MAKING A GLASS GLOBE

Paint Shop Pro Tutorials by Karen

In this tutorial I am going to show you how I make my own "glass" globes and tube them. It is much easier than you would imagine once you have a basic knowledge of your P.S.P tools and controls. This tutorial is written for version 7, but minor adjustments should make it usable in other versions.

MAKING A BASIC ROUND GLOBE Start a new transparent image as fig 1.

Set background colour to white. Click on your preset shapes tool then right click on it and select tool options. make your settings as fig 2.

Drag your pointer over the canvas to create a circle (fig 3) then go to layers / convert to raster.

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Click selections tool then right click and select tool options (fig 4)

draw a box around the circle (fig 5) then right click on it to select it (fig 6)

Go to selections / defloat and hit cut (scissors) (fig 7)

Now go layers / new raster layer, OK (fig 8)

Next go effects / 3D effects / cutout (fig 9 / 10)

Go layers / new raster layer OK (fig 11)

Click airbrush tool, right click it and choose tool options. Set as fig 12 and close dialogue box.

Set foreground colour to white use the airbrush to "paint" highlights onto "glass" (fig 13)

Now go effects / blur / gaussian blur, set as fig 14 and click OK.

Next go layers / merge / merge visible, then edit / copy / edit / paste as new image (fig 15)

That`s it... now tube it or save as psp image. Why not add some sculpture or texture effects and make some unique coloured globes like I do... Try making other shapes too... Have Fun!

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial which was written for pspv7 but should adapt for other versions