Saturday, December 27, 2008
Engraved Text
I've been asked how I make my engraved text. So, here is a tutorial for those who are curious.
1. Choose item to engrave and type a letter on it. Make sure that the text is a floating selection. I chose a gold star. The font color does not matter. I chose black because it was easy to see. The floating selection is important because I type the letter, click ok, then move the letter to a better position.
2. De-float the selection (Ctrl+D) or promote the selection to a layer (Ctrl + Shift + P). Either will work. I usually promote the selection.
3. Apply the Cutout Effect (Effects > Text Effects > Cutout).
Vertical = 2
Horizontal = 2
Opacity = 80
Blur = 10
Shadow Color = Black
Fill interior with color = unchecked
4. Apply a Drop Shadow to make the text really look like it was cut into the object (Effects > Text Effects > Drop Shadow).
Vertical = 1
Horizontal = 1
Opacity = 80
Blur = 10
Color = White
In this case, I chose a light shade of my primary object, but white works for almost any situation. It is important to make the vertical and horizontal offset for the drop shadow 1 pixel less than the vertical and horizontal offset in the cutout.
The example that I used for this tutorial is the day 15 Advent Alpha.
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Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Alpha Advent Calendar - Day 24
Here is the final advent alpha. I'm taking a break for a few days and doing holiday things. Actually, I'm not really making this post on the 24th. I discovered that Blogger will let you schedule a post to appear in the future, so I'm writing this two days ahead of time because the 24th is a birthday for someone in my household and I won't have any time on the computer. Present opening and general toy psychosis starts early here.
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Monday, December 22, 2008
Alpha Advent Calendar - Day 23
Someone suggested a tinsel alphabet. So, I'm crawling the internet trying to get ideas for a tinsel alphabet when I stumble upon glitter tiles by Paper Pixels. I'm a glitter junkie and, apparently, so is Paper Pixels because she is sharing glitter tiles with the helpful hint that if I use Scrap Stuff with PSP's Fuzzy Fiber tutorial, I can make tinsel. I'm still sick, so standing up makes me want to fall over due to over-full sinuses, or I'd be jumping up and down shouting, "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus!"
So, thanks to Paper Pixels, I am going to be able to finish off this Alpha Advent Calendar. Huzzah!
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Sunday, December 21, 2008
Alpha Advent Calendar - Day 22
Another suggestion for an alpha was a popcorn garland. I don't know if this looks like a garland. It mostly looks like popcorn. This is a single PNG file instead of a zip of individual images because I feel too ill to chop it up into individual images.
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christmas,
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Saturday, December 20, 2008
Alpha Advent Calendar - Day 21
The champagne bottle was another suggestion that I received. It almost didn't happen because I didn't like the first version where I'd drawn in all the letters in bubbles and they looked like creepy disembodied eyes. I wanted to make it look like the letters were floating inside the bottle. I hope I accomplished that.
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Friday, December 19, 2008
Alpha Advent Calendar - Day 20
This is a lower case to go with yesterday's felted Christmas tree upper case. Since I don't normally make a lower case, I'm going to consider this a completely separate Advent alpha offering. It also gets me one day closer to the end of Advent. I have a cold now and my head feels like mush. The last few alphas, if I manage to make them, will not be clever or very good, but I will try to squeeze four more out of my brain. I feel like I'm clicking my way through a digi-scrap marathon except then it should be 26 so that there is one for each mile and that would be even harder.
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christmas,
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Thursday, December 18, 2008
Alpha Advent Calendar - Day 19
Since I'm out of ideas, I have gone with the suggestion left by Angi and made a felt alpha. Since I don't use Photoshop, I can't make felt the easy way. I've tried to reproduce the Atomic Cupcake Puffy Felt Action in Paint Shop Pro. It isn't quite right. I'm not sure how Atomic Cupcake makes the uneven edges, but this does look sort of like felt and it is sort of puffy. The letters are twice the size of the preview and the felt does look better at full size. I used a template by Digital Blueprint to make the tree.
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Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Alpha Advent Calendar - Day 18
I feel like I am starting to burn out. An alpha a day is pretty taxing and worst of all, I feel like I am at a loss for good ideas. I am not sure I am going to be able to make six more alphas and finish off Advent.
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christmas,
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Alpha Advent Calendar - Day 17
Due to weather conditions, it took far longer to get home from work today than usual, so I didn't have much time to play on the computer. So, today's alpha offering isn't very good, but hopefully, I'll have more time tomorrow.
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alpha,
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Monday, December 15, 2008
Alpha Advent Calendar - Day 16
I know there is an incongruity with having the star of David in an advent calendar on a christmas tree background, but I was making stars and I'm hoping that a friend of someone who is picking up advent alphas might be able to use this.
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Sunday, December 14, 2008
Alpha Advent Calendar - Day 15
Here is an aerial photo of the gingerbread Field Museum for those of you who were interested. It has no roof so that we could put the exhibits inside. It is approximately 6 inches high x 3 1/2 feet wide x 2 feet deep. We're storing it on an entire kitchen counter while we eat it.
Here is today's advent alpha. I thought people might like a star for the top of their Christmas tree. We put up our tree last weekend and it must be very happy because it is drinking a lot of water.
Here is today's advent alpha. I thought people might like a star for the top of their Christmas tree. We put up our tree last weekend and it must be very happy because it is drinking a lot of water.
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Frosted Gingerbread Cookie Tutorial
Someone asked for me to share how I make my cookies. So, I have written up what I did. Though, honestly, a lot of people have cookie tutorials available. This will work with text and with preset shapes. I will demonstrate with a preset shape in this tutorial, but it is the same way that I made the cookie alphas.
1. Open up a new raster image. For this tutorial, I chose 400 x 400 @ 300 dpi. Then select either a font or a preset shape and place it in the new image. Fill the font with a cookie texture or follow my cookie texture instructions in step 2. Scrap Stuff with PSP Tutorials provides cookie textures and an inner bevel setting with her Gingerbread Cookie Tutorial.
a. For text, select as a floating selection then proceed with the cookie texture.
b. For a preset shape, select your shape, set your color, then make sure retain style is unchecked. After setting the shape, select all, then click with the selection tool to float the shape.
2. I used #a57739 as my cookie base, and then applied a texture, but you can fill with a cookie texture or use a Blade Pro Preset. Set #a57739 as your font color or as the color for the preset shape.
3. Then, go to Effects > Texture Effects > Texture and apply the Paper coarse texture which comes with Paint Shop Pro.
Size = 100%
Smoothness = 0
Depth = 1
Ambience = 0
Shininess = 0
Color = White
Angle = 315
Intensity = 50
Elevation = 30
4. Next apply the Inner Bevel to give the cookie some depth. Any Inner Bevel setting you like will work. I used the settings below.
Bevel = 2
Width = 15
Smoothness = 40
Depth = 3
Ambience = 50
Shininess = 10
Color = White
Angle = 315
Intensity = 50
Elevation = 20
3. Make a new Raster Layer. Layers > New Raster Layer. If your cookie is a floating selection, make sure to de-float (Ctrl + Shift + F) prior to making a new layer.
4. Contract the selection by 15. Selections > Modify > Contract > 15.
5. Smooth the selection if your font or preset shape has sharp points. Else, you can skip this step. Selections > Modify > Smooth.
Smoothing amount = 10
Anti-alias = checked
6. Use the flood fill tool and fill the selection with white.
7. Apply a bevel to the frosting. I used Eye Candy Impact 5 Bevel because I wanted something smooth and creamy looking. This is the frosting bevel setting in Eye Candy Impact 5 Bevel.
Bevel
Bevel Width = 34.41
Bevel Height = 27
Bevel Smoothness = 100.00
Round Corners = 0
Bevel Placement = Inside Selection
Darken Deep Ares = 0
Shade Interior = Checked
Surface = None
Lighting
Direction = 111
Inclination = 60
Highlight Brightness = 80
Highlight Size = 50
Highlight Color = White
Shadow Color = #8c8474
Bevel Profile
Factory Profile = Button
8. Select None (Ctrl + D) and apply the Wave Distortion. Effects > Distortion Effects > Wave. If you are using Paint Shop Pro 8 or prior, you will need to reverse the amplitude and wavelength numbers have a different meaning in previous versions.
Horizontal displacement
Amplitude = 1
Wavelength = 36
Vertical displacement
Amplitude = 1
Wavelength = 60
Edge mode = Transparent
9. Then I followed Scrap Stuff with PSP Tutorials instructions on making sprinkles, tubed the sprinkles and used the Picture Tube to paint them over the surface of the cookie.
The results of this tutorial are yours to do with as you please. You can click on the final image to download it as a PNG.
EDIT: I guess some people might want the sprinkles tube. If you want my Christmas Sprinkles tube, it is now available for download. I used them at scale = 15, step = 150, placement mode = random, selection mode = random.
1. Open up a new raster image. For this tutorial, I chose 400 x 400 @ 300 dpi. Then select either a font or a preset shape and place it in the new image. Fill the font with a cookie texture or follow my cookie texture instructions in step 2. Scrap Stuff with PSP Tutorials provides cookie textures and an inner bevel setting with her Gingerbread Cookie Tutorial.
a. For text, select as a floating selection then proceed with the cookie texture.
b. For a preset shape, select your shape, set your color, then make sure retain style is unchecked. After setting the shape, select all, then click with the selection tool to float the shape.
2. I used #a57739 as my cookie base, and then applied a texture, but you can fill with a cookie texture or use a Blade Pro Preset. Set #a57739 as your font color or as the color for the preset shape.
3. Then, go to Effects > Texture Effects > Texture and apply the Paper coarse texture which comes with Paint Shop Pro.
Size = 100%
Smoothness = 0
Depth = 1
Ambience = 0
Shininess = 0
Color = White
Angle = 315
Intensity = 50
Elevation = 30
4. Next apply the Inner Bevel to give the cookie some depth. Any Inner Bevel setting you like will work. I used the settings below.
Bevel = 2
Width = 15
Smoothness = 40
Depth = 3
Ambience = 50
Shininess = 10
Color = White
Angle = 315
Intensity = 50
Elevation = 20
3. Make a new Raster Layer. Layers > New Raster Layer. If your cookie is a floating selection, make sure to de-float (Ctrl + Shift + F) prior to making a new layer.
4. Contract the selection by 15. Selections > Modify > Contract > 15.
5. Smooth the selection if your font or preset shape has sharp points. Else, you can skip this step. Selections > Modify > Smooth.
Smoothing amount = 10
Anti-alias = checked
6. Use the flood fill tool and fill the selection with white.
7. Apply a bevel to the frosting. I used Eye Candy Impact 5 Bevel because I wanted something smooth and creamy looking. This is the frosting bevel setting in Eye Candy Impact 5 Bevel.
Bevel
Bevel Width = 34.41
Bevel Height = 27
Bevel Smoothness = 100.00
Round Corners = 0
Bevel Placement = Inside Selection
Darken Deep Ares = 0
Shade Interior = Checked
Surface = None
Lighting
Direction = 111
Inclination = 60
Highlight Brightness = 80
Highlight Size = 50
Highlight Color = White
Shadow Color = #8c8474
Bevel Profile
Factory Profile = Button
8. Select None (Ctrl + D) and apply the Wave Distortion. Effects > Distortion Effects > Wave. If you are using Paint Shop Pro 8 or prior, you will need to reverse the amplitude and wavelength numbers have a different meaning in previous versions.
Horizontal displacement
Amplitude = 1
Wavelength = 36
Vertical displacement
Amplitude = 1
Wavelength = 60
Edge mode = Transparent
9. Then I followed Scrap Stuff with PSP Tutorials instructions on making sprinkles, tubed the sprinkles and used the Picture Tube to paint them over the surface of the cookie.
The results of this tutorial are yours to do with as you please. You can click on the final image to download it as a PNG.
EDIT: I guess some people might want the sprinkles tube. If you want my Christmas Sprinkles tube, it is now available for download. I used them at scale = 15, step = 150, placement mode = random, selection mode = random.
Labels:
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Saturday, December 13, 2008
Alpha Advent Calendar - Day 14
Very dull, but here is a white frosted sugar cookie alpha to go with the white frosted gingerbread alpha. This is the end of the digital baking. What passes for holiday baking has been performed in our house. We are now the proud producers of a gingerbread Field Museum, complete with exhibits.
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