PSP Tubes
By
RubyTuesday
Tubes in PSP are a very useful
shortcut to making some very interesting
images.
1.
Open a new image by going
to File, then New as in Fig. 1. Then set the
new image to 400 pixels wide x 400 pixel high with a white
background. See Fig. 2. Then click okay.
2. Once
your background image is open you will need to locate the "Picture
Tube" tool and click on it to select it.
Fig. 3 shows the tool bar it is located
on and what the tool button looks like.
This particular tool bar may be
horizontal and toward the top as shown in
the diagram or it may be vertical along the left
edge of the program window. The vertical form of the tool bar
is the default and
would only be elsewhere if you have moved it in the past.
3.
Next, you will need to locate the "Tool Options" tool bar and
open it. You will see a large drop down
selector box.
Click on the arrow to open up the selections
and choose "Spring Flowers". See Fig. 4. Your selections will
probably be somewhat different from the
ones in the diagram, but the one I have chosen
came with the program, so it should
be there. If you don't have this particular
one, please feel free to make
another selection from the choices you have.
4.
Next, click on the second tab of the "Tool Options" tool bar
and set Placement
Mode to "Random" and Selection Mode to "Incremental" as shown
in Fig. 5. Then
click on the "Options" button and set the Step Size to "100".
You can then click down in the program
window to retract this tool bar and place it
somewhere out of your way.
5.
Now, on your white background, click five or six times in
different places.
You will see different kinds and colors of
"Spring Flowers" appear on your background. You can continue to
click to make a collage type of effect. Fig. 6
shows what mine looked like after
just 10 clicks.
6. You can experiment with different tubes
that you have or you can search for more
tubes to download and install into your program. If you try
different tubes and
different settings, you can get some really interesting
effects.
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