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Trolley Car TutorialThis tutorial was written with PSP 7. All you'll need is the trolley.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
If you aren't familiar with using the Colour Pallette for patterns, there is a short explanation here
1. Open a new image, 329 x 233 pixels. Name the layer, Inside, and Flood-fill with medium gray (#808080).
2. Floor layer - 02floor.sel. Flood-fill with black.
3. Well layer - 03well.sel. Flood-fill with black.
4. Risers layer - 04risers.sel. Flood-fill with black. Then go to
Change Smoothness to 40 and apply.
5. Gradient layer - 04xgradient.sel. Flood-fill with the Black-White gradient and lower the opacity of this layer to 78 by using the slider on the right-hand side of the Layer Pallette. Then go to
Brightness minus 80, Contrast 0.
6. Front Top Roof layer - 05fronttoproof.sel. Flood-fill with black.
7. Side Top layer - 06sidetop.sel. Flood-fill with #C0C0C0. Lower the Opacity of the layer to about 75.
8. Top Roof layer - 07toproof.sel. Flood-fill with black.
9. Lower Front layer - 08lowerfront.sel. Flood-fill with black.
10. Side Front Panels layer - 09sidefrontpanels.sel. Flood-fill with dark red (I used #800000).
11. Middle Front Panel layer - 10middlefrontpanel. Flood-fill with the same red and then go to
V 0, H 1, Opacity 50, Blur 1
Apply the Drop Shadow again, changing H to minus 1.
12. Front Window layer - 11frontwindow.sel. Flood-fill with #FAC44F.
13. Wheel Cover layer - 12wheelcover. Flood-fill with black.
14. Wheel Impressions layer - 13wheelimpressions.sel. Flood-fill with black and then go to
15. Side layer - 14side.sel. Flood-fill with your red colour.
16. Roof layer - 15roof.sel. Flood-fill with medium gray (#808080). Go to
Coarse Canvas Texture
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow
V 3, H 0, Opacity 75, Blur 5.
17. Side Windows layer - 16sidewindows.sel. Flood-fill with #FAC44F.
18. Stripe layer - 17strip.sel. Flood-fill with the same colour.
19. Antenna layer - 18antenna.sel. Flood-fill with #808080. Apply an Inner Bevel with the Frame preset.
20. Front Impressions layer - 19frontimpressionslayer. Flood-fill with black and then apply this Inner Bevel
21. Emblem layer - You can make your own emblem, or get 20emblem.sel. Flood-fill with your yellow colour (#FAC44F). Copy, CTRL-C and Keep selected!
22. Side Emblem layer - Paste (CTRL-E) the emblem on the side and go to
Effects - Sharpen - Sharpen
23. Company Name - 21companyname.sel. Flood-fill with black.
To Make Your Own Company Name
Use your text tool and make your name. Times New Roman, size 16 or 14 will fit in the yellow stripe. Then deselect and to to Image - Rotate - Left 9o. You'll notice that the lettering now has a strange slant. You can fix this with the Deformation Tool
.
Pressing down on the SHIFT key, place your cursor over the upper-left hand square, and pull outward until your first letter is vertical. If necessary, you can pull the upper-left hand square in the same direction to make the end letters vertical.
Congratulations! You have a brand new trolley car.
Optional - Making the Car look Used
Make a new layer - Used Trolley, and get trolley.sel. Set your foreground colour to black. Using the Airbrush Tool
with these values
Opacity 50, Step 25, Density 15,
click on the Trolley. Then go to Effects - Blur - Gaussian Blur 3, and you're done!!
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