Ruthie's 3D Box

This is my rendition of " RuthiesDrm's Tutorial"

You can find more of her tutorials here: RuthiesDrm's Tutorials

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The  DOWNLOAD  file contains the following file...

bg18.bmp

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Open PSP

Go to FILE>NEW

Width: 150

Height: 150

Black background

Go to EDIT>COPY, go to EDIT>PASTE>AS NEW IMAGE 2 times.

You should have 3 black boxes.

Set your background color (bottom box) to White.

One of the boxes should already be selected, go to IMAGE>ROTATE use these settings...

Direction: Left

Degrees: Free 45

Click ok. Go to IMAGE>RESIZE use these settings...

make sure Maintain aspect ratio is NOT checked

Pixel Size

Width: 300

Height: 106

Click ok. Go to EDIT>COPY close out that box. Now go to FILE>NEW

Width: 400

Height: 317

Transparent background

Go to EDIT>PASTE>AS NEW SELECTION and put it toward the top like this...

Now shrink that.

Now on the next black box, go to IMAGE>ADD BORDERS use these settings...

Check Symmetric

Put 40 in the first box and PSP should put it in all the others. Click ok.

Shrink that and add the same border to the last black box.

With either one of the boxes selected go to IMAGE>DEFORMATIONS>SKEW use these settings...

Horizontal: 0

Vertical: -20

click ok. Click the magic wand and click the black box go to EDIT>COPY close that one. Bring up the 400X400 transparent pic and go to EDIT>PASTE>AS NEW SELECTION and place the box on the left hand side right under the top, almost touching the top like this...

Ok shrink that and bring up the last black box.

Go to IMAGE>DEFORMATIONS>SKEW use these settings...

Horizontal: 0

Vertical: 20

click ok. Click the magic wand and click the black box go to EDIT>COPY close that one. Bring up the 400X400 transparent pic and go to EDIT>PASTE>AS NEW SELECTION and place the box on the right hand side right under the top, touching the top and the side like this...

Click the arrow to switch your foreground and background colors. So that white is your foreground (top box) color. Click the toggle Layer Palette button , click the new layer button , when the box comes up just click ok. Click the Line tool set the control palette like this...

Tool Controls...

Line Type: Normal

Width: 4

Check Antialias

Now draw lines around all the boxes like this...

Click the magic wand and click on the white. Now go to FILE>OPEN and open the pic bg18.bmp and shrink it. Click the Flood Fill tool , on the control palette for Fill style select Pattern then click Options, for the New Pattern Sorce select bg18 and click ok. Now click on the white to flood it. Now go to SELECTIONS>SELECT NONE or on your key board hold down the Ctrl button and hit the D. Now go to LAYERS>MERGE>MERGE VISIBLE. Wow you just made a box! To decorate it I would suggest adding a new layer, that way you can move your stuff around without moving your box. I used 6 new layers to make mine and here it is....

Hmm, does it look like a fish tank?

If you have any questions please just ask...