


The FlyByNightGraphics Challenge
for January is writing a tutorial. This tutorial will deal with
working with selections, inner bevels and psp file formats. All of
the tools you'll need are included in the zip file. This file
contains the image in the center, the heart selection and a lace frame.

Open a new Image 400 x 400 transparent. Go to Selections/Load
from Disk and select the Heart.sel file. Fill the heart
selection with white. While the marching Ants are still
going around the image, go back up to Selections/Modify and contract by
15. Hit your delete key so that the interior of the heart is gone
and you have nothing left but the outer frame.
Deselect and then using your magic wand, Click on the outer
frame. Using a Pattern fill, choose Stain Wood and paint the
frame using the paint bucket. Keeping the marching Ants
around the frame, go to Effects/Inner Bevel and use the following
settings.

(You'll note that these are the
same settings that I've used for my Painter Palette tutorial. Once you
have used a bevel, you can do a Save as and use it for many other uses.)

Once you have your rounded edge framing, deselect
image. Open the Lace.psp file and copy and paste as a new
layer. Place the lace right over the frame so that it matches
evenly. Your image should resemble the one below.


Create a new layer and open the image included in the
zip folder or another of your liking. Making sure that the new
layer is activated, go to Selection/Load from Disk and open your
Heart.sel. Once you have the marching ants, activate the
picture you want in the center, copy and paste into selection.
Move this layer to the bottom. Pick a complimentary color from the
image using the dropper and then activate the Lace Layer. Go to
Selection/Select all and click on the selection tool. Click on
your lace and you will see marching ants surrounding the
lace. Paint fill the lace with the color that you
selected. It should look like this:

Deselect and go to Layers/merge visable. You can
convert this to a tube or a transparent gif as I have done.
Have Fun!