Rudolph Paint Shop Pro Tutorial

Using Version 9, most likely can be done in other versions as well. Except for Version 7, you can download tem HERE

by Jane's Haven

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Get my Selections Here.

Unzip them in a folder of your choice.

My Bell Tube and Patterns HERE

Don't forget the save often.

Open the files provided in Paint Shop Pro.and minimize.

1.Open a new transparent image, size;450X500

2.Add a new layer, name it, tail 1, load from disk the, 01-tail1 selection. Flood fill with the deer fur pattern, first, open the material properties, click on the pattern tab and find the, J-deer fur and use the following settings, angle; 290, scale; 250, now flood fill. Float the selection and add a cutout with the following settings.

Vertical and Horizontal; 3

Opacity; 100

Blur' 8.00

Color; #38240a

Repeat the cutout, changing the vertical and horizontal to minus 3. Deselect.

3. Add a new layer, name it, tail 2, load from disk the, 02-tail2 selection. Open the J-white fur pattern and find it in the material properties, use these settings; angle 290, scale; 250 and flood fill. Invert selection and add a drop shadow using the following settings.

Vertical and Horizontal; 0

Opacity; 100

Blur; 5.00

Color; #5a3a08

Deselect.

4, Add a new layer, name it, left back hoof, load from disk the, 03-leftbackhoof. Flood fill with color; #413d3d. Add an inner bevel with the following settings, deselect. .

5. Add a new layer, name it, left back leg, load from disk the, 04-leftbackleg. Flood fill with the J-deer fur pattern, changing the angle to; 231. Float selection and add a cutout with the following settings.

Vertical and Horizontal; 3

Opacity; 100

Blur' 8.00

Color; #38240a

Repeat the cutout changing the vertical and horizontal to minus 3

Deselect.

6.Add a new layer, name it, right back leg, load the, 05-rightbackleg selection. Flood fill with the j-deer fur pattern, changing the angle to; 266. Add the same cutout as in step 5 and repeat cutout, deselect.

7.Add a new layer, name it, right ear 1, load from disk the, 06-rightear1 selection, flood fill with the deer fur changing the angle to;245. Float selection and add a cutout with the same setting as in step Vertical, change the Vertical and Horizontal to; 2. Repeat the cutout change the vertical and horizontal to minus2. Deselect.

8. Add a new layer, name it, right ear 2, load the, 07-rightear2 selection, flood fill with color;#f5a39f. Deselect, we are going to change the transparency, go to the layer palette and push the slider over to the left until it reads ;73.

9. Add a new layer, name it, left ear 1, load from disk the, 08-leftear1 selection, flood fill with the deer fur pattern, do not change the settings. Float selection and add the same two cutouts as in step 5, change the vertical and horizontal to; 2. Deselect.

10. Add a new layer, name it, left ear 2, load from disk the, 09-leftear2 selection, flood fill with color;#f5a39f, deselect and reduce the transparency to, 73,

11. Add a new layer, name it, left antler, load the, 010-leftantler selection, flood fill with color; #413d3d and add the same inner bevel as in step 4. deselect.

12. Add a new layer, name it, right antler, load the, 011-rightantler selection. Flood fill with the same color as the last step and add the same inner bevel as the last step. Deselect.

13. Add a new layer, name it, left back hoof 2, load the, 012-leftbackhoof2 selection. Flood fill with color;#413d3d. Add the same inner bevel as the last step, deselect.

14.Add a new layer, name it, right front hoof, load the, 013-rightfronthoof selection, flood fill with the same color and add the same inner bevel. Deselect.

15. Add a new layer, name it, body head, load the, 014-bodyhead selection. Flood fill with the deer fur pattern, with the angle set at; 257. Float selection, add a cutout with the following settings.

Vertical and Horizontal; 4

Opacity; 100

Blur; 34.00

Color; #38240a

Repeat the cutout, changing the Vertical and horizontal to minus 4.

Deselect.

16. Add a new layer, name it, mouth, load the, 015-mouth selection, flood fill with black and deselect.

17. Add a new layer, name it, front spot, load the, 016-frontspot selection, flood fill with the white fur pattern with an angle setting of;175, scale 250. Invert selection and add a drop shadow with the following settings.

Vertical and Horizontal; 0

Opacity;75

Blur; 5.00

Color; #2c1c04

Deselect.

18. Add a new layer, name it, eye, load the, 017-eye selection, flood fill with black and add an inner bevel with the following settings. deselect.

19, Add a new later, name it, nose, load the, 018-nose selection, flood fill with red and add the same inner bevel as the last step. Deselect.

20. Add a new layer, name it, underneath spot, load the 019-underneathspot selection, flood fill with the white fur pattern, change the angle to; 90. Invert selection and add a drop shadow with the following settings.

Vertical and Horizontal; 0

Opacity;75

Blur; 5.00

Color; #2c1c04

Deselect.

21. Add a new layer, name it, neck piece, load the 020-neckpiece selection, flood fill with a red color. Invert selection and add a drop shadow with the following settings.

Vertical and Horizontal; 0

Opacity;100

Blur; 19.00

Color; #4f0b0b

Deselect.

I placed some bell tubes across the neck piece, which are provided for download.

To save as a picture tube, merge visible, to add a background, hide the very last layer in your layer palette and merge visible.

And to My Tester, Cellar, a Big Thank You. Beautiful Work!!!