Hutch Tutorial

This tutorial was written with PSP 7.

All you will need is the hutch.zip file.

The terms of use are here

NOTE: Each step which needs a new layer will use the format with the name of the new layer, and then the selection for that layer. So Whatever layer - whatever.sel, means make a new layer Whatever, and then get the whatever.sel file by going to Selections - Load from disk.

If you aren't familiar with using the Colour Pallette for patterns, there is a short explanation here

1. Open a new image, 300 x 450 pixels. This is the Legs layer. Get 01legs.sel and flood-fill with one of the wood patterns you downloaded, or a wood pattern of your own.

2. Facade layer - 02facade.sel. Flood-fill, changing the Angle, if necessary, so the woodgrain is vertical.

3. Shelf layer - 03shelf.sel. Flood-fill and go to

Effects - 3D Effects - Inner Bevel - Frame preset

4. China layer. You can come back to this layer later if you want to put some things in your cabinet.

5. Window Panes layer. We'll come back to this layer later.

Steps 6, 7, and 8 are for the Brown Hutch.

6. Hatch 1 layer - 04hatch1.sel. Flood-fill and apply the Frame preset again. Don't worry if you can't see this too well. When the window panes are made, it will show up well.

7. Hatch 2 layer - 04hatch2.sel. Flood-fill and apply the Frame preset again.

8. Upper doors layer - 05upperdoors. Turn off the Facade layer by clickin on the glasses in the Layer Pallette, so you can see what you're doing. Flood-fill with your wood pattern.

Go to
Selections - Modify - Contract - 8 pixels
Hit DELETE and go to
Selections - Invert
Using the Magic Wand

Click on the frame

Go to Effects - 3D Effects - Inner Bevel - with these settings:

Then, with the Magic Wand, click inside each door and
Go to Selections - Modify - Expand 4 pixels--keep selected!

Now, go to the Window Panes layer, by clicking on the layer in the Layer Pallette, and flood-fill with the Metallic gradient in the Colour Pallette, and then lower the opacity of the layer to around 50, by using the slider in the Layer Pallette.

Steps 9 and 10 are for the Reddish Hutch

9. Upper Doors layer - 05upperdoors.sel. Flood-fill and

Go to Effects - 3D Effects - Inner Bevel
Use the same Inner Bevel as shown in the image in Step 8.

10. Rounded Windows layer - 06roundedwindows. Flood-fill and apply the same Inner Bevel as before, changing the Width to 1.

With the Magic Wand, click inside the windows and expand by going to

Selections - Modify - Expand 4 pixels. Keep selected!

Go down to the Upper Doors layer, by clicking on the layer in the Layer Pallette, and hit DELETE--keep selected!

Now, go to the Window Panes layer, and flood-fill with the Metallic gradient in the Colour Pallette, and then lower the opacity of the layer to around 50, by using the slider in the Layer Pallette.

Go back to the Rounded Windows layer, get 06roundedwindows again, and go to:

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow
V & H 1, Opacity 58, Blur 3.

BOTH HUTCHES
11. Drawers layer - 07drawers.sel. Flood-fill and apply the same Inner Bevel, making sure the Width is 3.

12. Lower Doors layer - 08lowerdoors.sel. Flood-fill and apply the Inner Bevel.

13. Opening layer - 09opening.sel. Go to

Effects - 3D Effects - Cutout
V & H 10, Opacity 58, Blur 27
Make a new layer, Cutout 2 Repeat the Cutout, changing the V and H to -10.

14. Top Front layer - 10topfront.sel. Flood-fill and apply the Bevel.

15. Top layer - 11top.sel. Flood-fill.

16. Knobs layer - 12knobs.sel. Flood-fill with white, and then go to:

Effects - Texture Effects - Sculpture
use either the Gold or the Copper preset.

17. Hinges layer - 13hinges.sel. Flood-fill with white and use the same Gold or Copper preset as in Step 16.

18. Handles layer - 14handles.sel. Flood-fill with white and use the same preset again.

19. Topper layer - 15topper.sel. Flood-fill with white and use the same Inner Bevel as before.

You're all done. Congratulations! I hope you like your hutch.

Sunday, February 02, 2003