Paint Shop Pro Baby in a Manger Tutorial

Baby Jesus Paint Shop Pro Tutorial

I am Using Paint Shop Pro Version 9, most likely can be done in other versions as well. The selections for Paint Shop Pro V7 will not work, I have provided you V7 users with the selection for V7, Here

by Jane's Haven

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Unzip them in a folder of your choice.

Wood pattern fill and straw images HERE

Don't forget the save often.

Open wood Pattern and straw images.

1.Open a new transparent image, size;600X445

2.Add a new layer, name it, front, load from disk the, 01-Front, if you are using my wood pattern, in the material properties dialog, set the angle to; 133 and scale to; 50, flood fill. Add an inner bevel with the following settings. Deselect.

3. Add a new layer, name it, blanket 1, load from disk the, 02-blanket1 selection, flood fill with white. Float selection and add a cutout with the following settings.

Vertical and Horizontal; 2

Opacity; 100

Blur; 13.00

Color; #7ca4f4

Repeat the cutout changing the Vertical and Horizontal to; minus 2, deselect.

4, Add a new layer, name it, back leg 1, load the, 03-backleg1. From here on, I will assume your using my wood pattern. Open the material properties and change only the angle to; 90, flood fill. Add the same inner bevel as in step 2, except change the angle to; 357 and deselect.

5. Add a new layer, name it, back leg 2. load from disk, 04-backleg2, flood fill with the wood pattern, same settings as in the last step. Add the same inner bevel as in step 2, except change the angle to; 357 and deselect. Hi-light this layer in the palette, go to adjust, bright/contrast use this setting; brightness; minus 58, contrast; 0.

6. Add a new layer, name it, back strip, load the, 05-backsrrip, flood fill with the wood pattern changing the angle to; 0. Add an inner bevel with the following settings. Deselect.

7. Add a new layer, name it, back, load from disk the, 06-back, flood fill with the wood pattern, changing the angle to; 90, the scale remains at, 50. Add an inner bevel with the following settings. Deselect. Make sure this layer is hi-lighted in the layer palette, go to adjust, brightness and use these settings Brightness;-55, contrast; 0.

8. Add a new layer, name it, left leg 1, load the, 07-leftleg1, flood fill with the wood pattern, settings; angle; 90, scale; 50.. Add the same inner bevel as in step 2, changing the angle to; 357. Deselect and keep this layer hi-lighted in the layer palette, go to adjust, brightness and contrast, using the following setting. Brightness, minus 55, contrast; 0.

9. Add a new layer, name it, left leg 2, load from disk the, 08-leftleg2, flood fill with the wood pattern. Add an inner bevel with the same settings as in step 2, except change the angle to; 357. Deselect.

10. Add a new layer, name it, right leg 1, load from disk the, 09-rightleg1 selection and flood fill with the wood pattern. Add the same inner bevel as in step 2, change the angle to; 357. Deselect and go to adjust, brightness and contrast with these settings, brightness; minus 55, contrast; 0.

11.Add a new layer, name it, right leg 2, load the, 10-rightleg2, flood fill with the wood pattern and add the same inner bevel. Deselect.

12. Add a new layer, name it, side, load the, 11-side selection and flood fill with the wood pattern and add the same inner bevel. Deselect.

13. Add a new layer, name it, side strip, load from disk the, 12-sidestrip, flood fill with the wood pattern, changing the angle to;0. Add the same inner bevel as in step 6. Deselect and go to adjust brightness and contrast, with the brightness set to ; 20, contrast; 0.

14. Add a new layer, name it, straw 1, load from disk the, 13-straw1 selection, open the straw1 image, click, copy and back to the main image, click past into selection and deselect.

15. Add a new layer, name it, blanket 2, load from disk the, 14-blanket2. Flood fill with white, float selection and add a cutout with the following settings.

Vertical and Horizontal; 2

Opacity; 100

Blur; 13.00

Color; #7ca4f4

Repeat cutout changing the Vertical and Horizontal to; minus 2.

Deselect.

16. Add a new layer, name it, baby head, load from disk the, 15-babyhead. flood fill with color; #fdc66f, float selection and add a cutout with the following settings.

Vertical and Horizontal; 2

Opacity; 100

Blur; 12.00

Color; #a5740b

Repeat the cutout changing the Vertical and Horizontal to minus 2. Deselect.

17. Add a new layer, name it, eye lids, load from disk the, 16-eyelids selection and flood fill with black and deselect. Go to adjust, blur, average, with a setting of; 3.

18. Add a new layer, name it, eye lashes, load the, 17-eyelashes, flood fill with black, go to adjust, blur , average, use these settings; 3. Deselect.

19. Add a new layer, name it, lips, load from disk the; 18-lips, flood fill with color; #fd9b9b. Float selection and add a cutout with the following settings.

Vertical and Horizontal; 1

Opacity; 100

Blur; 2.00

Color; #bc0000

Repeat the cutout changing the Vertical and Horizontal to; minus 2

Deselect.

20. Add a new layer, name it, face shading, load from disk the, 19-faceshading, flood fill with color; #d88400 and deselect.

21. Add a new layer name it, face shading 2, load from disk the, 20-faceshading2, flood fill with; #f8a45a. Deselect and go to adjust, blur, average, with this setting; 27.

22. Add a new layer, name it, nose, load the,21-nose, flood fill with; #fdc66f and deselect.

223 Add a new layer, name it, nose shading, load from disk the; 22-noseshading, flood fill with; #fee0b2, deselect.

24. Add a new layer, name it, face shading 3, load from disk the; 23-faceshading3 , flood fill with; #e0ac0c, I had to click twice, deselect. Go to adjust, blur, average, setting; 5.

25. Add a new layer, name it, face shading 4, load the; 24-faceshading4 selection and flood fill with; #a46400, click 2 or 3 times. Deselect and add blur average of; 5.

26. Add a new layer, name it, face shading 5, load from disk the; 25-faceshading5, flood fill with; #a46400, click a couple of times. Deselect and add a blur, average setting; 5.

27. Add a new layer, name it, cradle back, load the, 26-cradleback, flood fill with the wood pattern, angle; 90, scale; 50. Add the same inner bevel as in step 6, deselect.

28. Add a new layer, name it, cradle back strip, load from disk the, 27-crdlebackstrip, flood fill with the wood pattern, angle; 22, scale; 50. Add an inner bevel with the settings below. Deselect.

In the layer palette, drag this layer down below the straw 1 layer.

29. Hi-light the top layer and add a new layer, name it, straw 2.load from disk the, 28-straw2 selection. Open the straw 2 image go to edit copy, click back to the main image and click, paste into selection and deselect.

30. Add a new layer, name it, straw 3. load from disk the, 29-straw3, open the straw 3 image and click copy, back to the main image and click, paste into selection and deselect.

31.Add a new layer , name it, straw 4, load from disk the, 30-straw4. Open the straw 4 image and click copy, back to the main image and click, paste into selection and deselect.

32. Add a new layer, name it, top blanket, load from disk the, 31-topblanket selection and flood fill with white. Float selection and add a cutout with the following settings.

Vertical and Horizontal; 4

Opacity; 100

Blur; 18.00

Color; #7ca4f4

Repeat cutout changing the Vertical and Horizontal to, minus 4.

Deselect.

33. Add a new layer, name it, blanket back, load the, 32-blanketback selection and flood fill with white. Invert selection and add a drop Shadow with the following settings.

Vertical and Horizontal; 0

Opacity; 100

Blur; 8.00

Color; #7ca4f4

Deselect and go to adjust, brightness and contrast, use the following settings. Brightness; minus 55, contrast; 0.

34. Add a new layer, name it, blanket side, load from disk the, 33-blanketside flood fill with white. Invert selection and add a drop shadow with the following settings.

Vertical and Horizontal; 0

Opacity; 100

Blur; 18.00

Color; #7ca4f4

Deselect.

35. Add a new layer, name it, blanket side 2, load from disk the, 34-blanketside2, flood fill with white. Add the same drop Shadow as in step 33 and deselect.

36. Add a new layer, name it, eye brows, load the, 35-eyebrows, flood fill with, #b48828 and deselect.........Completed.....

To Save as a Picture Tube, merge visible. To add a background, hide the very last layer at the bottom and merge visible.

I am very grateful for Cellar, for helping me by testing the tutorials. Above are Her results, Well Done, Cellar.

This is another version by Mayflower. Thank You.

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