PSP X2-- The Door

The Door Tag

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This tutorial is intended for beginners to learn how to create an open door. If you have any questions, please feel free to Email me.

To do this tutorial you will also need Paint Shop Pro. I wrote this with Paint Shop Pro X2, but the steps may also be done in any version. You may download a free trial at Corel.

Remember to save as a psp file often!

You will need some tubes to decorate your door with.

Download the Eye Candy 4000 plugin.

1. Open new, transparent image, size = 300 x 400

2. Flood-fill the door with a brown color or wood pattern of your choice.

3. Selections > Select All

4. Choose the selection tool

5. Click on the Custom selection icon in the toolbar at the top.

6. Choose these settings: Top = 20, Left = 20, Right = 280, Bottom = 390

7. Press the delete key.

8. Layers > New Raster Layer

9. Flood-fill the selection on the new layer with the same color or pattern.

10. Selections > Select None

11. Effects > 3D Effects > Geometric Effects > Perspective - Horizontal. Apply these settings: Distortion = negative 25, and Edge mode = transparent

12. Choose the Raster Deform tool.

If your PSP doesn't have the deform tool in the toolbar: Right-click anywhere on the psp blank desktop and choose Customize. Click on tools (in left menu). Scroll down in right pane and find the raster deform tool. Drag it over to the tool menu and release. Now the deform tool is in your tool menu.

13. See the gap between the right side of the door and the door jamb? Hover the mouse over the door until it turns into the 4-headed arrow and the left-click and drag the door to the right until there is no more gap.

Like so

14. Now push the left-center node in towards the center to make the door look appropriately opened.

15. Choose the selection tool. Set the Selection type = circle.

16. Set the material properties for the foreground color to a gold gradient, angle = 50, 0 repeats.

17. Draw a circle selection on the door for the doorknob. Flood-fill this doorknob with the gold gradient.

18. Effects > 3D Effects > Inner Bevel. Apply these settings: Bevel = pie shape, width = 8, smoothness = 18, depth = 8, ambience = 10, shininess = 5, color = white, angle = 315, intensity = 50, elevation = 30

19. Selections > Deselect/none

20. Drag the door layer to the bottom.

21. Click back on the top layer (door jamb). Effects > 3D Effects > Inner Bevel. Bevel : shape below, width = 5, smoothness = 40, depth = 20, ambience = 0, shininess = 5, color = 2hite, angle = 114, intensity = 60, elevation = 20.

22. Layers > New Raster Layer

23. Flood-fill this layer with black.

24. Drag the black layer to the bottom.

25. Open up the tubes you want to use. Edit > Copy.

26. To place a tube inside the door, click on the door layer at the bottom. Then Edit > Paste as New Layer. Move the tube into position inside the door.

27. Layers > Merge > Merge Visible.

28. Image > Resize. Set width & height to 80 PERCENT. UNCHECK Resize all layers.

29. To place a tube outside the door, open the tube. Edit > Copy. Then click back on the door image (top layer), and Edit > Paste As New layer. Then with the mover tool, move the tube into position.

30. Now choose your text tool. Set font to your choice (I chose HauntedDeath), size = 48 pixels, select Vector text.

31. Type your Text. Right-click on the text layer and choose Convert to raster layer.

32. Edit > Plugins > Eye Candy 4000 > Drip. Apply these settings: width = 4.72, maximum length = 46.55, spacing = 10, taper = 53, dribble = 16, random seed = 278

33. Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow. Apply these settings: Vertical & Horizontal = 1, Opacity = 75, Blur = 5, Color = black