Lace


	Making Lace This tutorial was written by, and is copyright to, Kia ~ 16th May 2008. Please refer to my TOU This was written in psp X2 but should work in any version. For this part of the tutorial you will need: Paint Shop Pro This tutorial looks complex, but it isn't - it just takes me more to explain it than it will take you to do it! This tutorial assumes you have a working knowledge of your psp program and working with layers. Remember to save often. You can use this arrow to help you keep your place =) Open a new canvas 50 x 50 pixels; 72ppi; transparent background. You probably won't even want it this big, but it will do for now. Flood fill your canvas with black (I was making white lace so black gave me good contrast). TIP: Reduce the opacity of the black layer to around 50 - you can still see your checkered background guide that way. Layers -> Add New Raster Layer Set your foreground color to white (for the purpose of this tutorial). Activate your paintbrush tool with settings as shown. Now decide what shape you want the 'lace fill' to be. Some are quite oblong like my example above, others are rounder. You'll probably want to zoom in around 1500% Draw your fill pattern - you only need to draw ONE loop. Mine work out as 10 pixels wide. Each block is represents 1 pixel. I have outlined them to make them clearer for you. Oblong Pattern Hexagon Pattern We only need to draw the one loop because these are seamless. When you are happy with your loop Delete the dark background layer Crop your image to the size of your loop - there must be no space around the loop. Save this as a .psp file - oblong-lace.psp or something like that. Keep this image open but minimise it. Let's make a lace ribbon. Open yourself a new canvas, 72dpi, 600x140px. Activate your paintbrush tool, but this change settings to 'round'; size=70; as shown and foreground=black; Stamp your paintbrush once in the lower left corner, then hold shift and stamp once in the lower right corner. Don't worry if it doesn't reach the end exactly. Duplicate this layer, then flip the copy, merge down. This is what I have now. Activate your preset shape tool and draw a rectangle as shown. I've drawn mine in pink so that you can see it, you will draw yours in black Convert to raster layer and merge down. Rename this layer 'shape' Selections -> Select All (Ctrl:A) Selections -> Float (Ctrl:F) Selections -> Defloat (Shft:Ctrl:F) Selections -> Modify -> Contract -> 5-10px (depends on how thick you want your edge) Selections -> Invert (Shft:Ctrl:I) Use your selection tool on 'marquee' (selection on some versions); rectangle; remove mode; feather=0; to remove the sides and middle. Now use your selection tool on 'magic wand'; remove mode; feather=0; and click in each of the spaces between the curves (the non black bits). So that only the tips of the curves are selected as shown. Add a new raster layer. Rename this layer 'edge' Flood fill the selection with white. Selections -> Select None (Ctrl:D) Effects -> Texture Effects -> Blinds -> settings as shown. Effects -> 3D Effects -> Inner Bevel -> settings as shown. This needs to be a very small bevel. Make 'shape' your active layer. Using your 'magic wand'; add mode; feather=0; click on the black area. Add a new raster layer. Rename this layer 'fill' In your materials palette set your foreground color to 'pattern' and find the fill you made earlier. Flood fill your selection. Selections -> Select None (Ctrl:D) Now for the middle bit. In this example I used 'WingDings2' font. Activate your text tool -> foreground=off; background=white; size=80; I typed 'ab', but this is where you can get super creative, with ding fonts or shapes. Place your ding where you think it looks nice. I arranged mine over one of the curves, then duplicated it. Flipped the copy, merge down, convert to raster layer. Effects -> Texture Effects -> Blinds -> settings as before. Effects -> Texture Effects -> Blinds -> this time check the box for 'horizontal' This makes it look like it is stitched/woven in the lace. Give this layer a tiny inner bevel as before. To make it a seamless length of lace Zoom in nice and close and crop your canvas to 'one repeat'. I cropped mine to 3 curves. Delete the black 'shape' layer Merge visible Adjust -> Hue & Saturation -> Colorise -> Hue=0; Saturation=0; This gives you a grey/white lace that you can colorise as you wish. TIP: To colorise the lace with a darker color - like the red in my example Adjust -> Brightness & Contrast -> Bightness/Contrast -> B=-100; C=50 Return To Tut Index

Making Lace