Mini Marbles Tutorial by LuvRaqui

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Welcome to LuvRaqui's

Mini Marbles Tutorial

This Tutorial is for Paint Shop Pro (PSP)

If you don't have the Paint Shop Pro (PSP) program you can

go to the following link and download it for free.

This download takes about an 1 hour, but is well worth it.

This link will open in a new Browser.

PSP 7.02 Free Full Version

If the above link does not work you can Download a 30 day Trial here.

PSP 30 Day Trial

All the Downloadable Graphics are in Zip Files. You will need WinZip to open the files. If you don't have it you can download it at the following link.

WinZip 8.0 Evaluation

To do this Tutorial download the following graphics and open with WinZip.

These graphics are in Tube format. You can load them directly into your Tube folder in your PSP directory. Go to the following when you are unzipping

C: -- Program Files -- Jasc Software Inc. -- Paint Shop Pro -- Tubes

You can also put them in a folder on your desk top.

When you are ready to use them in PSP,

go to File browse and look in the folder and pick what you want.

Here are the Files you want to Download

All these files will help you make Marbles that are

55x55 Pixels

Marble Globes Glasses

Contains 15 Multi Colored Marble Globes Glasses 55x55 Pixels

Marble Backgrounds

Contains 14 Flat Multi Colored Marble Backgrounds 55x55 Pixels

Marble Extras

Contains 1 White Spark, 1 Gold Spark, 1 Little Rose, Pre Sized

Let's Begin

Become Familiar with your Tool Bar in PSP.

This will help you when I am explaining.

Click the Link below, a page will open in a new browser.

This page contains a copy of what the PSP program will look like.

You will see which tools are which. Leave the browser open for reference.

PSP Tool Guide

Once you have all your Tubes in a location you know you can begin

Step 1

Locate the Tubes you Downloaded and Unzipped.

Pick your items to make your Marble

1 Marble Globe Glass, 1 Marble Background, 1 Spark, Little Rose

Step 2

Now make a new project to put all of these tubes in to create your Marble

Go to File -- New , a box will pop up, set your settings as below.

Now you will have a new Project on the screen

Step 3

Time to start layering your tubes into your new project.

PSP works in layers, this means that each item you put in a new project will go on top of the previous item. It is best to work from the bottom up.

You will want to put your Marble Background first

because everything else will go on top of that background.

To put the tube into your new project you will need to

COPY it and then PASTE it into the new project.

To COPY click the tube you want to put first

( In this case the Marble Background)

and then press C and the CTRL buttons at the same time

NOW YOU HAVE COPIED THE TUBE TIME TO PASTE

To PASTE click the new project and go to

Edit -- Paste -- As a new Layer

(REMEMBER you have to paste as a new layer so it will enter the project)

A copy of the Marble background should be in the new project.

It should now look like this.

Step 4

Follow the same steps above, COPY and PASTE each tube into the new project

Put your tubes into the new project in this order

Little Rose -- Marble Globe Glass

When you add the Spark you will want to put it on the small area to the upper left of the Marble globe glass. Use the Mover Tool to do this. If you happen to move the wrong layer instead of the Spark go to Edit -- Undo. That will undo the mistake and you can try again. To view the Mover Tool go to my

PSP Tool Guide

Step 5

I decided that I wanted my Gold Spark to be a little bigger than it was.

You can do this by using the Deformation Tool. Click the Spark then the Deformation Tool. A little box will appear around the Spark. Take you mouse and Pull the corner of the box Diagonally. You will see the Spark get larger.

Step 6

Now you can close the tubes and this leaves you with the Marble Project.

I always Suggest that you save all your projects in PSP form as well as a Gif or Jpg. This way you can always change things later if you want to.

To save your Marble as a PSP Project go to File -- Save

A box will pop up chose where you want to save your projects at. I usually make a folder just for my projects on my desk top or save them to Disk or CD.

Step 7

Now you have your project saved in PSP format. Time to save your Marble as a Gif so that you can use it. You CANT just press File and then Save.

You don't want this You want this

a Invisible Background

First thing you must do is go to File -- Export -- GIF Optimizer

A pop up window will come up Click Use Wizard

a new window will come up and you must click

Use Existing Transparent Areas then Next

The next screen will let you chose a background color.

This color does not show. It is just a base. Pick a color closest to your Project color, or pick a medium to light gray. That almost always goes well.

Chose colors by clicking on the color wheel and the other options.

You can also save colors for later and get color numbers

When your finished click OK