Peek-a-boo String Easter Egg |
By Wintermoon |
This tutorial was written using Paintshop Pro7, but can easily be adapted to Version
6 What you will need for this tutorial: Paintshop Pro 7. If you don't have it you can get a trial version Here My Peek-a-boo string egg tube My Decorations Tube including Jasc's Plastic Grass You can also get Free Easter Tube from Jasc Here For this tutorial we will be using my already made StringEgg. At the end of the tutorial I will explain how to make it. You might want to make something similiar but a different shape **Note: I'ts important that you name your layers. We'll be working with them when it comes to decorating inside of your egg Open a New Image, 400x400, transparent, 16.7 (24 bit) Color Add a New Layer, name it eggfront Using your picture tube tool, go to tool options, and choose stringegg, Size 75 Click it into your New transparent image The stringegg is a neutral color. You can leave it, or change the color by doing one of the following: 1. Go to Color/Colorize and play with the hue and saturation until desired color 2. Using your Magic Wand, Click on the string of the egg so the ants march Go to Selections/Modify/Contract by 1 Floodfill with a solid color or a gradient Deselect With your eggfront layer activated. Use your Selection Tool, in tool options select Elipse, feather 0, antialias checked. Go to approximately the middle of your egg dragging downwards and sideways until your satisfied with the shape and size. Hit Delete DO NOT DESELECT With the ants still marching, we're going to make a frame around the hole. Use the color of your egg (if you don't have that color set as your foreground, use your eyedropper just below your magic want) and Click it on a string, and your color should appear. Go to Selections/Modify/Expand by 3 Floodfill your hole with your color Go to Selections/Modify/Contract by 5 Hit Delete DO NOT DESELECT With your eggfront layer activated, and the ants marching Add a New Layer, name it Cutout Go to Effects/3Deffects/Cutout and use these settings: Vertical 14 Horizontal 16 Shadow Color Black Opacity 35 Blur 51 Fill interior with color Unchecked Deselect **Note: Turn off your cutout layer, by clicking on the eyeglasses. We'll be turning it back on at the last step of the tutorial** (the reason for this is to be able to move things around without the cutout going with them) With your Cutout Layer activated Add a New Layer, name it eggback Drag your eggback layer down below eggfront Using your picture tube tool, go to tool options, choose stringegg Size75 Use your Mover Tool, positioning your eggback even with your eggfront. (if you turn your cutout layer back on for a moment this is what your string egg will look like, minus the mover tool lol) ***Make sure your Cutout Layer is turned off again by clicking on the eyeglasses. DECORATING YOUR EGG :) Add a New Layer, name it grass Drag it down below your eggfront layer. Click on the eggfront layer to activate it Using your Magic Wand, Click on outside of your egg Go to Selections/Invert, only your egg should have marching ants around it. Click back onto your Grass Layer (the marching ants should still be marching, and when you add your grass it won't get outside of the egg.) Using your picture tube tool, go to tool options, choose Plastic Grass, Size 30 Go to your egg, and just clicking away until you have the desired amount you want. If you don't like the grass green, Go to Colors/Colorize and play with hue and saturation ( I used Hue 217, Saturation 98) Deselect Keeping your Grass Layer Activated Add a New Layer, name it bunnyegg Using your picture tube tool, go to tool options, Choose bunnyegg Size 70 Click into your egg, using the Mover tool to postion it where you want Activate your Grass Layer Add a New Layer, name it flowers1 Using your picture tube tool, go to tool options, Choose easterlillies Size 85 Use your Mover tool to position the flowers as you like. You can keep the flowers the color they are or Go to Colors/Colorization and play with the hue and saturation (I picked Hue 217, Saturation 33). Activate your Grass Layer Add a New Layer, name it flowers Repeat the same steps above for flowers1 Your Layers should be in this order ----------------> **Turn your Cutout Layer Back ON, by clicking on the eyeglasses Your Peek-a-boo String Egg is finished :) If you make a background, a very light pastel color works the best. I hope you enjoyed my tutorial. If you have any questions e-mail by clicking HERE Also, if you like the bunny egg, I have a quick easy tutorial for making it from a picture HERE Copyright 2002 ©Wintermoons Kreative Expressionz All Rights Reserved Home |
