Making an Easel in PSP
 
 

This is my first tutorial so I hope I haven't
forgotten anything.  The only thing you need
for this tutorial is Paint Shop Pro and a Wood
Fill for the easel.   You can use mine if you like.
Right click and choose save as and save to your hard drive.

Choose File/New image 500 x 500 transparent.
Next Layer/New Raster Layer.  Hide layer 1 by
clicking on the glasses on your layer palette.
Using the selection tool and starting at coordinates
200,100 drag out your selection to 214,431.  Flood fill
with your wood pattern using these settings.

Now choose Image/Effect/Inner Bevel using the soft edge
preset.  Move the easel support to the center of your
image using the mover tool.

Next choose Layer/New Raster Layer.  Using the
shapes tool with these settings, draw a rectangle.

Selections/Select All. Selections/Float.  Flood fill with
the wood pattern and apply an inner bevel, same settings
as before.  Selections/Select None.
Using the magic wand, Match Mode RGB, Tolerance 0,
Feather 0, select the inside of the easel.  Now choose
Selections/Modify/Expand by 1 pixel.  Flood fill with white.
Next Image/Effect/Drop Shadow and apply a drop shadow
with these settings.

Next apply another drop shadow, same settings as before
except Horizontal and Vertical -2.  Now choose Layer/
New Raster Layer.  Using the selection tool, make a
selection at the bottom of the easel and flood fill
with the wood pattern.  Now choose Image/Effect/
Inner Bevel and use the same settings as before.
Selections/Select None.  Click on the deformation tool
and holding the control key drag the right lower corner
out.  This is what mine looks like.