RADIANT STAR BRUSH TIPS

Hooteye May 2009

The purpose of this Tutorial is to show in easy steps how to create
the 6 Radiant Star Brush Tips, used in my "Radiant Star" Tutorial

This Tutorial was wrote for Paint Shop Pro 8, but I have also tested it in
PSP X, any resemblance to any other Tut on the web is purely coincidental

After working through this Tutorial you should end up with 6 Radiant Star
Brush Tips, which will enable you to create this type of animated effect

OK here we go

( REMEMBER TO SAVE REGULARLY)

STEP (1)

With your version of PSP open, go to the Overhead Bar, then go to
File and in its drop-down menu, click New, when its pop-up box appears
create a 500x500 pixel Document, with a Black Background, then click OK

Go to the Overhead Bar, then go to File and in its drop-down
menu, click Save, when its pop-up box appears name your file,
(I have named it "Radiant Star Brush Tips"),then click Save

STEP (2)

Go to your Layer Palette and create a new Rasher
Layer, it will automatically be named Rasher 1

With Rasher 1, Layer selected, go to the Toolbar and select
the Flood Fill Tool, then go to the Material Palette, and make
the Foreground color white, then click your Document to fill it

STEP (3)

With Rasher 1, Layer selected, go to the overhead bar, then go to
Effects and in its drop-down menu, click on Texture Effects/Blinds,
when its pop-up box appears make these settings, click ok

Your Document should now look like this

STEP (4)

Go to your Layer Palette, and right click on Rasher 1, Layer and click
Duplicate, then right click on this Duplicated Layer and rename it Rasher 2

With Rasher 2, Layer selected, go to your Toolbar and select the Deform Tool

(In PSP X you will need to select the Pick Tool to be able to make the following settings)

On the Overhead Bar change the setting for Position Y: to 2,
(highlighted in pink) this is the only setting we will be adjusting for
each Layer we create, some settings will adjust themselves automatically

With Rasher 2, Layer still selected you will see your Document has moved 2 pixels down

Following the below sequence, we now need to create the other 4 layers

Select Rasher 2, Layer, and Duplicate it, rename the Duplicated layer,
Rasher 3, then on the Overhead Bar change the setting for Position Y:
to 4, again you will see your Document move another 2 pixels down

Select Rasher 3, Layer, and Duplicate it, rename the Duplicated layer,
Rasher 4, then on the Overhead Bar change the setting for Position Y:
to 6, again you will see your Document move another 2 pixels down

Select Rasher 4, Layer, and Duplicate it, rename the Duplicated layer,
Rasher 5, then on the Overhead Bar change the setting for Position Y:
to 8, again you will see your Document move another 2 pixels down

Select Rasher 5, Layer, and Duplicate it, rename the Duplicated layer,
Rasher 6, then on the Overhead Bar change the setting for Position Y:
to 10, again you will see your Document move another 2 pixels down

STEP (5)

Go to the Overhead Bar, then go to Image and in its drop-down menu, click Canvas
Size, when its pop-up box appears change the Canvas size to 480x480 pixels, click OK

Hold down your ctrl Key and tap down your "A" Key, this will create a Selection around
your Document (Marching Ants) Note:- they will be hidden under the Canvas at this stage

Go to the Overhead Bar, then go to Selections, and in its drop-down menu, click Clip
To Canvas, you will now see the Selection (Marching Ants) around your Document

Again go to the Overhead Bar, then go to Image, and in
its drop-down menu, click Crop To Selection, this step
will also deselect your document (stop the Marching Ants)

STEP (6)

Go to your Layer Palette, and arrange it like this

Go to the Overhead Bar, then go to Effects, and in its
drop-down menu, click Reflection Effects/Kaleidoscope

When it's pop-up box appears , make these settings

With the Background Layer still selected, go to the Overhead Bar, then
go to Adjust, and in its drop-down menu, click Blur/Gaussian Blur

When it's pop-up box appears set the Radius to 1, and click ok

Your Document should now look like this

STEP (7)

Go to your Layer Palette, and select Rasher 6,
Layer, make it visible by clicking its Eye Icon

Go to the Overhead Bar, then go to Effects, and in its
drop-down menu, click Reflection Effects/Kaleidoscope, when
it's pop-up box appears, make these settings, then click ok

Note :- the Scale Factor setting has been changed to -46
(highlighted in pink) the rest of the settings remain the same

Your Document should now look like this

Go to your Layer Palette, and make all Layers visible by clicking
their Eye Icons, then apply the Kaleidoscope settings to:-

Rasher 5, Layer
Rasher 4, Layer
Rasher 3, Layer
Rasher 2, Layer
Rasher 1, Layer

STEP (8)

Go to the Toolbar and select the Magic Wand Tool,
then go to its overhead bar and make these settings

Note:- the Feather is set to 8,

Go to your Layer Palette, and select Rasher 6, Layer, then go to your
Document and click the Magic Wand on part of the White Background, this
will create a Selection (Marching Ants) around your Document and Star shape

With Rasher 6, Layer still selected, tap down your Delete Key, (once only)

leaving the Marching Ants active, in turn carry out this Delete step to:-

Rasher 5, Layer,
Rasher 4, Layer,
Rasher 3, Layer,
Rasher 2, Layer,
Rasher 1, Layer,

Note:- do not apply this delete step to the Background Layer

Hold down your ctrl Key and tap down your D Key, this
will deselect the (Marching Ants) around your Document

Go to your Layer Palette and arrange it like this

Your Document should now look like this

STEP (9)

On the overhead bar go to File and in its drop-down menu, click on Export/Custom/Brush,
this Create Brush Tip Box will appear, name your Brush Tip "1 Radiant", and click OK

Following the Layer settings shown below, create
and export the other 5 Brush Tips naming them :-

2 Radiant
3 Radiant
4 Radiant
5 Radiant
6 Radiant

Rasher 2, Layer, Visible and selected, Background Layer Visible, other Layers not Visible

Rasher 3, Layer, Visible and selected, Background Layer Visible, other Layers not Visible

Rasher 4, Layer, Visible and selected, Background Layer Visible, other Layers not Visible

Rasher 5, Layer, Visible and selected, Background Layer Visible, other Layers not Visible

Rasher 6, Layer, Visible and selected, Background Layer Visible, other Layers not Visible

Go to the Toolbar and select the Paint Brush Tool, then go to the Brush Tip
drop-down list, your 6 Radiant Brush Tips should now be showing like this

That's it we are done, to see how to use the 6 Radiant Brush Tips we have
created, see my Radiant Star Tutorial (starting at STEP (3) here