Christmas Tree Ornament 2

Materials needed:

PSP 7.x - get it here - will also work in PSP 6.x

Blade Pro or Super Blade Pro - Get it here. (optional)

A preset for BP or SBP - I used the gold-glitter, download here - Note: I cannot remember where this came from and cannot find the original on the web, so if anyone knows who the creator is, please let me know.

Eye Candy 4000 - Get it here (optional). Download my ornament glass preset here. Unzip and place in your EC4000 Glass folder.

A hook - download mine here

Note: Whenever I say to add a new layer, add a raster layer.

1. Open a new image, 500 x 500. Add a new layer and name it "ornament".

2. With your selection tool, feather 0, antialias checked, draw an ellipse starting at 250, 250. Make it as big as you want. Flood fill with a colour of your choice and deselect

3. Effects--->Geometric Effects--->Perspective-Vertical. Enter 75 in the box and click ok.

4. Take your magic wand and select your image. Selections--->Save to alpha channel. Deselect.

5. Add new layer and name it "stripes". Using your draw tool, single line, width 4, antialias checked, create as vector and close path UNchecked, draw some lines across your ornament as shown:

6. Click on one of the lines with your magic wand. (make sure it only selects the line and not the outside of the image) Selections--->Modify--->Select Similar.

7. Apply a Sculpture or Blade Pro or Super Blade Pro preset. I used gold_glitter but you can use any or use a the gold or silver sculpture in the PSP effects menu (Effects--->Texture Effects--->Sculpture). I then lightened mine by going to Colors--->Adjust--->Brightness/Contrast and entering 30 in the Brightness box. Deselect.

8. Effects--->3D Effects--->Inner Bevel - apply the round preset but change the depth to 5.

9. Selections--->Load from alpha channel. Load the selection you saved in step #4. Selections--->Invert. Edit--->Clear or hit your Delete key to get rid of the lines going outside the ornament. Deselect.

9. Go back to your ornament layer. Apply the Eye Candy 4000 Glass, MSR_ornament_glass preset or Inner Bevel, using the Round preset and change the width to 31 and the depth to 1.

               

10. Turn off your background layer and merge visible the rest. Image--->Resize. Enter 75% with "resize all layers" checked. Resizing gets rid of the jaggies on the ornament caused when we did the Perspective.

11. Add a hook, you can use the one provided or another one if you choose. (you will first need to move the ornament to the bottom of the canvas with your mover tool and increase your canvas size) You can now tube it for use in your decorating projects.

Enjoy!

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