Strawberry Design
This tutorial has directions for PSP 7 and PSP 8. The directions for PSP 8, when different from PSP 7, are given in red. The tutorial is quite long, but can be done in sections.
You will need the strawberry file with Alpha Channels and the strawberry flower file. The terms of use are here
If you aren't familiar with using the Colours Pallette for patterns, there is a short explanation here
There is a short tutorial for the Materials Pallette in PSP 8 here.
There is a short tutorial for the Materials Pallette in PSP 8 here.
Strawberry Flower
WARNING: Because this tutorial is so long, it's a good idea to periodically empty the clipboard (Edit - Empty - Clipboard) and the Command History (Edit - Empty - Command History). If PSP starts acting weird, it's probably because they're taking up too much memory. AND, of course, don't forget to save (CTRL-S) often!
1. Open the strawberryfloweralpha.psp image you downloaded. Go to
Selections - Load/Save Selection - Load Selection from Alpha Channel - Petal
Flood-fill with white
Go to Effects - 3D Effects - Inner Bevel
Width 4
Smoothness 56, Depth 4, Ambience minus 8, Shininess 0
Angle 315, Intensity 50, Elevation 30
2. Right-click on the layer in the Layer Pallette and click on Duplicate. Go to
Make sure All Layers is not checked Effects - Sharpen - Sharpen
Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen
Use the Mover Tool
to put into place--near the outer border
There should be a space in the centre like this:
Make sure All Layers is not checked Effects - Sharpen - Sharpen
Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen
4. Click on the Petal layer again and duplicate.
Make sure All Layers is not checked Effects - Sharpen - Sharpen
Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen
5. Click on the Petal layer and duplicate for the last time.
Make sure All Layers is not checked Effects - Sharpen - Sharpen
Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen
6. Click on the Petal layer and make a new layer, Centre. Set your foreground colour to white and click on the Paint Brush tool
In PSP 8, if you don't see the Paintbrush tool, click on the Airbrush tool
or the Warp Brush 
and you will find it.
Shape Round, Size 25, Hardness 100
Opacity 100, Step 100, Density 100
The settings for PSP 8 are in the Tool Ribbon over the workspace.
Click once in the middle of the petals. Then go to
Width 3, Opacity 100, Colour #F8F861, Horizontal checked
Repeat with Horizontal unchecked
7. Make a new layer, Rods. Set your foreground to #DABA23, and turn off the background.
Click on the Draw Tool
and use these settings:
Type: Single Line, Width: 2, Line Style #1 Solid, only Antialias checked.
Click on the Pen tool
, then use these settings:
Draw several straight lines something like this:
8. Set your foreground colour to #FD8D43 and change the size for your Paint Brush tool to 6. Click once over each rod as in the image above.
9. Now merge all the layers by right-clicking on a layer in the Layer Pallette and choosing Merge - Merge Visible. Save as a *.psp image, or *.pspimage file.
All done--now on to the Strawberries!
Strawberries Image
1. Open the strawfloweralpha.psp file you downloaded. Click on the Leaf 1 Rt layer and get the leaf1rt selection from the Alpha Channels.
Effects - Noise - Add 12% - Uniform
Adjust - Add/Remove Noise - Add Noise - 12% Uniform
Selections - Invert
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow
V 0, H 0, Opacity 100, Blur 30, Colour black
2. Click on the Leaf 2 rt layer and get 02leaf2rt selection from the Alpha channels.
Effects - Noise - Add 12% - Uniform
Adjust - Add/Remove Noise - Add Noise - 12% Uniform
Selections - Invert
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow
V 0, H 0, Opacity 100, Blur 30, Colour black
3. All the leaves will be done the same way. Your settings for the various steps will remain the same, so the next parts won't be as detailed.
Leaf 3 rt layer - 03leaf1rt selection.
Add 12% Noise
Invert the selection
Add the Drop shadow
4. Leaf 1 layer - 04leaf1 selection
Add 12% Noise
Invert the selection
Add the Drop shadow
5. Leaf 2 layer - 05leaf2 selection
Add 12% Noise
Invert the selection
Add the Drop shadow
6. Leaf 3 layer - 06leaf3 selection
Add 12% Noise
Invert the selection
Add the Drop shadow
7. Click on the Veins layer. Get the veins selection and flood-fill with #0E6000. Lower the Opacity of the layer to around 50 by using the slider in the Layer Pallette.
8. Click on the stems layer, get the stems selection and flood-fill with #0A560A.
9.Click on the Left Strawberry layer and get 09leftstrawberry and Flood-fill with #B00D14.
Adjust - Add/Remove Noise - Add Noise 25% Random
Effects - Blur - Motion Blur
Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur
Angle 247o, Intensity 13 pixels
Keep selected!
Selections - Invert
Add a Drop Shadow
V 0, H 0, Opacity 100, Blur 50, Colour #2E0202
10. Click on the Right Strawberry layer and get 10rightstrawberry and repeat Step 9, except change the Angle of the Motion Blur to 112.
11. Click on the Middle Strawberry layer and get 11middlestrawberry. Repeat Step 9, changing the Angle of the Motion Blur to 0.
12. Strawberry Highlights layer. Get 12strawberryhighlights and flood-fill with #F45961. Then lower the opacity of the layer to around 55.
13. Click on the Pips layer. Set your foreground colour to any colour, like yellow, that contrasts with the red, so you can see what you're doing. (We're going to get rid of the colour later.)
Click on the Paint Brush tool
and use the following settings (if you've taken a break and want a refresher, see Step 6 of the Flowers :-D):
Opacity 100, Step 100, Density 100
Click once for each strawberry pip. Just draw these little dots all over the strawberries. Now to get rid of the colour and get some depth, select the pips:
Selections Defloat
Effects - 3D Effects - Cutout
V 0, H 1, Opacity 100, Blur 1, Colour black
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow
V 1, H 1, Opacity 60, Blur 1, Colour black
14. Click on the Leaflets layer (13leaflets), and Flood-fill with #647B53.
15. Click on the Middle Flower layer and get 11middleflower selection. Then click on the Flower image you made earlier and Copy (CTRL-C).
Go back to the Strawberries image and paste the flower into the selection (SHIFT-CTRL-L).
Putting it All Together
1. Click on the Flowers layer. Go to the Flower image and copy (CTRL-C) then go back to your strawberry image and Paste (CTRL-E). If you wish, you can resize this flower by going to to place the flower wherever you like.2. Copy and Paste as many flowers as you want, putting each new flower on a new layer and resizing if you wish. You can back and forth on the layers to rearrange them any way you want.
3. If you wish, you can make some Squiggles on the Squiggle layer. Use your Draw Tool/Pen tool, Freehand, with a Width setting of 1. If you're going to use the same colour green, you might want to lighten so they'll show up against a dark background. You can make the squiggles any colour you like--they're only decoration!
Congratulations for finishing this tutorial. I hope you like your strawberries.
To make the cachepot or the tray, click below:
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