In PSP 7, you will have to hold
down your RIGHT mouse button and the SHIFT key at the same time to get an even
circle, in PSP 6, just hold down the left mouse button.
11. Add a new layer, name it "clock face middle". With your preset
shapes tool, antialias checked, create as vector and retain style UNchecked,
line width 2, foreground black, background null (or in PSP 6, foreground black,
background doesn't matter), draw a small circle from 300, 210 and make it 9,
9 In PSP 7, you will have to hold
down your RIGHT mouse button and the SHIFT key at the same time to get an even
circle, in PSP 6, just hold down the left mouse button.
12. Add a new layer and name it "12:00". With a font of your choice, lay down either the number 12 or roman numeral 12 (XI) I chose to use Roman Numerals with the Times New Roman font that is installed with windows, size 18, bold, with the foreground null and background black (in PSP 6, foreground black, background doesn't matter). Move into place with the mover tool.
Tip: If you want to have your Roman Numerals touch each other, like I did with mine, use a layer for each character. ie. for 12:00, use a layer for X, a layer for I and a layer for the second I. Use the mover tool to move each character over to touch the next one and then turn off all other layers and merge visible these onse. Rename the layer 12:00 and turn on the other layers. This will help to not clutter the face, especially with the numbers that use three and four characters.
13. Add a new layer, name it "1:00". Apply the same font, using the letter I (capital i). Deselect. Image--->rotate--->Right by 30 degrees, make sure "all layers" is UNchecked. Move into place with the mover tool.
14. Repeat step 15 for the rest of the numbers, rotating by the following settings:
2:00 (II) - rotate to the right by 60 degrees
3:00 (III) - rotate to the right by 90 degrees
4:00 (IV) - rotate to the left by 60 degrees
5:00 (V) - rotate to the left by 30 degrees
6:00 (VI) - do not rotate
7:00 (VII) - rotate to the right by 30 degrees
8:00 (VIII) - rotate to the right by 60 degrees
9:00 (IX) - rotate to the left by 90 degrees
10:00 (X) - rotate to the left by 60 degrees
11:00 (XI) - rotate to the left by 30 degrees
(You may choose to not rotate them, especially if you are using numbers, and not Roman Numerals)
At this point, if you like, you can turn off all other layers and merge visible the number layers.
15. Add a new layer and name it "big hand". Using you preset shapes tool, line width 1, antialias checked, retain style and create as vector UNchecked, foreground and background black, draw a small heart (heart 2 shape). Image--->Flip and with your mover tool, move into position just under the 12:00.
Using your line draw tool, Single line, width 3, antialias checked, create as vector and close path UNchecked, draw a straight line starting at the bottom centre of the heart and going to the circle in the middle of the clock face.
16. Layers--->Duplicate. Rename the duplicate layer "little hand". Image--->Resize. Enter 70% in the percent box, make sure resize all layers is UNchecked, and click OK. Image--->Rotate to the right by 30 degrees. Move into position in the center of the clock face. Effects--->Sharpen--->Sharpen, if desired.
Note: this is for the Hickory Dickory Dock clock for the Prestigious Dames' Nursery Rhyme Project, hence my use of the time 1:00. You can make yours any time you wish.
17. Add a new layer and name it "clock face shadow". Selections--->Load from alpha channel. Load the face selection you saved earlier. Effects--->3D Effects--->Cutout. Use the same settings as in step #1. Apply the cutout again, changing the vertical and horizontal to -2. Deselect.
Hint: I found resizing the image and then saving as a .gif screwed the shadow up considerably and saving as a .jpg was better but still reduced the quality. What works best if you are resizing the image is to wait until you finish the image, resize it then add a new layer, load your alpha selection and apply the cutout. Do not crop the resized image until after you have added the cutout - if you crop first, your alpha selection will not load in the correct position.
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