Teeter Totter

(Smaller than finished graphic.)

This tutorial was created and put on this site on November 8, 2001.
It is property of and ©2001-2002 to Whisper's Web Works.
Please do not copy or place this tutorial or any of the graphics on any site,
email or elist without written permission directly from me.
If you would like to share the url for this tutorial, you may do so without writing for permission,
but I always welcome a "who, where" email.  Thank you.

For this tutorial you will need:
PSP 7 ~ download a trial version.
Blade Pro ~ download a trial version.
Blade Pro preset ~ download here for BP & here for SBP.
Tutorial Selections ~ download here and unzip into a folder that is easy to acess.

Open a new image:
600 x 400 pixels
Transparent
16.7 Million colors

File > Save as > teeter.psp
Every couple of steps be sure to hit your save button.

Add a new layer.

Selections > Load from disk... > find your unzipped folder > board-top.sel > open.

Set your foreground color to #D0AD8A.

Flood fill the selection.

Set your background color to #6E493A.

Set your background texture to Woodgrain.

Right click in your selection twice.

Effects > Texture Effects > Texture > these settings:

Texture Woodgrain
Size 62
Smoothness 19
Depth 9
Ambience 0
Shininess 10
Color White
Angle 45
Intensity 30
Elevation 44

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Select > Select none.

Add a new layer.

Selections > Load from disk... > board-side.sel

Flood fill the selection with your foreground, then right click in your selection twice.

Effects > Texture Effects > Texture > same settings.

Select > Select none.

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