REFLECTIONS (BRUSH TIPS)

Hooteye October 2009

This Tutorial will show you how to create the 6 Reflection
Brush Tips, used in my "Reflections" 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 Reflection
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 440x440 pixel Document, with a White 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 "Reflections (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
Black, (ctrl+shift+F6) 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 400x400 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, then click OK

Go to your Layer Palette and select Rasher 2, Layer, then click its visibility Icon
to make it visible, then apply the same Kaleidoscope Pattern settings, click OK

In turn apply the Kaleidoscope Pattern settings to the rest of your Rasher
Layers (remember to make each Layer Visible before applying the effect)

STEP (7)

Go to your Layer Palette and arrange it like this

Go to the Overhead Bar, then go to View and in its drop-down menu, tick Grid and Snap to Grid

Again go to View and in its drop-down menu, click on Change Grid, Guide & Snap Properties, when
the pop-up box appears change the current image settings to these, (the Grid color is optional)

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

(Note:- its the Round Brush selected)

Go to the Material Palette, and make the Foreground Black, (ctrl+shift+F6)

With the Background Layer still selected, go to your Document,
and where the Grid lines cross, click your little Paint Brush icon
(once only) your Round Brush Tip, will accurately snap into position

NOTE:- you do not need to click the exact centre of the grid
lines, as the influence of the "Snap To Grid" will automatically
align your Round Brush Tip 100% to the Grid Line Centre

Go to the Material Palette, and make the Foreground White, with the Paint
Brush Tool still selected, go to its overhead bar and make these settings

(Round Paint Brush size changed to 150)

With the Background Layer still selected, again go to your Document,
and where the Grid lines cross, click your little Paint Brush icon
(once only) your Round Brush Tip, will accurately snap into position

Your Document should now look like this

Go to the Overhead Bar, then go to View and in its
drop-down menu, tick Grid, your Grid Lines are now off

STEP (8)

With the Background Layer selected, go to the Toolbar and select
the Magic Wand, then on its overhead bar make these settings

Note:- the Feather is set to 2,

Go to your Document and click the Magic Wand on the black ring
shape, this will create a Selection (Marching Ants) around it

Go to the Overhead Bar, then go to Selections, and in its drop-down menu, click Invert

Again go to the Overhead Bar and Selections, in its drop-down menu, click Modify/Expand

When its pop-up box appears, set the number of pixels to 6, then click ok

Your Document should now look like this

STEP (9)

Leaving the Marching Ants active, go to your Layer Palette and arrange it like this

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

Leaving the Marching Ants active, 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

STEP (10)

Go to your Layer Palette and arrange it like this

Your Document should now look like this

STEP (11)

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 Reflection", and click OK

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

2 Reflection
3 Reflection
4 Reflection
5 Reflection
6 Reflection

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 Reflection Brush Tips should now be showing like this

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