Spring Mailbox

This tutorial was created by Marianne~ on Mar.18th, 2003 please do not take any of the images or ex. in this tutorial. You may use a TEXT LINK only for a group but do not upload the tutorial to your site or email it. Thanks so much. This is just showing you how I created mine how you decorate it is your final decision and what YOU create is yours. :) I hope you enjoy doing this tutorial as much as I have.

These are the supplies we will need :)

Jasc Paint Shop Pro. You can get it here and it is only a 30 day trial.

My selections files. You can get them here.

My wood pattern just right click and save to your computer :)

Ok now that we have all the supplies lets begin. This is a long tutorial so don't forget to save often in case I forget to say it. I am presuming you are.

1. Open a new image 707 x 939 transparent. I like to go big that way you can see what you are doing :) We will resize later.

2. Add a New Raster Layer.

3. Go to Selections / Load from Disk/ leftpetal1.sel

Floodfill with Foreground color #008000

4. Selections / Select none.

Save

5. Layers /New Raster Layer

6. Selections / Load from disk /petal1shade.sel

Floodfill with Foreground Color #004000

7. Selections / Select None.

8. Layers / New Raster Layer

9. Selections / Load from disk / leftstem1.sel

10. Floodfill with #004000

11 On the same layer go to Selections / Load fromdisk/ ltstemshade1.sel

Flood fill with Foreground color #008000

Selections / Select none.

Save.

12. Layers /New Raster Layer

13. Selections / Load from disk/ leftbottom1.sel

Floodfill with Foreground color #008000

On the same layer / Selections / Load from disk/ltbottom1shade.sel

Floodfill with Foreground Color #004000

Selections/ Select none.

14. Layers / New Raster Layer

15. Selections / Load from disk/ leftflower1.sel

Floodfill with Foreground color #FFFF40

16. On the same layer Selections / Load from disk/leftflower1shade.sel

17. Floodfill with Foreground color #C0C000

Selections / Select None

Save.

18. Layers / New Raster Layer

19. Selections / Load from disk/ leftstem2.sel

Floodfill with Foreground color #004000

On the same layer Selections / Load from disk/ leftstem2shade.sel

Floodfill with Foreground color # 008000

Selections / Select None.

20. Layers / New Raster Layer

21. Selections / Load from disk/ ltbottom2.sel

Floodfill with Foreground Color #008000

On the same layer Selections/ Load from disk/ ltbottom2shade.sel

Floodfill with Foreground color #004000

Selections/ Select None

Save.

22. Layers/ New Raster Layer

23. Selections / Load from disk/ leftflower2.sel

Floodfill with Foreground color #FFFF40

On the same layer ...Selections / Load from disk/ltflower2shade.sel

Floodfill with Foreground Color #C0C000

Selections/ Select none

Save.

24. This is what we have so far. Now would be a good time to clear your clipboard so go to Edit/ Empty/ Command History and Clipboard.

25. Layers / New Raster Layer

26. Selections/ Load from disk/ leftleaf1.sel

Floodfill with Foreground Color #008000

On the same layer ...Selections / Load from disk/ ltleaf1shade.sel

Floodfill with Foreground Color #004000

Selections / Select None

Save.

27. Layers / New Raster Layer

28. Selections / Load From Disk/ leftleaf2.sel

Floodfill with Foreground color #008000

On the same layer Selections / Load from disk/ltleaf2shade.sel

Floodfill with Foreground Color #004000

Selections/ Select none.

Save.

29. Layers /New Raster Layer

Selections / Load from disk/ post1/sel

Making your Foreground the Wood Pattern. and these settings

30 Floodfill your selection.

Selections / Float and apply this cutout.

Effects/ 3D/ Inner Bevel with these settings.

31. Selections / Select None.

32. Layers / New Raster Layer.

33. Selections / Load from disk/ post2.sel

Floodfill with your wood pattern. Same settings as before.

Selections / Float apply cutout and Inner Bevel.

Selections / Select none.

Save.

34. Layers/ New Raster Layer

35. Selections / Load from disk/ lbottommail.sel

Floodfill with your wood patterns changing the angle to "0"

Selections / Float apply this cutout.

Effects / Inner Bevel/ same settings as before.

Selections / Select None.

Save.

36. This is what we have so far .........

Now yours will be much bigger I reduced mine here. :) Lets keep going................

37. Layers / New Raster Layer

38. Selections / Load from disk/ lefttopmail.sel

39. Floodfill with your wood pattern changing the angle to "90"

40. Selections / Float

Effects / 3D / Cutout and apply same settings as before.

Effects / 3D / Inner Bevel with these settings

Selections /Select None.

Save.

41. Layers / New Raster Layer

42. Selections/ Load from disk/ midmail.sel

Floodfill with your wood color and change angel to "0"

Selections / Float

Effects / 3D / Cutout with these settings

Selections / Select none................

Ok here take your Deformation Tool and move this slightly down and to the right this was an error when I completed it and saw this.

Save.

Ok shewww are you still with me well lets take a stretch and move on to page 2 of this and see if we can finish it up :)

 

                          Mailbox part 2

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