Wood Lamp Tutorial

Wood Lamp

This tutorial is quite easy. You will need Redfield's Jama 3D, a free plugin, and if you want to use selections, they are here.

The terms of use are here

1. Open a new image, 158 x 362, if you're using the selections. If not, you'll probably want to make your image larger, maybe 400 x 400. Make a new layer, Base Top, we'll come back to later.

(If you're using the selections, go to Selections - Load from Disk and get 01basetop.sel, and flood-fill with a nice wood pattern.)

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

2. Make another layer, Base, which we'll return to. (Selections - Load from Disk - 02base.sel - flood-fill).

3. Make a new layer, Center, and using the Selection tool

, draw a rectangle in the middle of the canvas, something like this: (Selections - 03center.sel).

You can make this wider or shorter, just be sure to leave enough space for the base and lampshade, or you'll have to enlarge the canvas later.

4. For everyone. Set the foreground colour to white or any colour. (We're not using the wood pattern yet, because if it's not filled at an angle of about 30^o, the stripes look strange.) Use the Draw Tool

with the following settings:

Single Line, Width 5, Check Antialias only.
Draw the line at an angle you find pleasing, (draw the lines wider than the lamp--we'll get rid of the excess later.) Press CTRL-A to select everything, and then, using the Magic Wand tool,

click on the line you just made. Go to Selections - Defloat. Then, changing your foreground to the wood pattern, fill at an Angle of about 30^o.

Add a drop shadow:

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow
Vertical 1, Horizontal 1, Opacity 63, Blur 3

If you're using a dark wood, you probably will want the Opacity much higher.

Then copy, CTRL-C, and paste, CTRL-E, about 4 more times, depending on the size of your lamp. It's a good idea to paste each line on a separate layer, so you can adjust them with the Mover Tool

.

Now it's time to get rid of the excess. Click on the Center layer, press CTRL-A, and using the Magic Wand

, click anywhere on the wood piece. (If you're using the selections, just stay on the same layer and get 03center.sel again) Then go to Selections - Invert. Now click on the Stripes layer, and press CTRL-X and the stripes will be the right size!

5. The Lampshade.
Make a new layer, and with the Selection tool draw a rectangle as large as you think you might like (you can always resize with the Deformation tool

later). (04lampshade.sel) Flood-fill with white or any colour you like, and then go to:

Effects - Plugin Filters - Redfield - JAMA 3D

6. Make a new layer - Rims. Draw a thin rectangle along the base of the lampshade and flood-fill. (05rims.sel) You can use the Mover tool if necessary. Then copy, CTRL-C, and place the second rim at the top of the lampshade.

7. Now, you can go down to the Base layer and, using the Selection Tool

draw a rectangle a little below the Center and flood-fill.

8. Click on the Base Top layer, draw a rectangle, flood-fill, and click on the Deformation tool. Then, pressing the CTRL key, click on one of the top corners, and pull toward the centre, as you did with the lampshade.

9. Make a new layer, Top Piece. Make the foreground colour white, and turn off the background colour. Click on the Preset Shapes tool

and get the teardrop. Use the following settings:

Retain Style,UNchecked - Antialias, checked - Vector, UNchecked
Line Width 5

Draw from bottom to top so the teardrop shape will be upside down. Go to Effects - Texture Effects - Sculpture and use the preset Gold. Move this piece so the top will be above the lampshade. Then drag this layer to the bottom, or go to Layers - Arrange - Send to Bottom.

You're all done! Congratulations! I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.

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