Tutorial PSP - How to Make a Bow

Tutorial PSP - How to Make a Bow
(with AVBros Page Curl)

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This tutorial was written using PSP9
but may be done with other versions,
and assumes you have a good working knowledge of PSP and its tools.

Supplies needed:

My Ribbon or other of your chose
My AVBrosPresets
(You have to load ch-bow-half-right4.avcps and ch-ribbon2.avcps)

Plugins: AVBros Page Curl

Other Bows HERE

Settings

Extract and save my AVBros Presets to your Plugins/AvBros PageCurl folder.

Extract and open my Ribbon and minimize it to your Psp workspace.

Remember to save often.

Let's begin!!

1 - Open the ribbon
Duplicate it and close the original

You see it size 1610x95 px
Go to Image - Canvas size and change to 1700 x 1500

Effects3D - DropShadow
as follow:

click Ok
Repeat but change Vertical to -2

Duplicate and rename as: first and second

2 - Make the first ribbon layer active

Effects - Plugins - AV Bros Page Curl
Click to Main - Load Settings (Relative)

Go to the folder you saved my Presets
and choose the ch-bow-half-right4.avcps
Click Apply

Rename this layer half-right bow

3 - Open the Freehand Selection Tool, with these settings

Selection type = Point to point - Mode = Replace - Feather = 0,
Smoothing = 0 - Anti-alias = ticked

and select as shown in the screen bellow

Press the delete key
Selections - Select none

then select around the halfbow as follow

Selections - Invert
Press the delete key
Selections - Select none

4 - Now activate the Deform Tool
you have to rotate the bow a little, as shown in the screen bellow

and shrink it from left to right only a little,
as shown in the screen bellow

take as a model the finished work

Adjust - Hue and Saturation - Colorize

Layers - Duplicate
Image - Mirror

Rename this layer half-left bow
and place it as finished

5 - Make the second ribbon layer active

Effects - Plugins - AV Bros Page Curl
Click to Main - Load Settings (Relative)
Go to the folder you saved my Presets
and this time choose the ch-ribbon2.avcps
Click Apply

Image - Flip
and place it as the screen

Rename it ribbon side right

Adjust - Hue and Saturation - Colorize
with the previous settings

Open the Freehand Selection Tool, with previous settings
and select as shown in the screen

Cut and Paste As New Layer
Rename as knot and close it for now

6 - Return on ribbon side right layer
Make sure it is active

Selections - Select none

Duplicate it
and rename as ribbon side left

Activate again the Deform Tool
and rotate the ribbon as shown in the screen bellow

7 - Return to knot layer, unclose and place it as follow
and with the Freehand Selection Tool, same previous settings
select as shown in the screen

Press the delete key
Selections - Select none Make active the Warp Brush with theese settings:

Warp mode = Push - Size = 75 - Hardness = 0 - Strength = 100
Edge mode = Background - Draft quality = Medium -
Final Apply/Best Quality = Unticked

Zoom in if you need to
and gradually work down the top and the bottom of the knot
as screen bellow

8 - Now go again to half-right bow
and start adding shadows
I used only darken brush, so make active BurnBrush tool
whith this settings:

Shape = Round, Size = 95 - Hardness = 46 - Step = 25 - Density =100
Thickness = 84 - Rotation = 0 - Opacity = 25 - Continuous = Unticked
Limit = None

You can add more shadows varying the
brush size and the opacity, as you like.

You have to add shadows on all pieces of your bow and ribbon,
and on the knot too.

When you are satisfied on it,
and all pieces or bit are in the right position
(as the finished image)

Layers - Merge Visible

and save as .pspimage

Done!

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Written on March 2009

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