How to use the Ellipse Filter

How to use the Ellipse Filter

The DOWNLOAD file has the following files...

flbkgr53.jpg

bg11.bmp

sparkle0.tub

** You can get the free filter needed for this tutorial from NVR BORDERMANIA

Download the file. Unzip to any folder. Go to EXPLORER and find the files you just unzipped. Cut the file nvrbm13.8bf, go to PROGRAM FILES>PAINT SHOP PRO>PLUGINS and paste the file there.

Open PSP

Open the file sparkle0.tub and export as a picture tube.

Open the file flbkgr53.jpg. It looks like this...

Click on the selection tool . If your control palette isn't up bring it up now by clicking the control palette button . Set the control palette like this...

Selection type: Ellipse

Feather: 0

Do not check Antialias

Now move your mouse to the center of the humming birds, click and drag your mouse to the outside of the humming birds. Like this...

Now go to IMAGE>PLUG-IN FILTERS>NVR BORDERMANIA>ELLIPSE

On the Ellipse Filter Options box use the following settings...

Border Width: 176

Light Angle: 0

Light Intensity: 117

Outside Mask: 0

Outline Width: 0

Click ok. Now it looks like this...

Now go to EDIT>CUT. Close that out. You don't have to save any changes.

Go to FILE>NEW with the following settings...

Width: 148

Height: 285

Background Color: White

Click ok. Open the pic bg11.bmp. It looks like this...

Select the tag by clicking it's toolbar. Click the Flood Fill tool .

Set the control palette like this...

Fill Style: Pattern

Match mode: RGB Value

Tolerance: 200

Opacity: 100

Click Options. Use the following settings...

Fill Style: Pattern

Blend Mode: Normal

New Pattern Sorce: bg11

Click ok. Now flood fill the tag. Close out bg11.

Go to EDIT>PASTE>AS NEW SELECTION. Place it like this...

Go to IMAGE>EFFECTS>DROP SHADOW use the following settings..

Color: Black

Opacity: 100

Blur: 15.4

Vertical: 1

Horizontal: 1

Click ok. Now it looks like this...

Go to SELECTIONS>INVERT.

Go to IMAGE>EFFECTS>BUTTONIZE

Use the following settings...

Height: 10

Width: 8

Opacity: 69

Transparent edge

Click ok. Go to SELECTIONS>SELECT NONE.

Now it looks like this...

Now click the selections tool .

Set the control palette like this...

Selection type: Rectangle

Feather: 0

Do not check Antialias

Now put a rectangle below the hummingbirds like this...

Go to IMAGE>EFFECTS>BUTTONIZE use the following settings...

Height: 7

Width: 5

Opacity: 69

Transparent edge

Click ok. Now it looks like this...

Now go to IMAGE>EFFECTS>DROP SHADOW use the following settings...

Color: Black

Opacity: 100

Blur: 12.2

Vertical: 1

Horizontal: 1

Click ok. Go to SELECTIONS>SELECT NONE.

Now it looks like this...

Now click on the tube tool .

On the control palette pick the orange sparkle you exported earlier

and use the following settings...

Tube: sparkleO

Scale: 28%

Place the sparkles where ever you want them.

Mine looks like this...

Click the foreground color box and pick a color for your text. I picked dark purple. Click the text tool and pick a font. I picked Arial font, Bold, Size 11. Click ok. Now go to IMAGE>EFFECTS>DROP SHADOW and use the following settings...

Color: Black

Opacity: 100

Blur: 1.6

Vertical: 1

Horizontal: 1

Click ok. Go to SELECTIONS>SELECT NONE and go to FILE>SAVE>SAVE AS give it a name and save it as a JPEG file. Now it looks like this...

If you have any questions, just ask...

I, LovlyGypsy, Give my permission to Ldy Archrr aka Artists for PSP to place any and all tutorials that I have made on her site.. this 22nd day of February 2001. These tutorials were made solely by me and permission is mine to give.