HHR_PSPXBasicPart1

Open your PSP programme.

First of all we need to select the toolbars and palettes which are the most often used.

Go to 'View' 'Toolbars' and, if not already selected, click on each of these to select...'Standard' 'Status' and 'Tools'. Then go to 'View' again and this time to 'Palettes' and select 'Layers' 'Materials' and 'Tool Options'

Once selected the palettes will stay onscreen as long as you dont close them with their little 'x'. Theres no need to close each one when you close down your PSP programme, just leave them onscreen and they will appear when you open your PSP again. Should you lose them, go to 'View' again and select them again.

You will notice theres a 'Browse' palette across the bottom of your workspace. This is very handy for browsing your folders and files. You can close it to make more space if you like and to find it again click on either the 'Browser' icon or go to 'Palettes' and tick 'Browser'. The 'Browse' initially has a bar down the left side which you can click hold and drag away from the side and the bottom of the workspace and place where you like.

If some of the tools mentioned in tutorials appear to be missing, click where you see a single down arrow and that will reveal more tools and menus. Also, wherever you see 2 little arrows at the end of a toolbar

Ok..now to get started

Click on 'File' and on 'New'

and this will open a 'New Image' window. Set the settings to these....

and 'OK'

This is a New Raster Image, transparent, 300 x 300 pixels.

We have started with a size of 300 x 300 pixels, but you can alter this at any time should you prefer to work with a larger/smaller image.

You will now see a blank chequerboard which is your canvas, your 'Tools' toolbar will have sprung into life down the lefthand side of your screen.Your 'Layer' palette will have 'Raster1' in it.

Should you wish to reposition your 'Tools' toolbar [ personal preference, I like mine across the top] hold your mouse on the row of little dots [just above the 'Hand'] until your cursor changes to that of crossed arrows and you can drag the bar to where you want it. The 'Materials' ,'Layer' and the 'Image' windows can be dragged by click/hold and dragging the bar at the top of each.

Now to add a picture.

PSP uses picture files refered to as 'Tubes'. There are some already in your PSP programme which we will use for this tutorial. There are many sites on the net which offer tubes. You must read the individual tubemakers 'Terms and Conditions' before downloading them . Download and save to a folder on your pc.

Click on your 'Picture Tube' tool and you will see the 'Tools Options' palette spring into life. This palette will change according to which tool you're using, with options for that particular tool.

On the 'Tools Options' palette you will see a little preview picture [your picture might be different to the example]

Click on the little picture and this will open a menu. It will show you the picture tubes which you have in your PSP programme.

Click on an image in the drop down menu to select it ...............

...and it will appear in the preview box.

Click once on your blank canvas to place one flower

You will notice it appears in your 'Layer' palette on 'Raster1' layer.

Slide the 'Scale' down a little...and add a couple more flowers

Altering an image, in this case the scale, can make the image slightly blurred.This can be remedied by going to 'Adjust' 'Sharpness' 'Sharpen'.

If you misplace a flower you can go to 'Edit' and 'Undo Picture Tube' to remove it. The 'Edit' 'Undo' is a very handy tool which allows you to undo your most recent action.

Select the 'Move' Tool

and click and drag your flowers. You will see they all move as one because they are all on the same layer. To be able to move images about independantly from each other we can place images on their own seperate layer.

So....go to 'Layers' at the top of your screen and click on 'New Raster Layer' and set your settings to these and 'OK' it.

You will see now that there is a 'Raster 2' layer in your 'Layer' palette

This is highlighted blue which means its the current active layer.

Select your 'Picture Tube Tool' again ....click on the preview in the toolbar to open the drop down menu again and select a different flower.

Click once on your image to place the new flower.

Using the 'Move Tool' you will see you will be able to move the new flower around independantly from the others....and move the first flowers independantly from the new one.

Notice how when you click on the flowers, the corresponding layer becomes highlighted blue [active] in your 'Layer' palette.

Layers can be arranged so that objects appear infront of or behind one another. Click on 'Raster 2' in your 'Layer' palette and drag it down the palette, the cursor will change to a hand, let go and 'Raster 2' will now be below 'Raster 1' in the palette and your new flower will be behind the first set of flowers.

To add depth to an image we can apply a 'Drop Shadow'. Click on the single flower on your image [or on its layer in the 'Layer' palette] and go to 'Effects' '3D Effects' 'Drop Shadow' and apply these settings.

Clicking on the 'Navigate' button allows you to preview any part of your image to see it better.

Click 'OK'.

Click on the group of flowers [Raster 1] and go to 'Effects' '3D Effects' 'Drop Shadow' and apply the same settings as before.

Part 2 Adding a Background

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Revised 2007