4PosterBedWithLace

4 Poster Bed with Lace

This is my creation, any similarity to other tutorials on the Internet is unintentional.
Please do not copy or place this tutorial or any graphics to any other place without written permission directly from me. Thank You.....patao

My tutorials are only guidelines to help you accomplish a certain creation. Please feel free to be inventive and take whatever liberties you would like. I hope each of you enjoy this tutorial. Your finished creation is yours to do with as you please.

Screen shots are resized and for faster loading. Don't forget to SAVE your work often.

This tutorial is written in and for PSP Version 7.04 and assumes you have a good working knowledge of PSP and Animation Shop. I am sure this can easily be done in Version 6 with a few adjustments.

Supplies you will need:

Jasc Paint Shop Pro Demo HERE PSP V8 Demo

Redfields JAMA 3-D Filter HERE

Zipped Files to complete tutorial HERE Place these in a folder, so you can access them with your PSP Browser.

Lets get started with our Lace.
Open "Lace for Bed" tube in PSP. I have put a blue background on the tube, so you can see the lace as we work on it. (This lace is my grandmothers Hankie.... *S*
Activate Layer 1 on your Layer Palette.
Now go to Effects/Plugins/Redfields/Jama 3 D and use the settings in Screen shot below.

Now go to your Top Menu: Effects/sharpen/sharpen.
Next go to Image/Geometric Effects/Perspective-Vertical, and set your percentage at -50%.
Next to Effects/Sharpen/Unsharp Mask...see Screen Shot below.

Save your lace as .psp and remember to save often during tutorial.
Now minimize your lace window, for use later.

Open the "Bed_patao 1" tube and the Lilac background jpeg in PSP.
Activate your Bed tube and rename the "merge" layer to "bed".
Add a New Layer and call it "Bedspread".
Select "Tool Option" Rectangle: Feather...0 and antialias Unchecked.
Starting in the back Left corner of the bed frame bottom, drag your rectangle to the Right, until the frame bottom is covered. See Screen Shot for the Marching Ants.

Flood Fill with the Lilac Background...see Screen Shot

Select your Deformation tool, and using the corner adjustment squares while holding down your (SHIFT KEY) move each side out to the corner post of the bed. See Screen Shot:

Deselect the Deformation by Double clicking on the bedspread.
Deselect the marching ants, by Selection/select none.

Select "Magic Wand" and set at RGB Value../Tolerance....100,
Feather...0/Sample Merge ...Unchecked.

Click on the Bedspread to activate the marching ants and go to your Top Menu: Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel and use the settings as indicated on the Screen Shot Below:

Apply by clicking on OK.
Now deselect the marching ants by using Selection/select none..
Are you still with me......LOL
Don't forget to save often.

Select your "Tool Option": Rectangle again and starting at the LEFT side of the bedspread you just created and drag your rectangle from the LEFT corner to the RIGHT corner, then moving your rectangle down to the bottom of the legs. See Screen Shot

Flood Fill with your Lilac background and deselect.

Before we start with our lace, I am going to ADD a new layer to the Bed, and Flood Fill with Blue: Color 4040FF, so we can see the lace better while working with it. Drag your flood filled layer to the bottom, or use your Top Menu option: Layers/Arrange/Send to Bottom.

Now for the pretty part:
Restore your "Ruffled Lace" tube with the blue background. On your layer palette, select Layer 2 and DELETE it.
Go to Top Menu: Image/Resize and set at 50% of Original.
Now: Image/sharpen/sharpen.
Next: Edit/copy...and activate your bed window and
Paste your Lace as "New Layer"
Place your first piece of lace on the RIGHT BACK post of the bed, covering the black ring and only showing the top ball of the wood. Allow the lace to hang over the edge of post a little.

Now using your KEYBOARD SHORTCUT feature, Select CTRL "C"/CTRL "E" and place each piece next to each other along top edge, until you reach the LEFT back post. I used (7) pieces. If you have trouble, remember you do have a undo feature. I use it often.
Once your lace is across from post to post you can Deselect and adjust it with your Mover Tool, as the lace is now all on one layer, for easy moving.

WHEW.... that's the only time you will have to do that fussy stuff....LOL
Go to Layer Palette and rename it "Lace", and DUPLICATE this layer.
With your mover tool, place the Lace so t covers the ring of the FRONT/RIGHT post, but still shows the crystals in the middle of the bed. See screen shot.

Select your Deformation tool now and using the center LEFT square drag the lace to the left until you are past the LEFT post, and lace shows as on the RIGHT.

While Deformation is still selected, use the center bottom square and drag lace down until you can not see the back lace bottom.

Return to your layer palette and DUPLICATE your "Copy of Lace" layer..
Move it down until the bottom of the lace is still in your window of view.
Select your Deformation tool and using the Center Top square drag it downward until you just cover the Top Edge of drop of Bedspread.

Deselect Deformation tool and go to top menu: Effects/sharpen/sharpen.
My GIFT to you is the Pillow Tube. I thought by now you all were tired of fooling around, so I made this for you to use.

Open your "Pillow tube for the bed".
Copy/Paste it to your bed. I did it twice, for a fluffier look. Its up to you now.
Now go to your layer palette and select your Blue Background layer and DELETE IT.
Note: I always name my layers, which makes it a lot easier for adjustments throughout your process. Its a good habit to get into.

Okie...Dokie...now its up to the Top Menu once more:
Layer/Merge/Merge Visible, and save in psp format for later use.

YOUR DONE......CONGRATULATIONS.......I KNEW YOU COULD DO IT.

Danish Translation HERE

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