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tutorial is written
in and for PSP8
and assumes you
have a working
knowledge of
PSP.
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I
wasn't going
to do a lesson
on Picture Tubes,
but then when
I was helping
a new student
to PSP8 and mentioned
tubes, he had
no idea what
I was talking
about. As I was
doing screen
shots and explaining
to him what you
can do with tubes,
I knew that I
best do a lesson
on them. No matter
how much we,
as tutorial writers
and teachers,
try not to assume
that people know
what we are talking
about, it does
happen. Some
things become
such second nature.
There are a lot
of NEW tubes
in PSP8 and you
can have small
or large icons
for viewing.
You can use a picture tube for
either placing an object on an image, or you can paint
with an object without having to draw it. I always advise
that when you add tubes to an image, place them on separate
layers. The reason for this is that you can move them
around without disturbing other tubes or layers. You
can use the picture tubes included with PSP8, tubes
that you have downloaded from the Web, or you can make
your own tubes.
Let's
open a new image
200x200, white
background.
Add
a new layer.
Activate your
Picture tubes
on the Tool Palette.
Any tubes that
you have created
will be listed
first, unless
you have changed
to folder position
in your File
Locations Preferences.
You now have
the option for
viewing your
tubes as large
icons or small
icons.
Large
Icons
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Small
Icons
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Let's
review the tool
options palette.
I have a number
by each option
and then a description
below. You can
change any or
all of these
options.
1.
Click on the
down arrow to
view your tubes
and choose which
tube you would
like to use.
2.
After you choose
your tube you
can click on
this icon to
review your picture
tube settings.
You will then
receive this
type of dialog
box.
3.
You can reduce
or enlarge each
tube by setting
the scale from
10 to 250.
4.
Your step is
the distance
between the centers
of each tube.
5.
Place mode is
continuous, which
is evenly spaced
by step size,
or random, where
it randomly places
the spacing between
1 pixel and the
step size.
6.
Last it the selection
mode and this
is how PSP selects
objects to paint
from the cells
within the picture
tube. Random
selects images
randomly, increment
selects them
one by one from
top left to the
bottom right,
angular selects
images based
on the direction
your drag your
cursor as you
paint, pressure
is used with
pressure sensitive
tablets and velocity
selects images
based on the
speed you drag
the cursor as
you paint.
Let's
check out some
of the new tubes
that JASC has
for us in PSP8.
There is an art
group, which
is full of art
supplies.
You
can check and
see how many
items are in
the group by
clicking on the
settings (#2
on your tool
options palette
above). As you
can see there
are 16 items.
The group is
set for incremental
placement, which
means it will
place items from
the top left
to the bottom
right. Unfortunately,
unless you have
the tube image
open or memorized,
you won't know
which object
is going to appear
when you click
your tube. You
can undo your
tube, or you
can place each
one a different
layers and delete
the layers you
don't want, or
you can open
them from your
browser and copy
and paste.
There
is a breakfast
group with juice,
waffles, muffins,
etc., kitchen
utensils, colored
pacifiers and
eagles. There
is a gold star
garland and a
metal hose. You
can single click
and have just
a single piece
of hose or you
can paint it
by holding the
mouse button
after your clicking
and dragging
it down.
If
you change the
Step to 10 you
can create a
Slinky!
I
think on of my
favorite tubes
for painting
and creating
some neat effects
is the Matrix.
It sure doesn't
look like much
when viewing
it in your tubes
drop down list.
Using
the default settings
and painting
down and over
you will get
something like
this.
I
then changed
the step size
to 3 and this
is now the effect.
You
can also change
the selection
mode, I changed
it to angular,
and now have
this.
So
have fun with
your tubes, change
the settings
and see just
what you can
come up with.
I
mentioned at
the beginning
of this lesson,
that you can
also make your
own tubes. When
you have created
something from
a tutorial, you
can tube it to
use at a later
time. If you
have copyright
free pictures,
you can remove
the background
and tube those.
You might want
to start off
with an easy
background to
remove, although
with the new
background
eraser it's
a lot easier
to remove a background.
I
take a number
of pictures for
Valley
Cats, Inc.,
a no-kill rescue
organization
that I volunteer
for. We had a
fundraiser last
month and I "tubed"
a lot of the
cats and we made
t-shirts with
their pictures
on them. Using
the background
eraser I removed
all of the background
and ended up
with this.
As
you can see there
is a lot of excess
transparency
around Harry
Potter (yes,
that's the cats
name LOL). If
I tubed him as
is, all of that
excess transparency
would remain,
and you wouldn't
be able to add
words very close
to him. To remove
the transparency
you will want
to crop your
picture as close
as possible.
Activate your
crop tool,  ,
draw a rectangle
around your image
and using the
nodes on the
sides, top and
bottom move the
rectangle as
close to your
object as possible.
When you are
satisfied with
your crop, double
click on your
canvas or click
on the blue check
mark on your
tool options
palette to crop.
You can now export
him as a picture
tube. Go to File/Export/Picture
Tube. You will
get this dialog
box.
Give your tube
a unique name
and click okay.
NOTE:
If you should
get an error
message stating
that your tube
"has to
be 1 layer and
24 bit color",
make sure that
you don't have
more than one
layer. If you
do, then go to
Layers-->Merge-->Merge
Visible.
Here's Harry!
Harry
Potter
One
of scripts written
by JASC, and
provided in PSP8,
is an Auto Tuber
Script for tubing
multiple images.
I have produced
a short video
in Flash on how
to use this script,
along with the
eyeball presets
in Balls and
Bubbles. For
those who would
like to view
this video please
click HERE.
Remember,
you WILL need
Macromedia Flash
installed on
your computer,
you can download
the Flash Player
HERE.
I
hope this lesson
on Picture Tubes
has helped the
newbies, and
old pros too,
as there is always
something new
to learn about
Paint Shop Pro.
You
will find video
lessons like
this, and MUCH
more, on V8
The Easy Way
a TWO disk CD
set for your
learning pleasure.
To find out more
about this set
click HERE.
If
you have any
problems, comments
or questions
please do not
hesitate to E-mail
me.
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