Raining Hearts

This tutorial is written in PSP7 and assumes you have a working knowledge of PSP at a beginners level. I am sure this can easily be done in other versions of PSP.

This tutorial was written and created by me, Cheri Anderson. It is copyrighted by law and you may LINK to them only. Do not change the words, graphics, or any part of this tutorial around and reproduce it as your own without my written permission. Do not send this tutorial through the email, any type of mailing lists, Yahoo Groups or other sites. You may print and save this tutorial for your personal use only. Creations you make from this tutorial are YOUR creations and you may do what you like with them.

If you would like to use this tutorial for group lessons OR you are having trouble doing this tutorial, please contact me at Cheri

FOR THIS TUTORIAL YOU WILL NEED:

JASC's PSP (30 day free trial)- Just click the Paint Shop Pro 7 button

My Selections just click the folder:
Make a folder for these selections so you don't get them mixed up with your other selections. *S*


Because this tutorial is long I have the colors here for you to click on. Just right click and save to your hard drive. Then open up in your PSP.

NOTE: THIS TUTORIAL IS LONG. PLEASE SAVE OFTEN.

1. Open a 245x350 new transparent image. Add a new layer and rename Right Leg.

2. Open the rleg.sel and flood fill with #000000. Modify contract by 1 and fill with #FFDCC9. Invert and add a drop shadow with these settings: H&V=0 Opacity= 100 Blur=25 Color=#C48166. Deselect and SAVE

3. Add a new layer and rename Right Shoe 1. Open the rshoe1.sel. Flood fill with #000000. Modify contract by 1 and fill with #F17DC7. Invert and apply the same drop shadow but change the Blur to 15 and color to A3357B. Deselect and add a 5% noise. SAVE.

4. Add a new layer and rename Right Shoe 2. Open the rshoe2.sel and flood fill with #000000. Modify contract by 1 and fill with #F17DC7. Invert and apply the same drop shadow but change the Blur to 7. Deselect and add a 3% noise.

5. Add a new layer and rename Left Leg. Open lleg.sel and repeat the same steps as in step 2. SAVE

6. Add a new layer and rename Left Shoe 1. Open lshoe1.sel and repeat the same steps as in step 3. SAVE

7. Add a new layer and rename Left Shoe 2. Open lshoe2.sel and repeat same steps as in step 4. SAVE

8. Add a new layer and rename Button. Open the button.sel and flood fill with #000000. Modify contract by 1 and fill with #B62C84. Deselect and add the Puff inner bevel. SAVE

9. Add a new layer and rename Slip. Open the rslip.sel and flood fill with #000000. Modify contract by 1 and fill with #FFFFFF. Invert and add the same drop shadow but change the blur to 15 and color to #C0C0C0. Deselect and add a 5% noise and SAVE.

10. On the same layer open the lslip.sel and repeat the same steps. But invert and add the 5% noise before deselecting. SAVE

11. Add a new layer and rename Bow 1. Open the bow1.sel and flood fill with #000000. Modify contract by 1 and fill with #FFFFFF. Invert and add the same drop shadow and noise. SAVE.

12. Add a new layer and rename Bow 2. Open the bow2.sel and repeat the same steps. On the same layer open the bow3.sel and fill with #000000. Deselect and SAVE.

13. Add a new layer and rename Dress 1. Open the dress1.sel and flood fill with #000000. Modify contract by 1 and fill with F17DC7. Invert and apply the same drop shadow but change the Blur to 25 and the color to #A3357B. Deselect and add a 5% noise. SAVE.

14. Add a new layer and rename Dress 2. Open the dress2.sel and fill with #400040. NOTE: You may have to zoom in for this. Deselect and SAVE.

15. Add a new layer and rename Neck. Open the neck.sel and flood fill with #000000. Modify contract by 1 and fill with #FFDCC9. Invert and apply the same drop shadow but change the blur to 7 and the color to #C48166. Deselect and SAVE.

16. Add a new layer and rename Apron 1. Open the apron1.sel and flood fill with #000000. Modify contract and fill with #FFFFFF. Invert and apply the same drop shadow but change the Blur to 20 and the color to C0C0C0. Deselect and add a 5% noise. SAVE.

17. Add a new layer and rename Apron 2. Open the apron2.sel and flood fill with #000000. Modify contract by 1 and fill with #FFFFFFF. Invert and apply the same drop shadow but change the Blur to 10. Deselect and apply a 5% noise. SAVE

18. Add a new layer and rename Apron Hearts. Open the ahearts.sel and flood fill with #000000. Modify contract by 1 and fill with #F17DC7. Invert and apply the same drop shadow but change the Blur to 7 and the color to A3357B. Deselect and add a 5% noise. SAVE

19. Add a new layer and rename Handle. Open the handle.sel and flood fill with #000000. Modify contract by 1 and fill with #F17DC7. Invert and add the same drop shadow but change the Blur to 10 and the color to #B62C84.

Deselect and add a 5% noise. Then add the puff inner bevel. SAVE

20. Add a new layer and rename Hands. Open the hand1.sel and flood fill with #000000. Modify contract by 1 and fill with #FFDCC9. Invert and apply the same drop shadow by change the Blur to 10 and the color to C48166. Deselect and SAVE.

On the same layer open the hand2.sel and repeat the same steps. Deselect and SAVE

21. Add a new layer and rename Arm. Open the arm1.sel and flood fill with #000000. Modify contract by 1 and fill with F17DC7. Invert and apply the same drop shadow but change the Blur to 15 and the color to A3357B. Deselect and apply a 5% noise. SAVE

22. On the same layer open the arm2.sel and fill with #400040. You may need to zoom in to fill the selection. Deselect and SAVE

23. Add a new layer and rename Hair 1. Open the hair1.sel and flood fill with #000000. Modify contract by 1 and fill with AE776E. Invert and apply the same drop shadow but change the color to 5D3E39. Deselect and add a 5% noise.

On the same layer open the hair1detail.sel and fill with #402D2A. Deselect and SAVE

24. Add a new layer and rename Head. Open the head.sel and flood fill with #000000. Modify contract by 1 and fill with #FFDCC9. Invert and apply the same drop shadow but change the Blur to 25 and the color to #C48166. Deselect and SAVE

25. Add a new layer and rename Cheeks. Open the cheeks.sel and fill with E99DAB. Apply a 5.00 Gaussian Blur. SAVE

26. Add a new layer and rename Nose. Open the nose.sel and fill with #FFDCC9, deselect and add the round inner bevel. Change the smoothness to 80, apply this inner bevel twice. SAVE

27. Add a new layer and rename Eyes. Open the eyes.sel and flood fill with #000000. Deselect and apply a round inner bevel. SAVE

28. Add a new layer and rename Hair 2. Follow the same steps here as you did for Hair 1 in step 23. Don't forget to apply the hair2detail.sel. SAVE

29. Add a new layer and rename Details. Open the detail.sel and flood fill with #000000. Deselect and SAVE.

30. Add a new layer and rename Hearts. Open the hearts.sel and flood fill with #000000. Modify contract by 1 and fill with #F86683. Invert and apply the same drop shadow but change the Blur to 7 and the color to #BA2C47. Deselect and add a 5% noise. SAVE

You still with me? *S* All we have left is the Umbrella.

31. Add a new layer and rename Umbrella 1. Open the umbrella1.sel and flood fill with #000000. Modify contract by 1 and fill with #B62C84. Deselect and add the Puff inner bevel. SAVE

32. Add a new layer and rename Umbrella 2. Open the umbrella2.sel and flood fill with #000000. Modify contract by 1 and fill with #FFFFFF. Invert and apply the same drop shadow but change the Blur to 20 and the color to C0C0C0. Deselect and add a 5% noise. SAVE.

33. For selections umbrella3 thru umbrella5 you can either alternate colors or use the same colors. Put each of these on their own layers so that you can add the 5% noise.

Make sure that you pick a darker color of the color you choose or a contrasting colors. The drop shadow and blur will stay the same.

34. Add a new layer and remame Umbrella 6. Open the umbrella6.sel and flood fill with #000000. Modify contract by 1 and fill with #B62C84. Deselect and add the Puff inner bevel.

That's it. :o) Thank you for sticking it out with me. I hope you enjoyed making this as much as I did.

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