This tutorial deals with selections
and is fairly simple. It does require a lot of layers,
so please be patient! A
good knowledge of the tools in PSP is required.
You will need Paint
Shop Pro - this tutorial was written in 7.02
You will also need to download
my selection files. Included in this zip file is a glass pattern
which should be be placed in
your patterns folder in PSP. The sponge texture I used for the roof
is
number 43 on my computer, but
may be something else on yours. If you don't have it, I've included
it
in the zip file as well.
The sponge.bmp should be placed in your textures folder.
Let's Begin!
And remember...save...save...save!
Open an new image 700 wide x 600
high - 16 million colors - transparent background.
Add a new layer and load housemain.sel.
Flood fill with #EAE2D9 or your choice of colors
Add another new layer and load
lthousetrim.sel. Flood fill with #4D1919 Go to selectons/float
and apply a cutout with the following
settings: Opacity 40 Blur 10 Offsets 1 Deselect
Add new layer and repeat with
the rthousetrim.sel - apply the same cutout, deselect
Add a new layer and name it bottomtrim1.
Flood fill with #4D1919. Add another new layer,
name it bottomtrim2.
Flood fill with #4D1919
Save your
work!
Add another new layer and name
it gutters. Load from disk gutter.sel, flood fill with #4D1919.
Add a new layer and name it step1.
Load the step1 selection and flood fill with #A0A0A0.
Go to Selections/modify and contract
by 2. Flood fill inside of step with #D3D3D3. Add
a new layer, named step 2 and
load step2.sel. Repeat the fill/contract/fill steps for step1
Add another layer and name it
door. Load door.sel and flood fill selection with #4D1919
Go to selections/modify contract
by 2 and floodfill inside with #800000 Apply a drop shadow with
the following settings Vert 1,
Horiz 1, Opacity-80, Blur7, Color Black
Apply the same shadow again only
change the Horiz/Vert to -1. Deselect
Save your
work!
Add yet another layer and load
doorwindow.sel. Flood fill with #4D1919. Deselct.
Now, grab your magic wand and
holding your shift key down, select the inside of all
three of the little windows on
the door. Then either flood fill them with #FCFCEA or
with the
glass.jpg that you downloaded
at the first of the tutorial. To use the glass fill, put it in your
patterns folder in PSP and then
click on the arrow on you forground color and choose the pattern
fill at Scale 100 Angle 0.
Fill the windows. (I used the glass fill on my door)
On yet another layer, named panels,
load the doorpanels.sel file. Flood fill with #4D1919
Go to Selections/Modify and contract
by 4 and flood fill with #800000. Deselect
Add a new layer and name it roof.
Load the roof.sel file and floodfill with #535353.
Go to Effects/TextureEffects/Texture
and apply the sponge texture at the following settings:
Size-70 Smoothness-0, Depth-1,
Ambience-0, Shininess-3, Color-White, Angle-59,
Intensity-44, Elevation-31.
Then apply a drop shadow with the following settings Vert-3 Horiz-0
Opacity-80 Blur 7.
Add a new layer and name it siding.
load the sidinglines.sel file and floodfill with #C9B8A1
You might want to zoom in on
these before you fill them!
Add a drop shadow with these
settings Horizontal 0, Vertical 0, Opacity 60 Blur 2
color black.
Deselect.
Save your
work!
Add a new layer and name it windows.
Load the windows.sel file and floodfill with #4D1919
Add another layer and name it
windowpanes Load the windowpanes.sel file and flood fill
with #C9B8A1 Deselect.
With your windowpane layer active
and with your magic wand, click inside all the
window panes (holding your shift
key down), until they are all selected. Make your glass pattern
active and flood fill the panes
with the glass. Alternately you may flood fill with a light yellow
to
give the appearance of lights
on inside the house.
Make another layer, named gableroof,
load gablerooves.sel and flood fill with #4D1919.
Go to selections/modify contract
by 3 and fill with #800000. With your gable roof layer active,
add another layer and name it
gables. Flood fill with #4D1919. Go to selections/modify and
contract by 6 and fill inside
with #EAE2D9
Add another layer and name it
gable windows. Load the gable windows.sel file and flood fill with
#C9B8A1
Go to Selections/modify contract
by 3 and either fill with your window fill or a light yellow.
Add another layer named gablewindowtrim.
Load that sel and flood fill with #4D1919
We're nearly finished!
Add one more layer, naming it
curtains. Load the curtains.sel file and flood fill with a pattern
or
color of your choice.
I just used a solid color on
mine and then accented them with a darker shade.
Now go to layers/merge/merge visible
and save as a PSP or tube file so you can decorate it later!
I hope you've enjoyed this tutorial.
Any comments or suggestions are
more than welcome.
