Paint Shop Pro 7 (Graphics designing Tutorial)
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Grapes Tag - vmtoolbox filter tut

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For this tutorial you'll need Jasc's psp 7 or Jasc.com (download trial version)
Download grapes pic and yellow tile image here
Download vmtoolbox filter here
Note: I've zipped it for your ease you can unzip grapes pic and yellow tile image and place it in any folder.
Unzip and place vmtoolbox filter in your plugin folder of psp 7. It should be something like: c:\program files\jasc software Inc.\paintshop pro 7\plugins
Note: If you are a new psp user and if you don't find plugins folder you may need to create it.

I assume that you already have Paint shop pro 7 in your machine. If not download it and install it in your machine.

Now open the psp 7 software.
Open grapes and yellowtile pic from your hard drive.
Open new image with these settings. File - New.width/height - 400, bgcolor - white.

2. make purple gradient as shown in image. If you don't know how to make gradient please follow this tut.

3. Open this gradient in gradient pallete of foreground color box. Flood fill this gradient in your work space (new image).
4. Add New layer. Layers menu - New raster layer.
Click on draw tool from verticle toolbar. Keep options in tool options like these. You can keep width 1 or 2 as you desire.



Now open tileyellow.jpg from your foreground pattern box option. With the help of draw tool draw square image as shown in pic.

5. Now duplicate this layer. Layer menu - duplicate. go to Image menu - flip.
6. Now with the help of mover tool line up the bottom rectangle image underneath uper image.
Now click on deformation tool on verticle toolbar. You can see lines with node points.
Now press ctrl key and keep your mouse on left node as shown in pic and drag it toward left side. Do the same thing with right node and pull it toward right side.


7. If image is not selected again click deformation tool. Now keep your mouse on middle bottom node. and pull upward.
Now your image should look like this.



8. Now copy grapes image and paste it as new layer. Deselect it by clicking right mouse button on work space.
9. Click on freehand/lasoo tool settings in tool options: point ot point, feather - 0, antialias - unchecked.
Now draw hexagon shape around the grapes image. see pic.



10. Now click on effects menu - plugin filter - vmtoolbox - zoomblur with these settings.



9. Now your image should look like this.



10. Copy grapes image and paste it as newlayer. Adjust it as shown in pic.
Add any desired frame around it.
That's it.

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