Woven AV Lesson #9
The lesson was written for PSP7.04
by Woven
The Bold writing are the keyboard shortcuts for each action.You may or may not need to have the [ F lock ] on your keyboard activated for these to work

Image finished         Image finished

Requirements for this lesson



Choose Background image AND either the Male OR the Female Image Right Click on each and save for use in the lesson.


Background Image         Background 1 Image         Female Image         Male Image

Close your PSP - Download, Unzip and save the Agency Font into C/Windows/Fonts - When you unzip check the box to show unzipped files as for some reason some fonts will not show in PSP until they have been opened with another application first.


Instructions

  1. Open the Background Image and Person Image in PSP.
  2. Go to Colours>increase colour depth to 16mill ( Ctrl + Shift + 0 ) ie:0 zero not capital O.
  3. Select your Selections Tool>Then on Tool Options Pallette>Selection Type Elipse; Feather 28; Antialias Checked.
  4. Click on your person image - Make a selection starting at half way down the person image and to the left of centre a bit; Now holding left mouse button down drag down to near the bottom of image and across to the right ending about 3/4 of way across the image and let mouse button go.
    The selection you have made will increase itself in size to include the extra 28 pixels of feathering you put in the settings.
  5. Edit>Copy. ( Ctrl + C )
  6. Click on Background Image - Edit>Paste as New Layer. ( Ctrl + L )
    Image person added         Image person added
  7. Select you Erasor Tool>Shape Round>Size to suit area you are erasing; Hardness 0; Opacity 30; Step 25; Density 100; Build Up Checked. - Right click on the head of the person and move erasor tool across the head and part of top of body area to replace the missing pixels - and then left click outside body at top of image and erase any background remaining from around the top half of the person and also down the left side of the image - as in following images.
    Image body parts replaced and bkg sections removed         Image body parts replaced and bkg sections removed
  8. Select you Retouch Tool>Then on Tool Options Pallette>Shape Round; Size 7; Hardness 15; Opacity 40; Step 20; Density 100; and from the drop down menu Colour To Target
    And on your Materials/Colour Pallette> Styles/foreground Solid colour; Click on this colour swatch and change the HTML Code to #57432F
  9. Now colour the hair and skin of the - female face, hair and hand OR - male face and top section of body and arms - as in images following.
    Image body parts coloured         Image body parts coloured
  10. Layers>New Raster Layer.
  11. Select your Text Tool>Left click on your image you are building>Text Name Agency FB; Size 14; Kerning & Leading 0; Auto Kern Checked; Click on B (Bold); Styles/stroke Null; Fill Solid colour and Left click on this colour swatc and change HTML Code to #808080; Floating & Antialias both Checked; Type in your initials in capitals or in lesson case have typed DJ>OK.
  12. Selections>Select None ( Ctrl + D )
    Image after Initials added         Image after Initials added
  13. Change Font size to 18; Unclick the Bold Button to take back to regular; Change Fill colour to White; Type your name in capitals>OK.
  14. Effects>3dEffects>Vertical & Horizontal both (minus) -1; Opacity 100;Blur 0;Colour Black>OK.
  15. Centre your name along bottom of image.
  16. Selections>Select None ( Ctrl + D )
  17. Add Your own little bit of magic.
    My finished Image        My finished Image        My finished Image
  18. Layers>Merge>Merge All (Flatten)
  19. Time to go play and experiment with the things you have learned today.... Have fun .... woven