, Artistic Effects and apply Hot Wax Coating, then lighten using the variations filter, or simply use the variations filter, darkening once or twice to taste.

Selections, Invert.

Effects, Plug In Filters, Eye Candy 3, Cut Out, with the following settings:
Direction 315
Distance 0
Blur 5
Opacity 80
Shadow Color Black
No Solid Fill

Then go to Effects, Illumination Effects, Lights with the following settings:
Darkness 45
Windows Activate 1
Color Choose a light color in the tonal range of your background color
Intensity 59
Direction 180
Horizontal 0
Vertical -120
Smoothness 20
Scale 12
Cone 55
Asymmetry 200

That's it!  You're all finished!  We hope you enjoyed this tutorial!

Tutorial ©Sassin Graphics 2001