PSP 8 Tutorial

This tutorial uses only Paint Shop Pro with no outside filters or effects. You can download a trial version from JASC.
It's simple to do and uses only one simple function of the warp brush. I have not provided you with a tube because this is a place to express your own creativity. You can find other image examples using this technique linked at the bottom of this page.

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1 - Open a new image 350 x 350 pixels, background white, 16M colors. This is your primary image.
Add a new raster layer.

2 - Open the tube you want to use for your center on your desktop.
It should be a fairly large tube--at least 250 pixels high.
I'll be using the lily shown below.

3 - Copy the tube to your clipboard.

4 - Go to your primary image. Fill it completely with multiple copies of your tube (CtrlE). Deselect.
(If there are colors in the image you don't want in your background you can clone them out here.
Don't be fussy. Just clone away.)
Leave the tube open on your desktop. We'll need it again later to put a centered tube on our primary image.

5 - Click on the warp brush . (You'll probably find it under the paint brush.) Use the settings below.

6 - Place your cursor at 175, 175. Click and hold your left mouse button and watch your image until you have a nice radial set of lines. Do not move your cursor during this step. The lines don't have to go to the edges of your image. We'll adjust that. Let go of your mouse button.
Go to your tool ribbon and click the blue checkmark on the left to apply the effect.

This is how your image should look.

7 - Click on your selection tool . Use the settings below.

Starting with your cursor at 175, 175 draw out a circle to just before the radial lines start to curve.

8 - Invert your selection and hit the delete key. Go to Image>Resize. Resize it to 150 percent. Remember to uncheck Resize All Layers. That will probably fill your entire canvas. If it doesn't, undo the resize and use a larger percentage.

9 - Go to your layer palette and add a new raster layer. Floodfill it with white. Now we're ready to add our mask. On your layer palette click on the Load Mask from Disc icon.

Select the mask you want to use from the mask dialog box. I'm using PSP 8's Mask 007.
Click on Load.

You should now have something like the image below.
If the masked portion is wrong, go to Layers>Invert Mask/Adjustment.

10 - Activate the tube image that we left open earlier. Go to the layer palette and click and hold your cursor on the tube's layer.

Drag that layer over onto your primary image.
That will automatically center the tube.
Resize the tube layer as needed for your particular image.
At this point you may want to add a slight drop shadow to your tube.
That will depend on the image you used.

11 - Finally - activate your radial lines layer (Raster 1).
Go to Adjust>Softness>Soften. Repeat as needed.

Add text. Resize as needed and you are done.

Note: I sometimes like a monochromatic radial lines layer or a different colored mask. Use your colorizer or other coloring tools in PSP to try different things. Have fun playing with these.

To see other examples done with these tools go HERE.

Tutorial tested by Terry

Special Award designed by Bev

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