Oh, how I love the Sinedot filter. I was having "one of those days" if you know what I mean and just needed to get away from it all. Instead of "Calgon Take Me Away" it was "Sinedot take me away"! I was playing around with different settings and you wouldn't believe some of the stuff that I came up with! Be prepared for more Sinedot tutorials! This bow that you see above is created using Sinedot settings, a gradient, and one circle. I think we can handle this, so let's get started.

This tutorial is written in and for PSP Version 7 and assumes you have a working knowledge of PSP. I am sure this can easily be done in Version 6 with a few adjustments in paths but I have only used Version 7 so I can't make promises *S*

You will need:

JASC's PSP (30 day free trial)- You can get it HERE
DragonFly's Sinedot Filter - You can get it HERE
**Unzip to your plugin folder. Make sure you click the Assign Path so you will be able to see all the presets for when you want to use this filter again.

Step 1:
Open a new image 200 x 200, 16 million colors, transparent background. Set your foreground to a gradient with 2 repeats. I used the the Autumn gradient that comes with PSP 7. Depending on what season you are making the bow for will depend on the gradient you will use and of course you can always colorize your finished creation.

Step 2:
Go to Effects-->Plugins-->DragonFly-->Sinedot and apply the following settings: **Tip: If you want to save your settings to use again then highlight the white box between "delete" and "save" type in what you want to call it and press save. Then press OK to apply it to your image.

Step 3:
Go to Selections-->Select All (Ctrl+A) and then Selections-->Float (Ctrl+F) and flood fill with your gradient. Deselect and save.

Step 4:
Go to your layers palette and duplicate your layer. Select all again and float and flood fill your duplicated layer.

Step 5:
Go to Image-->Rotate and use the following settings. Make sure All Layers is UNchecked.

Step 6:
Add a new layer and pick up your selection tool set at circle. Feather = 0 and antialias UNchecked. Draw a circle in the middle of your bow and flood fill with your gradient.

Step 7:
Go to Effects-->3D-->Inner Bevel and apply the following settings:

Step 8:
Go to Layers-->Merge-->Merge Visible and you're done! Pretty easy wasn't it? I then reduced it in size by 75% and sharpened it and exported it as a tube.

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial as much as I did creating it, and I really had fun with this one!

If you have any comments or questions please do not hesitate to E-mail me.

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