Making a Smile tutorial for Paint Shop Pro

[matthew]

Making a smilie in Paint Shop Pro using the Selection Tool


Open a new image 200 x 200 pixels

Create a new Raster Layer (Layers > New Raster Layer)

In the Tools Toolbar palette, select the selection tool, and make these settings


Selection Type: Circle
Mode: Replace
Feather: 0
Anti-alias: Checked

Click on the info Tab in the Overview Palette, and position your cursor in the centre of the image (x:100 y:100), and create a circle 150 x 150 pixels.



Click on the forground a stroke properties material box to open up the Material Properties dialogue, and enter this colour #9f5800 .Press ok.

In the Tools Toolbar palette, select the Flood Fill tool, and fill the selection.





Create a new Raster Layer (Layers > New Raster Layer)


Go to Selections > Modify > Contract Number of Pixels: 8. Press ok.



Click on the forground a stroke properties material box to open up the Material Properties dialogue, and enter this colour #ffde8c .Press ok.

and flood fill the selection





Create a new Raster Layer (Layers > New Raster Layer)


Go to Selections > Modify > Contract Number of Pixels: 8. Press ok.


Click on the background and fill properties material box to open up the Material Properties dialogue, and enter this colour #f7bd31 .Press ok.

Then, Click on the forground a stroke properties material box to open up the Material Properties dialogue, and select the Gradient Tab. Select the foreground-Background Gradient, and make these settings

Angle: 145
Repeats: 0
Invert: Checked
Style: Linear

Press ok, and flood fill the selection.





Go to Selections > Select None or (Ctrl +D)


Go to the layers Palette, and click layer 2.

Then go to Effects > 3d Effects > Dropshadow and make these settings

Vertical: 6
Horizontal: 6
Opacity: 30
Blur: 4.00
Colour: #000000

And Press ok.





That's the main smilie image completed. Save as a psp. file.



Now to create a smilie face ;D


Click on Raster layer 4, and Create a new Raster Layer (Layers > New Raster Layer)


In the Tools Toolbar palette, select the selection tool, and make these settings


Selection Type: Elipse
Mode: Replace
Feather: 0
Anti-alias: Checked


Click on the info Tab in the Overview Palette, and position your cursor in the centre of the image (x:100 y:100), and create an Elipse 48 x 60 pixels.

Floodfill the selection with the border colour #9f5800

Go to Selections > Modify > Contract Number of Pixels: 8. Press ok.

Then, Floodfill the selection with #ffffff





Create a new Raster Layer (Layers > New Raster Layer)

Then, Go to Selections > Modify > Contract Number of Pixels: 8. Press ok.

Floodfill the selection with the #9f5800

Go to Selections > Select None or (Ctrl +D)


In the Tools Toolbar palette, select the Move tool and position the filled selection downwards





make sure that Raster 6 is highlighted in the layers palette, and go to Layers > Merge > Merge down.


Using the the Move tool, move the eye into position





Go to Layers > Duplicate

Then Image > Mirror (or Ctrl + M)





In the layers Palette, Click on Raster Layer 4, and Go to Selections > Select All (or Ctrl + A)

Then go to Selections > Float (or Ctrl + F)

Then go to Selections > Defloat (or Ctrl + Shift + F)


Click on the Top layer (should be copy of Raster 5) and Create a new Raster Layer (Layers > New Raster Layer)


Then, Go to Selections > Modify > Contract Number of Pixels: 8. Press ok.


In the Tools Toolbar palette, select the selection tool, and make these settings


Selection Type: Rectangle
Mode: Replace
Feather: 0
Anti-alias: Checked

Holding down the Ctrl Key (or select mode: Remove), start at the top left of the image and make a selection





when you release the left mouse button, you should have a selection like this





Flood fill the selection with #9f5800, then Go to Selections > Modify > Contract Number of Pixels: 8, and flood fill the selection with #ffffff

Go to Selections > Select None or (Ctrl +D)




In the Layers Palette select the bottom layer (raster 1) and flood fill with #fff0cc


Zoom the image down to 12%





and take a screen capture (press 'PrtSc SysRq' next to F12), and paste (Ctrl + V).

Then using the cropping tool, in the tools Palette, crop you image




and there you have it.

[Ellie]

Hey, cool tutorial, M@! Here's mine:

[matthew]

Thanks, Ellie and i love your pinky smilie ;D

[unreality]

im new to psp so i couldnt figure out how to colour it im used to photoshop

[matthew]

You did a great job on the tut, Unreality ;D

If you go to adjust > Colour Balance, you will find quite a few ways to colourize images

[admin]

This tut inspired me I made all my smilies for my most recent template in this style! Thanks, Matt!!



;D

[mahud]

you did a highly impressive job on the smilies, Shan I'm glad I inspired you to make a complete set. And I like the kissy one too

;D

[Mark]

Nice tut heres mine

[Andrew]

Good job, looks awesome ;D