BUMP MATS (HOW TO)

Hooteye July 2011

The purpose of this Tutorial is to show in easy steps how to create
the 4 Golf Ball, Bump Maps used in my "Rotating Golf Balls" Tutorial

This Tutorial was wrote for Paint Shop Pro X, but I have also tested it in PSP 8, and 9

Any resemblance to any other tut on the web is purely coincidental

After working through this Tutorial you should end up with 4 Golf Ball
Bump Maps, which will enable you to create this type of animated effect

Plugins are not required for this Tutorial

OK HERE WE GO.

( REMEMBER TO SAVE REGULARLY)

STEP (1)

Open up your PSP program, and 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 transparent background, it's Layer will automatically be named Rasher 1

Go to the Toolbar and select the Flood Fill Tool, then go to the Material
Palette and make the Foreground White, then click your Document to fill it

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 "Bump Maps (How To)" then click Save

STEP (2)

Go to the Overhead Bar, and go to Effects, and in its drop-down menu, click, Texture Effects/Tiles

When its pop-up box appears make these settings, and click OK

Go to the Overhead Bar, and go to Image, and in its drop-down menu, click, Rotate Right

Note:- In PSP 9, and PSP 8, click "Rotate Clockwise 90"

Your Document should now look like this

STEP (3)

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 Pick Tool

(In PSP 9, and 8, you will need to select the Deform Tool to make the following settings)

Go to the overhead setting bar for the Pick Tool, and change the setting for
Position X: to 3 (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 3 pixels to the right

Right Click on Rasher 2, Layer, and Click Duplicate, and then right Click on this Duplicated Layer and
Rename it Rasher 3, With Rasher 3, Layer and the Pick Tool selected, again go to your Overhead Bar and
increase the Position X: setting to 6, again you will see your Document move another 3 pixels to the Right

We need to follow the above procedure one more time, which is:-

Right Click on Rasher 3, Layer, and Click Duplicate, and then right Click on this Duplicated Layer and
Rename it Rasher 4, With Rasher 4, Layer and the Pick Tool selected, again go to your Overhead Bar and
increase the Position X: setting to 9, again you will see your Document move another 3 pixels to the Right

STEP (4)

On the Overhead Bar go to Image and in its drop-down menu, Click Canvas Size
when its pop-up box appears change the Width and Height settings to 480, Click Ok

On the Overhead Bar go to Selections and in its drop-down menu, Click Select All

On the Overhead Bar again go to Selections and in its drop-down menu, Click
Clip to Canvas, this will make a Selection (Marching Ants) around your Document

On the Overhead Bar go to Image and in its drop-down menu, Click Crop to Selection

STEP (5)

On the Overhead Bar go to Image and in its drop-down menu, Click Resize, when
its pop-up box appears, change the Width and Height settings to 400, Click Ok

Your Document should now look like this

STEP (6)

Go to your Layer Palette and arrange it like this

Go to the Overhead Bar, then go to File and in its drop-down menu, click Save Copy As, when its
pop-up box appears, scroll the "Save In" drop down menu, and locate the Bump Maps folder, found
in Documents/My PSP Files, name your file 1 GBM, and Save as type JPG file, then click Save

If this Pop-Up appears click yes

Following the Layer settings shown below, create and save the other
3 Bump Maps to your Bump Map folder, name them 2 GBM, 3 GBM, 4 GBM,

STEP (7)

Go to Documents/My PSP Files, and double click on the Bump Maps
Folder, the 4 Bump Maps you created should now be showing like this

That's it we are done, to see how to use the 4 Bump Maps we have
created, see my Rotating Golf Balls Tutorial (starting at STEP (3) here