Santa's Lil Helper Tutorial by Jarah

This tutorial was created and put on this site on Dec. 9, 2001.
It is property of and ©2001 to JCW Designs.
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For this tutorial you will need:

Paint Shop Pro 8 ~ download a trial version here.

My selections file ~ download here.

Place the selections in your Selections Folder. If you do not have a Selections Folder now is a good time to make one.

REMEMBER TO SAVE OFTEN OR BETTER YET SET YOUR PSP 7 TO THE AUTOSAVE OPTION. To do this open PSP 7 go to File > Preferences > Autosave Settings > and check box Enable Autosave for how many ever minutes you want it to repeat saving your image.

Let's begin. Open a new transparent image 540 X 720.

Add a new Raster Layer and name it bootsole.

Go to Selections > Load from Disk > and click on bootsole.sel. and flood fill with black and go to Effects > 3D Effects > Inner Bevel and used the Round setting:

Deselect.

Add a new layer and name it boot. Load from Disk> boot.sel and floodfill with #C00000 and go to Selections > Invert and Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow and apply these settings:

then reapply the drop shadow using minus 4 (-4) V& H.

Deselect

Add a new layer and name it boot fur. Load from Disk> inner bootfur.sel and open your tube palette and use the Clouds tube scale 100% and keep applying until you get the desired texture you want. Go to Effects > 3D Effects > Inner Bevel and apply these settings:

Deselect.

Add a new layer and name it left paw. Load from Disk> left paw.sel and floodfill with #F6C671and go to Selectons > Invert > and then Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow and apply these settings:

and reapply the drop shadow changing the V & H to minus 4 (-4).

Deselect

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