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Now were ready to add the roof! I had filled
my first planter with flowers and as I was doing so that's when
the idea to make a roof was born lol so the next few shots include
flowers too! Actually it was helpful to me to have them in the
planter all ready when I began placing my supports. But many
layers can get confusing too :o) So it's up to you go ahead
and add some flowers now or let's get on with the roof!
Open the Roof Plank you saved
in the beginning and copy/paste it as a new
layer, duplicate this layer like we did for
the barrel twice, I think 3 boards make a
tall enough roof, hide your barrel layers,
line up the planks and merge all visible,rotate
the image Right by 90 degrees (All layers
is Unchecked!)
If you need to resize the
roof panel, just use your deformation tool
to make the adjustments. Move the roof panel
into position, here you will either need to
move your planter down, or increase the canvas
size so you have enough room to work on the
roof, once you have it set up where it looks
at a good level distance, go to Selections/Select
All/ Float/Defloat and add a New Layer to
apply your airbrush to the seams in the wood
using the same settings as we did on the barrel,
go to Blur/Motion Blur at 90 degrees Strength
at 20.
Add another new layer and apply a cutout effect
to it at these settings:
V = 15
H = 20
Opacity = 81
Blur = 40
Shadow Color is same as your airbrush and
dark shadow colors you've been using
Fill interior color is UNchecked.
Add another new layer and
repeat cutout effect at these settings:
V = -15
H = -20
Opacity = 81
Blur = 40
Shadow Color is same as your airbrush and
dark shadow colors you've been using
Fill interior color is UNchecked
Duplicate the roof layer for
a front and back roof panel.
Now you need to tilt the roof panels a bit
to, go to Effects/Geometric Effects/Skew (PSP
6 users it's located under Images/Deformations)
and use a 7 Horizontal on the Front panel
and a -7 Horizontal on the Back panel then
line up your top corners to meet up.
I'm leaving room for leeway here, everyone's
taste varies.
Add some drop shadow to each
layer, try these settings:
V = 0
H = 4
Opacity = 100
Blur = 7.4
The color is the same as your dark shadow
in the gaps.
Adjust your front and back
panels so the top edge & corners are even
and lets make the supports!
Add a New Layer and name it Support Right Front,
using your selection tool set to Rectangle draw a selection
of 25 pixels wide by about 300 high, then flood fill it using
your wood pattern and deselect.
Add a drop shadow to help define the edge of
it I used these settings:
Next your ready to duplicate
this support and do the aligning........ to
make them angled like I've done (or leave
them straight if you prefer), simply go to
Image/Rotate/Right Free 25 , you want the
shadow edge on the underneath side (make sure
All Layers is NOT checked) Depending on which
support your doing your going to want to mirror
2 or them so your shadows are all on the bottom
edge. Make a set of 2 each for front and back,
set them into position and you are READY to
Plant!!!! *S*
I left my final planter unmerged so I could
easily go back and reconstruct the arrangement
for a different look later on.
Save Your Work Now in PSP format then go to
Window/ Duplicate and close your original
window to save for future projects. Do your
planting in the new window and Have Fun!!!
Thank you very much for your
time here and experiencing this tutorial!
Note: When adding your plants
as tubes, add a new layer for each one before
you apply it, then it can be easily moved
around forward or back, side to side even
resize a layer by itself to arrange just the
way you like! Then be sure you add a little
drop shadow to each layer as this really helps
add depth to the picture.
I hope you enjoy your Spring Planting this year!
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The 2 tubes I have given you for using in
this tutorial I made myself from floral images
I downloaded from a collection of hand-drawn
flowers by graphics designer Susan Chastain.
Permission has been granted by Ms. Chastain
to Fluttrby Designs © for distribution
as a supply for this tutorial.These tubes
are not to be included in any other collections.
Thank you very much Susan!! Wonderful artwork!!
:o)
Her link is here if you'd like to visit:
http://graphicssoft.about.com/library/free/floral/blfloral1.htm
She has an outstanding list of resources!
There are many many places online to find tubes
to use in your planting!
A link to one of my favorite places for tube
shopping:
Karens Korner
If you have any problems or questions feel free
to
me I'll be happy to help in any way I can!
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As an added treat, I've turned
my planter picture into stationery!
You can visit
here to download a copy for your personal
use!
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