Glo Worm Tutorial by Jarah

This tutorial was created and put on this site on March 28, 2002
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For this tutorial you will need:

Paint Shop Pro 8 ~ download a trial version here.

My selections ~ download here.

Gradient ~ download here.

1. Let's begin. Open a new transparent image 545 X 400.

2. Floodfill this layer with a dark color so it will be easier to see what you are doing. At the end of the tutorial you can clear or delete this layer.

3. Add a new raster layer and name it head. Load from disk > head.sel and floodfill with the gradient:

Angle 90; Repeat 0; Invert unchecked.

Selections > Select All > Float and apply this cutout:

V & H: 3 Opacity 80 Blur 20 Shadow color: #39D76B:

Apply the cutout again changing the V & H to minus 3 (-3). Deselect.

4. Add a new raster layer and name it body1. Load from Disk > body1.sel and floodfill with gradient same settings. Selections > Select All > Float and apply this cutout:

V & H: -2 Opacity 80 Blur 20 Shadow color: #39D76B

Deselect.

5. Repeat Step 4 for the rest of the body parts renaming the layers accordingly.

6. Add a new raster layer and name it outer eyes. Load from Disk > outer eyes.sel and floodfill with black and go to Selections > Modify > Contract by 2 and floodfill with white. Deselect.

7. Add a new raster layer and name it details. Load from Disk > details.sel and floodfill with black. Deselect.

8. Now activiate layer 1 and go to Edit > Clear and this will return this layer to transparency. Now hide layer 1 and merge all layers visible and you are ready to tube your Glo Worm.

Hope you enjoyed my tutorial and if you have any comments or questions please email me.