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| Paint
Shop Pro 6 This Tutorial isn't half as intimidating as it may seem at first glance. I have gone through it very slowly & I'm hoping that even someone very new to Paint Shop Pro will be able to follow it easily! |
| The Planet |
1.  Create a New Image, 300x300
pixels with a transparent background. |
2. Flood Fill the image with black. |
3. Using the selction tool set to circle
(in the Tool Options - Selections dialogue box), draw a circle in
the centre of the image, then Flood Fill the circle selection with white.
Make sure that Feather is set to zero & Antialias is
checked. |
| 4. Go
to Selections(on the menu bar along the top)/Modify/Expand
& expand the selection by 3 pixels.
5. 6. |
5. Invert the selection (Selections/Invert)
& press delete to get rid of the black background. Invert the selction
again to re- select the sphere. Your image should look like this now. |
6. On the Layers Palette, choose New
Layer. In the Layer Properties dialogue box that now appears,
give the layer a useful name (eg. Planet Colour). Although we're only
going to be using 2 layers (or up to 4 if you add rings to your planet) in
this tutorial, this is a good habit to get into as when you're dealing
with 10 or so layers, it can get rather confusing if you don't name them! |
7.
Now we need to flood fill the planet in your chosen colours. Keeping the
circle selected, choose the flood fill tool. In the flood fill dialogue
box, choose Linear Gradient from the fill style drop-down menu. |
8. We'll be making our own gradients, so
select the second tab in the flood-fill dialogue box. Set the Angle
to 0 or 180 degrees. Whatever gradient is currently selected, selected Edit.
The Gradient Editor Dialogue box should now appear. |
| 9.
Click on New & give your gradient a name (eg.Planet). NOTE:
It is very important to click New & don't just start
editing as any changes you make to the preset gradients are permanent
& you'll have to reinstall them from your PSP6 disc (a lesson I learnt
the hard way!) |
| 10.
Now, chose what colours you want your planet to be. Click on the grey area
under the gradient colour bar. A little marker will appear. Click on the rectanglar
sqaure of colour next to where it says "custom". In the colour
dialogue box, pick whatever colour you want. Repeat this process, making
markers & picking colours, until you have a nice gradient. The number
of marker you have will depend on how "banded" you want your
planet to be. You can move the markers along the colour bar by clicking on
one &, holding down the left mouse-button, drag it to where you want
it to be. To delete marker, click on it & drag it away from the bar -
it will disappear! When the gradient is to your liking, click OK. |
| 10.
Flood fill your selection with your newly created gradient. |
| OPTIONAL:
to give your planet spots and storms (like Jupiter), use the Dropper
to select a suitable colour from somewhere on your image. Next, use the Airbrush
with opacity set to about 50% & the size set to between 10 & 50
(obviously this depends on the size of your planet & personal
preference)& place spots colour will be. Alternativly, leave out the
airbrush, but use the retouch tool to make swirls. |
12. Select the Retouch tool. Make
the size 20- 30, hardness 0, opacity 100%, step 1 and density 100%. In the
seond tab (Retouch Options), under the Retouch Mode drop-down menu,
choose Smudge. |
13. It helps to Zoom into your image
a little for the next bit. |
14. Working from the inside out, smudge the
edges of the bands of colour. The amount of smudging depends of how you
want your planet to look - minimum smudge for a calm and restful Saturn,
or a bit more for a turbulent Jupiter. You may need to alter the size of
the smudge tool several times during this step to get the right
"look". Be careful not to overdo the smudging though, it's easy
to just make a big mess! If you find that your stormy spots aren't
blending well, change the retouch type to Soften instead of Smudge
& soften the edges of them. |
15. When you planet is smudged to your
liking, go to the Layer Palette. For the layer labled "Planet
Colour" (your second layer)change the layer blend mode from Normal
to Multiply. |
Your Planet is finished! If you want to add rings, there are a few
more steps you need to carry out. Click on the arrow below to go forward
to the Rings Tutorial. |
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