Mouse with Umbrella Paint Shop Pro Tutorial

By Jane's Haven

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Using Version 9, but will work in many other versions as well.

We will be using selection. You can get them HERE.

The flowers HERE.

Open the flowers image in PSP.

Step 1. Open a new transparent image, size; 360X326.
Step 2. Add a new layer, name it, left arm. load from disk, 01-leftarm selection. Flood fill with color; #a49e9e, float selection and add a cutout with the following settings.

Vertical and Horizontal; 2

Opacity; 100

Blur; 10.00

Color; #4e4444

Repeat cutout but change the vertical and horizontal to minus 2. Deselect..

Step 3.Add a new layer, name it, flowers, load the, 02-flowers selection. Click on the flowers image, got to edit, copy, or right click on the top of the flower image, not on the actual image and click copy, click back on the mouse image, go to edit, paste into selection, or right click on the top, click on past into selection and deselect.
Step 4. Add a new layer, name it left hand, load the, 03-lefthand selection. Flood fill with ;#a49e9e. invert the selection and add a drop shadow with the following settings.

Vertical and Horizontal; 0

Opacity; 86

Blur; 7.00

Color; Black

Deselect.

Step 5. Add a new layer, name it umbrella back, load the, 04-umbrellaback selection, flood fill with #980b0b. Deselect.
Step 6.Add a new layer, name it, ear , load the 05-ear selection, flood fill with color; #a49e9e. Float the selection and add a cutout with the following settings.

Vertical and Horizontal;2

Opacity; 100

Blur; 20.00

Color; #4e4444

Repeat the cutout, changing the vertical and horizontal to minus 2.

Deselect

Step 7. Add a new layer, name it, head, load the, 06-head selection, flood fill with, #a49e9e. Float the selection and add the same two cutouts as in the last step. Deselect.
Step 8. Add a new layer, name it bpdy, load the 07-body selection, flood fill with;.#a49e9e Float selection, add a cutout with the following settings.

Vertical and Horizontal; 2

Opacity; 100

Blur; 20.00

Color; #4e4444

Deselect

Repeat the cutout using blur mius 20

Step 9. Click on the body layer, add a new layer, name it, ear 2, load the, 08-ear2 selection, flood fill with , #a49e9e. Float selection, add the same cutout as in the last step, except, change the blur to, 11 and minus 11. Deselect.

 

Step 10. Add a new layer, name it, umbrella handle 1, load the 09-umbrellahandle1 selection, flood fill with black. Add an inner bevel with the following settings. Deselect.

This is the Round Preset that was included with PSP.

Step 11. Add a new layer, name it,, left foot, load the, 10-leftfoot selection, flood fill with color; #a49e9e. Invert selection, add a drop shadow with the following settings.

Vertical and Horizontal; 0

Opacity; 67

Blur; 14.00

color; Black

Deselect.

Step 12. Add a new layer, name it, tail, load the, 11-tail selection, flood fill with color ;#a49e9e. Invert selection, add a drop shadow with the following settings.

Vertical and Horizontal; 0

Opacity; 62

Blur; 8.00

Color; Black

Deselect.

Step 13. Add a new layer, name it, umbrella front, load the 12-umbrellafront selection. Flood fill with color; #c40000. Deselect.
Step 14. Add a new layer, name it, eyes 1. load the, 13-eyes1 selection, flood fill with black, go to selections, modify, contract by 1. Flood fill with white and deselect.

 

Step 15. Add a new layer, name it, eyes 2, load the 14-eyes2 selection. Flood fill with color; black. Add an inner bevel with the same settings in step 10. Deselect.

 

Step 16. Add a new layer, name it, right leg, lad the, 15-rightleg selection, flood fill with, #a49e9e. Invert selection and add the following  drop shadow.

Vertical and Horizontal; 0

Opacity; 67

Blur; 14.00

color; Black

Deselect

Step 17. Add a new layer, name it, mouth, load the, 16-mouth selection, flood fill with black. Deselect.

Step 18. Add an new layer, name it, umbrella handle 2, load from disk the, 17-umbrellahandle2 selection, flood fill with black. Add the same inner bevel as in step 10. Deselect.

Step 19. Add a new layer, name it, right arm, load the 18-rightarm selection, flood fill with color; #a49e9e, invert selection and add a drop shadow with the following settings.

Vertical and Horizontal; 0

Opacity; 67

Blur; 14.00

Color; Black

Deselect.

The mouse is complete. Now, you can merge visible and save as a tube or hide the background layer, which is the very last layer in the layer palette, at the bottom, and merge visible. Use your flood fill tool to fill the background with a color or pattern of your choice.

 

A Big Thank You to Cellar for doing the Testing once again for me. Above is her Beautiful Results.

  

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