Paint Shop Pro Santa's Toy Shop Tutorial

Santa's Toy Shop Paint Shop Pro Tutorial

Using Version 9, most likely can be done in other versions as well. Except for Version 7, you may download them Here

by Jane's Haven

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Pattern fills, and all images HERE

Don't forget the save often.

Open all pattern fills and images in PSP.

1.Open a new transparent image, size;412X337.

2.Add a new layer, name it, bottom inside wall, load from disk the, 01-bottominsidewalls, flood fill with a pattern of your choice or use my toy shop wall pattern, with setting; angle; 0, scale;100 Deselect.

3. Add a new layer, name it, bottom curtains, load the, 02-bottomcurtians, I used my curtain rill, with an angle of; 0, scale of; 100. Deselect.

4, Add a new layer, name it, under roof, load the, 03-underroof, flood fill with color; #4a6351. Add an inner bevel with the following settings. Deselect.

5. Add a new layer, name it, roof, load from disk, 04-roof selection, flood fill with the roof fill provided, use these settings, angle 0, scale, 100. Invert and add a drop shadow with the following settings.

Vertical and Horizontal; 0

Opacity; 100

Blur; 18.00

Color; #650505

Deselect.

6. Add a new layer, name it, front wall, load the, 05-frontwall selection and flood fill with color;#ddceb3. Add the same inner bevel as in step 4 and deselect.

7. Add a new layer, name it, front wall 1, load from disk the, 06-frontwall1 selection and flood fill with color; #ddceb3. Add the same inner bevel and deselect.

.8. Add a new layer, name it, middle v, load from disk the, 07-middlev and flood fill with color; #197e14. Add the same inner bevel as in step 4. Deselect.

9. Add a new layer, name it, door, load from disk the, 08-door, flood fill with color; #c00000. Add an inner bevel with the following settings. Deselect.

10. Add a new layer, name it, door frame, load the,09-doorframe, flood fill with color; #197e14 and add the same inner bevel. Deselect.

11.Add a new layer, name it, door window cross, load from disk the, 10-doorwindowcross, flood fill with color; #197e14 and add the same inner bevel. Deselect.

12. Add a new layer, name it, top inside wall, load from disk the, 11-topinsidewall, use the toy shop wall pattern, settings, angle; 0, scale; 100. Deselect.

13. Add a new layer, name it, top curtains, load the, 12-topcurtians selection and flood fill with the curtain pattern, same settings. Deselect.

14. Add a new layer, name it, top walls, load the, 13-topwalls, flood fill with color; #ddceb3. Add the same inner bevel as step 9. Deselect.

15. Add a new layer, name it, top window cross, load the, 14-topwindowcross, flood fill with color;#197e14. Add the same inner bevel and deselect.

16. Add a new layer, name it, door window frame, load the, 15-doorwindowframe, flood fill with color; #197e14. and add the same inner bevel. Deselect.

17. Add a new layer, name it, top window frame, load the, 16-topwindowframes, flood fill with the green; #197e14., add the same inner bevel as in step 9. Deselect.

18. Add a new layer, name it, top v, load from disk the, 17-topv's, flood fill with green; #197e14 and add the same inner bevel. Deselect.

19. Add a new layer, name it, bottom window cross, load from disk the, 18-bottomwindowcros, flood fill with the green color and add the same iner bevel as in step 9. Deselect.

20. Add a new layer, name it, bottom window frames. load the, 19-bottomwindowframes. Flood fill with the same color green and add the same inner bevel. Deselect.

21. Add a new layer, name it, door ledge, load from disk the, 20-doorledge, flood fill with the same green and add an inner bevel using the settings below. Deselect.

22. Add a new layer name it, left top ledge, load the, 21-toopleftledge, flood fill with the green and add the same inner bevel as in the last step. Deselect.

23. Add a new layer, name it, top right ledge, load the, 22-toprightledge, flood fill with the same green and add the inner bevel as in the last step. Deselect.

24. Add a new layer, name it, left bottom ledge, load the, 23-leftbottomledge, flood fill with the green color;#197e14 and add the same inner bevel as in step 21, deselect.

25. Add a new layer, name it, right bottom ledge, load the, 24-rightbottomledge. Flood fill with the same color green and add the same inner bevel as in step 21, deselect.

26.Add a new layer, name it, door hinge, load from disk the, 25-doorhinge. Open the door hinge image and go to edit, copy and back to the main image, go to edit, past, paste into selection and deselect.

27. Add a new layer, name it, sign, load the, 26-sign flood fill with color; #c00000, add the same inner bevel as in step 21 and deselect.

28 Add a new layer, name it, door knob, load from disk the, 27-doorknob. Open the door knob image, go to edit, copy, go back to the main image, go to edit, paste, paste into selection and deselect.

29. Add a new layer, name it, text, load the, 28-text, flood fill with the red color; #c00000 and deselect.

30. Add a new layer, name it ,lanterns, load the,29-lanterns selection. Open the laterns image and click copy and got to edit again and click paste into selection and deselect.

31. Add a new layer, name it sidewalk, load from disk the, 30-sidewalk. Flood fill with color; #c0c0c0, go to effects, texture effect, texture, with these settings. Deselect.

32. In the layer palette, hi-light the front wall layer, go to adjust, brightness and contrast use a setting of, brightness minus 20, contrast 0

33. In the layer palette, hi-light front wall 1 and add a drop shadow with the following settings.

Vertical and Horizontal; 1

Opacity; 65

Blur; 3.00

Color; Black

Repeat the drop shadow, changing the V and H to minus 1.

34. In the layer palette, hi-light top wall layer and add the same two drop shadows.

To add a tube or etc, in the windows, do not merge the back inside wall layer, hide them and then merge visible.

A Huge Thank You to My Friend Cellar for Testing this for Me. It is perfect, Cellar.