After completing the Sinedot Bow tutorial I received several e-mail's telling me about Rosie Hardman's site. Rosie also has used the Sinedot filter for Photo Impact and has several wonderful settings for Sinedot and also a very neat way to save the settings that she already has found. Although I have found some of the same type settings in my playing, there were several that I had not. Rosie's Owl settings are what inspired me to do this tutorial. I do hope you will pay her a visit HERE. She also has some very nice backgrounds using Sinedots.

This tutorial, once again, uses Fantastic Machines Paint Engine, another wonderful invention, and it also uses Eye Candy 4000. I realize that this is not a free filter and that many of us are on a limited budget, so I did make a variation using the Eye Candy 4000 Glass which comes in the Trial Demo. You also receive the trial demo when purchasing the Anniversary Edition from JASC. This is what the finished creation using EC4000 Glass looks like:

 

This tutorial is written in and for PSP Version 7 and assumes you have a working knowledge of PSP at an intermediate level. 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.
Fantastic Machines PaintEngine Filter - You can get it HERE
**Unzip into your plug-ins folder AND also unzip into your C:/Windows folder to enable the default settings
Eye Candy 4000 ~~ You can purchase it or get the demo version HERE
My Eye Candy Bevel Boss preset ~~ If you are using the full version of Eye Candy you can get my preset HERE
**unzip into your EyeCandy4000 Settings --> Bevel Boss
A graphic ~~ If you want similar results to mine you will need a graphic with a picture of someone looking to the side so that you can mirror it and have them looking at each other. I used Lady In Pink Headdress and do not know who the artist is. If anyone is aware of that name,I would appreciate it if you would let me know so I can write to the artist. If you want to use my graphic please right click and save to your hard drive.

Step 1:
Open a new image 300 x 300, 16 million colors, transparent background. Set your foreground to a contrasting color from your graphic and your background to a darker shade of the same color. I used #DAB0BE for the foreground and #906265 for the background.

Step 2:
On your color bar set your foreground color to gradient. Choose #1 Foreground-Background gradient. Flood Fill with your gradient.

Step 3:
Go to Effects-->Plugins-->Fantastic Machines-->Paint Engine and choose the Texture Streak preset.

Step 4:
Add a new layer and name it Sinedot. Go to Effects-->Plugin-->DragonFly--Sinedots and use the following settings.

Step 4:
Go to Selections-->Select All (Ctrl+A) and then Selections-->Float (Ctrl+F) and flood fill with your gradient. Deselect and save.

Step 5:
This is where Eye Candy comes in and I will be giving you both options. If you are using Eye Candy 4000 then follow step A. If you are using the Demo version use Step B.

A. Go to Effects-->Plugins-->EyeCandy4000-->Bevel Boss. In your settings choose MD-Sinedot and click OK to apply. (You did unzip the file into your Bevel Boss didn't you? *winks*)

B. Go to Effects--Plugins-->EyeCandy4000 Demo-->Glass In your settings choose Snow and use the default settings. Click Ok to apply.

That was the only difference in the instructions to this tutorial. Whichever version of EyeCandy you are using we will all be doing the same thing until completion.

Step 6:
Open the graphic that you will be using in PSP. Duplicate the graphic and close the original. I do this out of habit as I don't want to mistakenly save anything to the original in case I would like to use it again. Pick up your selections tool and choose Rectangle, Feather 0, antialias UNchecked. Draw a rectangle around your graphic that you would like in the Owl Frame. Edit-->Copy (Ctrl+C)

Step 7:
Return to your Sinedot Owl Image. Open your layer palette and activate layer 1 and add a new layer. I named mine Image. Change your selection tool to Ellipse and draw an oval in your Owl "Eye". It might take a few tries to get it just right. It should look similar to this.

Step 8:
Go to Edit-->Paste-->Into Selection (Ctrl+Shift+L). Go to Effects-->Sharpen-->Sharpen.

Step 9:
Go to your Layer Palette and duplicate your Image Layer. Go to Image-->Mirror and your picture will now mirror into the other "Eye" Go to Effects-->Sharpen-->Sharpen.

Step 10:
Go to Layers-->Merge-->Merge All Visible

Step 11:
I then added a small inner bevel to give it a slight bevel. I used the following settings:

You're done! This would make a nice border for stationary or a webpage. Just remember when you resize it to Sharpen. I do hope you have enjoyed this tutorial as much as I have had creating it for you.

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

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