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I really have no idea what inspired me to
do this tutorial. Perhaps it's the September Challenge for FBNG
and my playing around with different things. Whatever it was I made
a globe using just a plain, old graphic and wanted to share with you
how easy it is. I made the base and top using a Fleuron dingbat, feel
free to use the ones that I have for download below or make your own.
I also used the Filter Factory Gallery V in one step, but again do not
feel obligated to do so.
I make my tutorials as guidelines for you
to achieve a certain effect. Please feel free to make any variation
and make your creation YOU!
This tutorial is written in and for PSP Version
7 and assumes you have a working knowledge of PSP at a beginners level.
I am sure this can easily be done in Version 6 with a few adjustments
in paths but I have only used Version 7 so I can't make promises *S*
You will need:
JASC's PSP (30 day free trial)-
You can get it HERE
My globe base & top ~~ You can get it HERE
**unzip into a folder for PSP
Filter Factory Gallery V ~~ You can get it HERE
Very Important Note: After you download this
filter and put it in your plugin folder you will need to convert it
using PluginCommander. If you do not know how to use PICO please visit
The Task-Bar for
a quick tutorial.
A Graphic ~~ I used The Littlest Mermaid by
Jim Warren. Mr. Warren has graciously given me permission to use all
of his works in my tutorials. You can view his other masterpieces at
his website HERE.
To use this graphic right click
on the graphic and save to your hard drive.
I think all the downloading and unzipping could
take longer than to do the tutorial **giggle** Okay, now that we have
out of the way let's begin shall we?
Step 1:
Open your graphic in PSP. Now depending on the size of your graphic
you may wish to resize it to a dimension. Just remember if you do resize
it to go to Effects-->Sharpen-->Sharpen with each resize. Go to
Layer-->Promote to Layer.
Step 2:
Go to Effects-->Geometric Effects-->Circle and your graphic turns
into a perfect circle on a transparent background. This is why we wanted
to promote the graphic to a layer.
Step 3:
Go to Image--Resize and resize by 85%. Make sure all layers is UNchecked
as I show below:
Step 4:
Go to Effects-->Sharpen-->Sharpen. Anytime you resize, rotate,
or manipulate your image in any way you will get a slight blur ~~ Going
to sharpen each time will reduce that from happening.
Step 5:
Repeat Steps 3 and 4 at least one more time. Again depending on the
size of your graphic you may need to do it more than twice. You'll get
the feel of it when we add the base and top (which are on separate layers)
and you can always resize then if need be.
Step 6:
Go to Effects-->Plugins-->Filter Factory Gallery V and choose
Color Cocktail 1.2 using it's defaults. Again, you don't have to do
this step but I really liked what it did to my graphic, below is the
before and after Color Cocktail
Step 7:
Add a new layer as we are going to add a little highlight to your globe.
Set your Foreground color to white. Select your paintbrush with these
settings:
 and apply
two highlight one to the upper left side and one to the lower right
side ~~ similar to this:
I don't know WHY I can never get the bottom one just the way I want
it. **giggle** oh well.
Step 8:
Go to Effects-->Blur-->Gaussian Blur and set the radius to 3.85
and then merge your layers visible.
Step 9:
Now it's time to add your base and top. As I said you can make your
own base if you would like but I did say this was an easy tutorial so
I have provided the base and top for your use. Open the base and top
in PSP and you can either export them to a tube or you can copy and
paste ~~ the choice is yours. If you are using a tube go to step 9a,
if you are copying and pasting use step 9b.
Step 9a:
Add a new layer, select your MD-globe_base1 tube, pick up your mover
tool and move it under your globe and center it.
Add a new layer, select your MD-globe_top1 tube, pick up your mover
tool and move it to the top of your globe and center it.
Step 9b:
Open your MD-globe_base1 and copy (Ctrl+C). Go to your globe image and
paste as a new layer (Ctrl+L). Pick up your mover tool and move it under
your globe and center it.
Open your MD-globe_top1 and copy. Go to your globe image and paste as
a new layer. Pick up your mover tool and move it to the top of your
glove and center it.
Step 10:
Go to Layers-->Merge-->Merge Visible and you are done. You can
now tube your globe for future uses or you can apply it to a background
for a group lesson. If you are going to tube your globe copy your merged
layer and paste as a new image (Ctrl+V) and tube it. This will take
away all the excess transparency for when you are going to use your
globe.
I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial
as much as I have enjoyed writing it for you.
If you have any comments or questions
please do not hesitate to E-mail
me.
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