Mouse in a Cup Paint shop Pro Tutorial

by Jane's Haven

Paint shop Pro version 9 was used.

The selections will not work with PSP V7,however you will find those selections down below

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This tutorial uses selections, get them Here.

Unzip into a folder of your choice or your Paint Shop Pro selections folder.

The gradient I used, HERE. Unzip and place in the gradient folder.

Selections for PSP Version 7, here.

The flower, HERE.

 
Step 1. Open a new transparent image size 450X550. 
Step 2. Add a new layer, name it, handle, Load from disk the, 01-handle selection, Flood fill with color;#65a0bc or color of choice. Float selection and go to effects, 3D effects, cutout with the following settings.

Vertical and Horizontal; 2

Opacity; 85

Blur; 15.00

Color;#064e6c

Repeat cutout changing the vertical and horizontal to minus2. Deselect.

Step 3.Add a new layer, name it, cup back, load the, 02-cupback selection, flood fill with the gradient provided, with settings, angle; 90, repeats; 0 or your choice. Deselect and go to adjust, brightness and contrast, set the brightness to; minue 70 and contrast to; 0.
Step 4. Add a new layer, name it, back rim. load the 03-backrim selection. Flood fill with a gold gradient. Float selection and add a cutout with the following settings.

Vertical and Horizontal; 2

Opacity; 95

Blur; 5.00

Color;  #776d2d

Deselect.

Step 5. Add a new layer, name it, mouse head. load the 04-mousehead selection. Flood fill with; #aea0a0. Float selection and add a cutout with the following settings.

Vertical and Horizontal; 2

Opacity; 100

Blur;25.00

Color; #404040

Repeat the cutout changing the Vertical and Horizontal to Minus2

Deselect.

Step 6. Add a new layer, name it, mouse ears 1, load the, 05-mouseears1 selection. Flood fill with; #aea0a0, float selection, add a cutout with the following settings.

Vertical and Horizontal; 2

Opacity; 74

Blur; 20.00

Color;#404040

Repeat the cutout changing the Vertical and Horizontal to Minus2

Deselect.

Step 7. Add a new layer, name it, inner ears, load the, 06-innerear selection. Flood fill with color; #ffc0ff. Deselect.
Step 8. Add a new layer, name it, eyes 1, load the, 07-eyes1 selection. Flood fill with black, go to selections, modify, contract by, 1 and flood fill with white, deselect.
Step 9. Add a new layer, name it, eyes 2, load the 08-eyes2 selection, flood fill with black. Add an inner bevel using the round preset, the settings are below. Deselect.

Step 10. Add a new layer, name it, cup front, lad the 09-cupfront selection. Flood fill with the gradient provided for download, JH-darkaqua, angle of; 90. Invert selection and add a drop shadow with the following settings.

Vertical and Horizontal; 0

Opacity; 100

Blur; 23.00

Color; #08507e

Deselect.

Step 11. Add a new layer, name it, rim front, load from disk the, 010-rimfront selection, flood fill with the same gold gradient as in step 4. Float selection, and add the same cutout as in step 4. Deselect.

Step 12. Add a new layer, name it, right fingers, load the 011-rightfingers selection, flood fill with; #aea0a0. Float selection and add a cutout with the following settings.

vertical and horizontal; 2

Opacity; 95

Blur; 5.00

Color; #404040

Repeat the cutout changing the vertical and horizontal to; minus 2. Deselect.

Step 13. Add a new layer, name it, left fingers, load from disk the, 012-leftfingers selection. Float selection, Float selection and ad the same two cutouts as in the last step. Deselect.
Step 14.Add a new layer, name it, nose, load the 013-nose selection, Flood fill with black and add the same inner bevel as in step 9, for the eyes. Deselect.
Step 15. Add a new layer, name it flowers, load the, 014-flowers selection, open the flower you downloaded  and click copy,  click on the main image and past into selection. Deselect.

The little mouse in a cup is complete.

You can right click on any layer in the layer palette and merge visible.

A Big Thanks to My Dear Friend Cellar for her help with the tutorial again..

This one is Cellar's first version. A nice treat to receive two versions.

  

 

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