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Tip : Dressing up web pages with colorful images is a great
way to present your site to visitors. Images that you make yourself
can also be used in a variety of uses outside of the computer
such as scrapbooking and crafts.
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Paint Shop Pro Tutorial
 MAKING
PARTY HATS
Making
PSP party hats is fun and very rewarding. This psp tutorial shows how it is done.
We have split the tutorial
into 2 parts to facilitate page loading times as screenshots have been used to
compliment each step. Please follow the link below step 5 to complete the party
hat tutorial. STEP
1 Open
a New Image
400 x 400
Transparent Background
16 Million Colors
 STEP
2
Set
your Background Color to a medium color and your Foreground Color
the same color but a darker shade. This example used Blue Colors #6A57FB
and #26069E.
Select the Preset Shapes Tool 
and draw a large triangular shape on the canvas.
 STEP
3
Add
a New Layer and set your Preset Shapes Tool to Ellipse. Draw
a skinny ellipse shape at the bottom of the triangle. Move
the ellipse into position with the Mover Tool  .
You should now have an image that looks like a dunces hat. STEP
4 You
will now add some 3D effects to make the Party Hat look more lifelike. Go
to Selections || Select All
Selections || Float This
will place the marching ants around the Ellipse Shape and make it the active selection. Go
Effects || 3D Effects || Cutout Vertical
and Horizontal = 11
Opacity = 31
Blur = 20
Color = #26069E
The color for the Cutout Filter should be the darker color that you have used.
 STEP
5
Deselect
the Ellipse shape.
Selections || Select None Now
you select the Triangle Shape.
Go to the Toggle Layer Palette  ,
click and select Layer 1. Go
Selections || Select All || Selections || Float Apply
a Cutout Filter.
Effects || 3D Effects || Cutout Horizontal
& Vertical = 25
Opacity = 30
Blur = 48
Color = The darker color Please
follow the link below to complete this tutorial
Click
here for part 2 Party Hat tutorial
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