Dragon by Shape Tutorial

Marble Eggs

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This tutorial was created for some friends of mine who wanted to begin learning more about PSP. It is intended for beginners to learn how to use PSP plugins. If you have any questions, please feel free to email me.

To do this tutorial you will also need Paint Shop Pro. I used Paint Shop Pro 8, but the steps used may also be done in Version 7.04. You may download a free trial at Jasc.

Download the MarbleEgg Preset. Place this into your PSP8 Presets folder. Also included in this zip file is another preset to make Ice Eggs.

Remember to save as a psp file often!

Before we begin, you might want to study the PSP tool bars. I have labeled the tools on another page. Click on the link and it will open a new page. You may want to keep this page open while you work on the tutorial, to refer to the names now and then. PSP Tools

Now that you have studied the tools, let's begin!

1. Open a new, transparent image, size = 500 x 500

2. In top menu, click on Effects > Artistic Effects > Balls and Bubbles. Choose the MarbleEggRDB preset.

3. Resize the ball image. Image > Resize. Resize 80%. Make sure that Resize All Layers is UNchecked.

4. In top menu, click Effects > Geometry Effects > Perspective-Vertical. Distortion = 45, Transparent.

5. Save this as a .psp tube.

6. Want a different color? In top menu, click Adjust > Hue and Saturation > Colorize. Play with the settings for the Hue & Saturation and see what colors you can come up with.

You can use these eggs to make an Easter Basket. See Basket Tutorial.

You can also use these eggs to make a Hatching Egg. See Cracked Egg Tutorial.

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