European City Building
This tutorial was done with PSP 8, but can be done with earlier versions.You will need
Building selections
Green Door or Blue Door
The terms of use are here
1. Open the eurtownhousealpha.psp file you downloaded. If you think you might want to make more than one building, copy the file (SHIFT-D) and then close the original file.
2. The first layer is the Tower layer. To get the Tower selection, go to:
Click on the Tower selection and click on Load
(PSP 7 - Selections - Load from Alpha Channel)
We'll be getting all the selections for the layers the same way. Then flood-fill
the selection with black.
3. Facade layer - get the Facade selection and flood-fill with white or #E0B485.
4. Facade Grouting - Flood-fill with black and then lower the opacity of the layer to about 10% (or whatever looks good to you) by using the slider on the Facade Grouting layer in the Layer Pallette.
5. Swords - Flood-fill with black. Repeat twice.
6. Facade 1 - Flood-fill with #AC7000.
7. Facade 1 grouting. Flood-fill with black and lower the opacity of the layer to around 10%.
8. Facade Dressing - Flood-fill with #845F0E.
9. Coloured Stones - Flood-fill with #5A7C40 (green) or #00717B (blue).
10. Windows - Flood-fill with the same colour you used for the stones, if you want matching curtains effect, or fill with any colour you'd like better. Then go to:
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow
V & H 10, Opacity 30, Blur 5, Colour Black
11. Small Windows - Flood-fill with #404040.
12. Window Strips - Flood-fill with #504009. (The bits at the bottom will be covered by the balcony.)
13. Upper Doors - Flood-fill with black.
14. Balcony - Flood-fill with #855A00. Then go to:
V & H 5, Opacity 66, Blur 3
15. Balcony Rail - Flood-fill with the same brownish colour (#855A00) and then go to:
V 1, H 0, Opacity 100, Blur 5, Colour Black.
16. Balcony Decos - Flood-fill with black, twice.
17. Crests layer - The first shield is already there. Copy this first shield (CTRL-C) and paste (CTRL-E), moving the second crest under the other small window.
18. Statues - just open the layer and they're already there.
19. Ledges - Flood-fill with #E2B48C and then go to:
Use the Pillow preset, changing the Ambience to 29
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow
Use the same settings.
20. Large Doors - get the Large Door selection and then open the greendoor.psp or the bluedoor.psp you downloaded, copy (CTRL-C) and paste into the selection (SHIFT-CTRL-L). Keep selected and go to:
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow
V & H 10, Opacity 40, Blur 5
Selections - Invert
Then copy the shadowed door (CTRL-C) and paste (CTRL-E) into place.
21. Small Door - get the small door selection. The door should still be in the clipboard, so just press (SHIFT-CTRL-L) and it will be pasted into the selection.
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow
V & H 5, Opacity 40, Blur 5
If you want to move one of the large doors, click on the Large Door layer, and then, with the Selection Tool
, make a rectangle around the door. Then, with the Magic Wand 
, click on the door, and then you can move it with the Mover Tool 
.
22. Clock Frame - Flood-fill with #9C6A00.
23. Clock - just open the layer, the clock's already there.
24. Small Decos - Flood-fill with black.
25. Large Deco - Flood-fill with black.
26. Step 1 - Flood-fill with your green (#5A7C40) or blue colour (#00717B). Add the same Inner Bevel and then Drop Shadow as before.
27. Step 2 - Just flood-fill with the colour you've been using and add the Inner Bevel.
28. You're all done--congratulations. I hope you like your building.
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