Plate and Stand

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For this tutorial you will need to have basic knowledge of Paint Shop Pro. (My illustrations and instructions are written using version 7, but you should be able to comprehend with any version).

SAVE YOUR WORK OFTEN!

Part 1: Outlines

Open up a new transparent canvas 200 X 200 pixels
Activate paintbrush using these settings:


Plate Stand: Outline Color #785D54
Plate: Outline Color# FFFFFF (White)*

Plate Stand:
[align=center]
*****(Top half of stand) ********************** (Bottom half of stand)*****[/align]

Open up a NEW transparent canvas 200X200 pixels.

Plate:
(* I am using Gray instead of white to show on illustrations better)
You may use any color you choose, but for this tutorial, I will be making a white plate. Always remember your fill needs to be a lighter color than your shadow color.



Part 2: Fill

Plate Stand: Fill Color: #B09388
Activate your magic wand , (Tolerance and feather set at 0).

While holding down on your 'Shift' key, click inside both sides of plate stand. (The marching ants will be on the inside of the outline)
Floodfill with #B09388. Do NOT deselect.
Click on 'Selections' then click on 'float'
Click on effects, 3D effects, cutout . Vertical 0, Horizontal 0, Opacity 100, Blur 15 and change your 'shadow color' to #785D54, 'fill interior' UNchecked.
Do NOT Deselect.
Click on 'Effects', 'Noise', 'Add', 5% (Uniform)
Deselect and save.

It should look like this:


Plate: Fill Color: #FFFFFF
Activate your magic wand, (Tolerance and feather set at 0).
Click ONLY on the center inside of plate.
Floodfill with #B09388.
DESELECT.

Activate your magic wand again and click inside your filled center of plate. Your marching ants should be around the outer edge (including the outline).
Click on 'Selections' then click on 'float'.
Click on 'Effects', 3D Effects, 'Cutout'. Vertical 0, Horizontal 0, Opacity 100, Blur 20, Shadow color #C0C0C0 (Which is a gray), Fill interior box UNchecked.
Deselect and save.

Activate magic wand. Click on the inside of outer rim of plate. Flood fill with #FFFFFF.
DESELECT.

Activate magic wand again and click on the filled area of inside of outer rim of plate. (Marching ants should be on outer rim of plate)
Click on 'Selections', 'Float'.
Click on 'Effects', '3D Effects', 'Cutout'.
Vertical 0, Horizontal 0, Opacity 100, Blur 10, Shadow color should still be #C0C0C0, Fill interior box UNchecked.

Deselect and save.

Part 3: Finish
Open a NEW transparent canvas 200X200 pixels.

Activate your Plate Stand canvas, Click on 'Edit', 'Copy'.
Activate your blank canvas and Click on 'Edit', 'Paste', 'As New Layer'. Rename that layer as Plate Stand. (This places the plate stand directly in the center of the new canvas)
Activate your Plate canvas, Click on 'Edit', 'Copy'.
Activate your canvas with the new plate stand layer and Click on 'Edit', 'Paste', 'As New Layer'. Rename that layer as Plate. (This places the plate directly in the center of the canvas and on top of the Plate stand).
With your plate layer active, you may add pictures to your plate at this time. Once you have your picture(s) placed where you want them, and that layer is active, lower the opacity of the picture to about 65%.
Hide your plate stand layer. Click on 'Layers', 'Merge', 'Merge Visible'. Rename the merged layer as 'Plate'.
Unhide your plate stand layer. With the plate layer active, lower the opacity (for the time being) to about 65%. This will show the plate stand behind the plate. Activate your eraser and erase the parts of the plate that are on top of the tips of the plate stand. See example below:


Raise the opacity back to 100%. Click on 'Layers', 'Merge', 'Merge Visible'.

Save and you're all set to use your Plate Stand and Plate!

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial!



~Tutorial created 09/06/04~