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PSP8 Floating Candles
This tutorial has been written
for PSP8 but will work just as well in PSP7.
By doing this tutorial
you agree to my terms
of use.
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I don't know about you guys but I love my
candles and after writing the tutorial for the glass bowl and
making the candles to go in it I thought mmmm, twas like a
little light bulb suddenly lighting. So this is how I made them
:o) It's hopefully easy and won't have you pulling out
your hair *s*
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1. Open a new image 200x200.
Create a new layer. Null the foreground and set the background
to what ever strikes your fancy. Use the preset shapes tool 
star 4, antialias and vector checked, hold Shft and draw out
your star. With the pen tool  ,
edit mode  , double
click one of the nodes. Ctrl+S, this will take away all the
sharp edges. Now go round and pull out all the inner nodes.
Click on the preset shapes tool to select the shape. Push up
from the bottom to narrow down the shape. Click on one of the
top corners, hold Ctrl and drag the top in slightly. If needs
be, move your star down the canvas so that it is central.
Duplicate the layer.
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| 2. In the layer palette, click the plus
sign on the Vector 1 layer. Double click Star 4 to open the
vector properties box. Click on the fill and darken the colour
by using the slider of the L value.
Still with the preset shapes tool, bring the darkened star
down. Bring in each side of the star making in smaller than the
original.
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| Covert each layer to raster. Rename the top
layer to candle top. Rename the next layer down to candle
bottom.
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| 3. With the candle
bottom layer active, create a new raster layer named front. Swap
the foreground and background over. With the pen tool, create
new, this needs to be clicked for each
line otherwise the next line you draw will connect to the
previous, draw a line connecting
the front bottom right................this is hard to put into
words................draw 2 lines as shown, remember to click
new shape before drawing the second line.
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4. Make the candle bottom layer
active. Ctrl+A. Ctrl+F. Ctrl+Shft+F. Make the front layer
active. With the paint brush 
size 10, round, hardness 25, step 25, density 100, thickness
100, opacity 100, blend normal, paint the inside of the front as
shown, being careful not to go over the lines you have just
drawn.
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| 5. Still with the selection.
Make the candle bottom layer active. Create a new layer named
left side. With the draw tool at the same settings, new line,
draw a line connecting the side corners. Click on the selection
tool and hey presto, your selection is back. With the paint
brush, paint in the gap. At this point you can only paint within
the selection. Ctrl+D and fill in the gap, being careful not to
go over the line.
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Make the candle bottom layer active. Ctrl+A. Ctrl+F. Crtl+Shft+F.
Create a new layer named right side. Repeat the line draw and
painting as for the left side. Ctrl+D.
You can now delete the candle bottom layer.
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7. Make the front layer active. With the
freehand selection tool  ,
point to point, replace, feather 10, make a rectangular
selection of the front, wider at the top. The
screen shot shows the selection without feathering for your
guidance. Adjust - Brightness and
Contrast - Brightness/Contrast, brightness -40 contrast 0 .
Ctrl+D. In the layer palette, lock 
the transparency of the layer. Effects - 3D Effects - Cutout,
vertical & horizontal -2, opacity 100, blur 20, for the
colour use the dropper and select the darker shade of the
brightness adjustment we made previously. Unlock the
transparency of the layer.
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| 8. Make the left side layer
active. With the freehand selection tool, same settings as
before, make a rectangular selection as shown, pictured without
the feathering, the right edge needs to be close to the side
edge of the front. Adjust the brightness and contrast as before.
Repeat this for the right side.
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9. Make the candle top layer
active. With the selection tool 
ellipse, replace, feather 0, antialias checked, start at the
center of the candle top and make an oval selection as shown.
Effects - 3D Effects - Inner Bevel, apply the following setting.
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| Selections - Modify - Contract by 1.
Selections - Invert. Apply the Inner Bevel changing the
smoothness to 40 and the angle to 308.
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10. Create a new layer. With
the picture tube  , use
the rope tube at a scale of 50, draw the wick from bottom to
top. Create a new layer, use the flame tube at a scale of
roughly 25.
There you have your candle. Merge layers
visible and save as a tube or in PSP Format. Want to know how to
give it a lighting effect? Step this way.......
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| To give you an idea how this is done,
create a new layer, send it to the bottom flood fill with a
colour, merge layers visible. Effects - Illumination Effects -
Lights. Select the 1 Up preset and change the settings as shown.
The vertical and horizontal need to match your image and where
it is on your canvas, this can be done by moving the light in
the left hand window. You will need to add a light for each
candle you have in your image and move the light into position
giving it the same properties. Use the proof tool to see the effect on
your image before applying. Leave the other settings as
they are or have a play. Change the cone size, intensity,
colour, just play with the settings to see how it affects the
image.
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Created and uploaded
January 2004
contents ©Di's Delights
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