Whirlpool Tag

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 filters.  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 or 6.  You may download a free trial at Jasc.

This tutorial uses only the filters that come with PSP, and a tube of your choice.

1.  Open up the tube that you want to use. On keyboard, press Shift +D, to duplicate the tube.  Close the original.

2.  Resize your tube so that the largest dimension is no more than 350 pixels.  In top menu, click Image > Resize.  Set size to pixels, and set largest dimension to 350.  Check all layers.

3.  In top menu, click Image > Canvas Size.  and change width & height to 500.

4.  In the Layer Palette, right-click on the tube layer and choose Duplicate.  

5.  Right-click on the duplicate and rename Whirlpool.

6.  In top menu, click Effects > Distortion Effects > Twirl.  Apply these settings:

7.  In the layer Palette, right-click on the Whirlpool layer and choose duplicate.

8.  Drag the copy of whirlpool layer down to the bottom.

9.  In top menu, click Selections > Select All

10.  In top menu, click Selections > Float

11.  In the Layer Palette, right-click on the bottom layer, and choose New Raster Layer.  Call this Layer Background

12.  Flood-fill this layer inside the selection with white.

13.  In top menu, click Selections > Select None

14. In the Layer Palette, drag the background layer to the bottom.  On the Whirlpool and the Copy of Whirlpool layers, slide the opacity layer to 60%

15.   Choose the eraser tool, set to size = 10, and click on the whirlpool layer.  Erase half the whirlpool -- the part that you want to look like it is behind the image.

 

16.  Click on the Copy of Whirlpool Layer (in the Layer Palette).  Now erase the opposite half of the whirlpool.

17.  In the top menu, choose Layers > merge > merge visible.
 
  Here is another example made by my friend Jade.  Thanks, Jade for letting me share:

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