Paint Shop Pro Angel Tree LTopper Tutorial

Angel Tree Topper Paint Shop Pro Tutorial

I am using Version 9, most likely can be done in other versions as well.

by Jane's Haven

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Get my Selections Here.

Selections for PSP Version 7, here

Unzip them in a folder of your choice.

Get the hair , eyes and hand images Here.

Don't forget to save often.

Open all the images in PSP.

1.Open a new transparent image, size; 629X701, we can always resize when completed. Flood Fill with a color, to see what you're doing. I used; #68b2f6.

2.Add a new layer, name it, bottom, load from disk the, 01-bottom selection, flood fill with a silver or gold gradient. I used a silver gradient, linear style, angle 90, scale; 0. Got to effects, 3D effects, inner bevel and use the following settings. Deselect.

You can save this preset in inner bevel by clicking on the save icon. give it a name you can remember and click ok.

3. Add a new layer, name it, Bottom 2, load from disk the, 02-bottom2 selection, flood fill with the same gradient and add the same inner bevel. Deselect.

4, Add a new layer, name it, bottom ring, load from disk the, 03-bottomring, flood fill with the same gradient. Add the same inner bevel. Deselect.

5. Add a new layer, name it, star, load from disk the, 04-star, flood fill with the same gradient and add an inner bevel with the following settings. Deselect.

6. Add a new layer, name it, star layer, load from disk the, 05-starlayer, flood fill with the same gradient and add an inner bevel with the following settings.

The bevel preset number 10 bevel, Width; 12, smoothness; 52, depth; 100, ambience; 23, shininess; 40, color; white, angle; 318, intensity; 39, elevation; 83, deselect.

7. Add a new layer, name it, wings, load from disk the, 06-wings, flood fill with white. Selection, float, and add a cutout with the following settings.

Vertical and Horizontal; 0

Opacity; 56

Blur; 17.00

Color; Black

Deselect.

.8. Add a new layer, name it, skirt, load from disk the,07-skirt, flood fill with; #ffc0ff . Float selection and add the following cutout.

Vertical and Horizontal; 0

Opacity; 89

Blur; 20.00

Color; #720000

Deselect.

9. Add a new layer, name it, skirt shading, load the, 08-skirtshading, flood fill with; #c701c5. Deselect and go to adjust, blur, average, using a setting of; 9.

10.Add a new layer, name it, magic wand, load from disk the, 09-magicwand, flood fill with the same gradient and add an inner bevel with the following settings. Deselect.

11. Add a new layer, name it, left hand, load from disk the, 10-lefthand, flood fill with; #ffbd95. Float selection and add a cutout with the settings below.

Vertical and Horizontal; 0

Opacity; 89

Blur; 8.00

Color; #9e4b1e

Deselect.

12 Add a new layer, name it, left fingers, load from disk the, 11-leftfingers, flood fill with the same color as for the hand. Float selection and add the following cutout.

Vertical and Horizontal; 0

Opacity; 100

Blur; 3.00

Color; #9e4b1e
Deselect.

In the layer palette, with your mouse pointer, grab the magic wand layer and move it above the left hand layer.

13. Hi-light the very top layer and add a new layer, name it, right hand, load the, 12-righthand, open the right hand image, click on the top of the right hand image and right click, copy, go back to the main image and click, paste into selection and deselect.

14. Add a new layer, name it, dress collar, load from disk the, 13-dresscollar selection, flood fill with, #ffc0ff. Float selection and add a cutout with the following settings.

Vertical and Horizontal; 0

Opacity; 100

Blur; 13.00

Color; #720000

Deselect.

15. Add a new layer, name it, face, load from disk the, 14-face, flood fill with, #ffbd95. Float selection and add a cutout with the following settings.

Vertical and Horizontal; 0

Opacity; 100

Blur; 10.00

Color; #9e4b1e

Deselect.

16. Add a new layer, name it, eyes, load the, 15-eyes . Open the eyes image, click copy, go back to the original image and click paste into selection. Deselect.

17. Add a new layer, name it, nose, load from disk the, 16-nose, flood fill with; #d36a0d, deselect and got to adjust, blur, average, setting; 3 .

18 Add a new layer, name it, lips, load the, 17-lips selection, flood fill with, #fb8585. Float selection and add a cutout with the settings below.

Vertical and Horizontal; 0

Opacity; 45

Blur; 2.00

Color; #f10707

Deselect.

19 Add a new layer name it, hair, load from disk the, 18-hair. Open the hair image and copy, click back on the main image and paste into selection and deselect.

I added a new layer and found a sparkle tube to use for the end of the wand.

After that I merged visible all the angel layers by closing all the other layers. I used the perspective tool and enlarged only the angel a bit.

I then hid the background layer and merged visible. Hi-lighted the very last layer on the bottom to add a background. After that I resize the entire image.

Your Angel Tree Topper is Completed.

To Save as a Picture Tube: We used a background so we must delete this layer and merge visible. You can hide the background layer and merge visible to use the background to fill with a color of your choice.

A huge Thank You to My Great Friend Cellar for Testing this for me. Beautiful work Cellar.