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| Paint
Shop Pro 5 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, 400x400
pixels with a transparent background. |
2. Flood Fill the image with black. |
3. Using the selction tool set to circle,
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. |
7. 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. |
8. 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! |
| 9. Keeping
the circle selected on the new layer, choose what you want the
"base" colour of your planet to be & flood fill the
selection. |
10. Select the Airbrush tool. Under
the Brush Tip tab, set the Shape to round, Size to
10-20 Opacity to 20, Hardness to 0, Step to 1. Draw
lines horizontally across the planet in whatever colours you want the
cloud bands to be.
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11. Select the Retouch tool. In the Tool
Controls, under the Retouch Mode drop-down menu, choose Smudge.
In the Brush Tip tab, make the Size 20- 30, Hardness
0, Opacity 100%, Step 1 and density 100%. |
12. Working from the inside out, smudge the
bands of colour. Start gently, just merging the edges of colour. Add some
twirls and more violent storm formations if you want (you may want to make
the size of the smudge smaller to do this). Just be careful not to overdo
it, it's very easy to make a mess! |
13. 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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