EASY ~ PEASY FLOWERS

Paint Shop Pro Tutorials by Karen

Would You believe I made all the above "flowers" myself, using just tubes and the "Kaleidoscope" tool! They are best tubed and are great for backgrounds, illustration, decoration, greetings cards etc... Here`s how it`s done... Important... Please only use your own tubes for this, or get permission from the person who made them first ...using tubes for this tutorial does constitute modifying them... Thankyou..

Start a new image  ( file / new ) with settings as per fig 1

Click on the tubes tool, right click on it and select tool options, then choose a tube. Make sure the tube will fit on to the canvas, resize if neccessary. Close tubes dialogue box then click on the canvas to add your tube. For this tutorial I will be using my orange rose tube, but it doesn`t have to be a flower! (fig 2)

Now go to effects / reflection effects / kaleidoscope and make settings as fig 3 and click ok.

You should now have your basic flower (fig 4)

You need to remove unneccessary background and tube it. Simply go to edit / copy / edit / paste as new image. Your flower will now fill the canvas. Next go to file / export / picture tube. Name your tube and click ok. That`s it ... easy ~ peasy!!!

Note : I set my kaleidoscope as above for purpose of writing this tutorial. Don`t be afraid to experiment, by changing the settings you can get many exciting flowers, and even stars! I have had some really attractive flowers from the most unlikely tubes... this black & white one was made from a tube of my dog!!!

...AFTER...

...BEFORE...

...Just do your own thing, and have fun...!!!

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial which was written for P.S.P Version 7 but should adapt for other versions.

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