Lighthouse PSP Tutorial

This tutorial was done with PSP 7, but can be done in other versions, since it is quite easy.

You'll need

the lighthouse file, which contains the various patterns,
the Flood or the free Almathera plugin, and the Mura Meister Cloud plugin.


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

There is a short tutorial for the Materials Pallette in PSP 8 here.


How to Get The Alpha Selections

Selections - Load/Save Selections - Load Selection from Alpha Channel
Click on the selection you want and then on Load




1. Sky layer - For the stormy sky, set the Foreground to white and the Background to #868686. For the sunny sky, set the Foreground to white and the Background to #B4D8FC.

Effects - Plug-in Filters - Mura'sMeister Cloud - Default setting.


2. Water layer - Flood-fill with #ACACAC.

Effects - Plug-in Filters - Flaming Pear - Flood



OR
Effects - Plug-in Filters - Almathera - Puddle


Double-Click on the Selection Tool in PSP 7. In later versions, click on the Selection Tool and then on the Custom Selection icon . Here are the settings:

Left 0, Right 502
Top 0, Bottom 302
Hit CTRL-X to get rid of the excess water.


3. Retaining Wall - Flood-fill with the drock pattern.

4. Rocks - Flood-fill with the rock pattern.

5. Inside - Flood-fill with #C0C0C0. If you want the Storage House to be lit inside, with your Selection Tool , draw a rectangle around the left selection of the Inside, click on it with your Magic Wand , and Flood-fill with yellow.

6. Facade - Flood-fill with white.

7. Siding - Flood-fill with black and lower the Opacity of the layer, using the slider in the Layer palette, to around 30.

8. Roof - Flood-fill with #944836.

9. Storage Front - (This selection is out of order.) Flood-fill with the Fieldstone pattern.

10. Storage Door and Side - Flood-fill with black.

11. Storage Roof - (By mistake, the alpha selection was named Storage Door.) Get the Storage Door selection and Flood-fill with #744F3F.

12. Horizontals - Flood-fill with #ADA39E.

13. Overhangs - Flood-fill with #47242D.

14. Frames - Flood-fill with #47242D. Staying on this layer, get the Inside alpha selection. Holding down the CTRL key, use the Selection Tool to draw a rectangle around the storage door, so it will be dropped from the selection.

Selections - Modify - Enlarge - 1 pixel
Selections - Invert
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow
V&H 3, Opacity 68, Blur 10, Colour black.


15. Windows Door - Flood-fill with white.

16. Railing & Observation - Flood-fill with black.

17. Fog (optional). Set the Background colour to white.
Effects - Plug-in Filters - Mura'sMeister - Cloud


If you want less of an effect, lower the Opacity of the layer. If you want a stronger effect, apply the Fog filter again.

18. Light (optional) - Click on the Retaining Wall layer and then make a new layer above it. Get the Light selection and Flood-fill with #FFFF80.

All done! I hope you like your lighthouse.


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