maandag 9 mei 2011

Glass Stones

What we'll do: In this tutorial we'll create a glass stone or "pebble" that you can place over text or other elements of your a scrapbook layout.
What you'll need: Paint Shop Pro 9 and these presets. Before you begin the steps below, unzip the preset files and put them in your PSP Presets folder.
Steps:
  1. Open a 400x400 pixel raster image with a transparent background. (For 2"x2" at 200 pixels/inch or about 1.25"x1.25" at 300 pixels/inch.)
  2. Apply Effects > Artistic Effects > Balls and Bubbles, using the ljd_GlassStone preset. Set the size of the ball to just a little smaller than what you want, since the stone will slightly increase in size after you perform step 3.
  3. Apply Effects > Distortion Effects > Warp, using the ljd_GlassStone preset.
  4. Choose the Magic Wand and set Match Mode to All Opaque. Click on any part of the stone.
  5. Invert the selection (Selections > Invert).
  6. Apply Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow, using the ljd_GlassStone preset.
  7. Deselect (Selections > Select None).
  8. Save the file as a PNG with alpha transparency.
You can change the shape of the stone as you wish with the Distortion Effects, the Warp Brush, or other warping/distortion tools. After doing any warping/distorting, you can copy the stone to your layout, adding it to a new layer and applying a drop shadow. Here are a few examples:
You can also colorize your stone with Adjust > Hue and Saturation > Colorize or Adjust > Hue and Saturation > Hue/Saturation/Brightness. Another alternative, if you want to create individual colored stones, is to set the Material in Balls and Bubbles (step 2) and the Color in Drop Shadow (step 6) to the color you want for your stone.
You might also want to play around with the settings for Balls and Bubbles, Warp, and/or Drop Shadow to get slightly different effects. For example, in Balls and Bubbles you might want to increase the Gloss or adjust the lights.
And here's an alternate preset for Balls and Bubbles that adds some backlighting. Try this preset and skip steps 4 through 7. Use whichever version you prefer (or use the different versions for different layouts.)
In a later tutorial, I'll show you how to distort what's under the element so that the image seems to be refracted and somewhat magnified, as it would be under real glass.

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