terrariumglassgarden

Terrarium Glass Garden

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

We will be using only PSP7.

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.

I created this Terrarium, out of pure love of plants, and glass. When searching for a tutorial for one, it was so complicated, that I decided I could create one that was much easier for all of us to do. So here is what I came up with.... I hope you enjoy doing this tutorial and find it easy to follow. I spent a lot of hours redoing it so that it would look right. Although some of the order in which I do the layers, seems odd, please bear with me. This is what I found to work best for a final result as shown in graphic above......*S* .....patao

Supplies you will need:
Paint Shop Pro....download free trial offer HERE PSP V8 Demo

Zip of tubes and tiles........HERE

Zip of Selections........HERE

Zip of Landscape Rocks bmp, for those that don't have it in your PSP program files and place it in your Jasc Pattern folder. HERE

Included are Stained Glass Tile, Shading Tube, Gem, Wooden bottom tube, and 4 plant tubes. I suggest that you place these in a folder, rather than in your PSP Tube Tool, as this is how the directions will show you to do it.

If you are ready, let"s get started:
1. Open all of your tubes and Stained glass tile in PSP, and minimize them for later use.
Open a New Window 450 X 400 transparent
Add a New Layer & call it "Stained Glass Back Wall 2"
Load Selection from Disk. " " " "
Flood Fill with Foreground "Pattern" Blue Swirl Tile at 100 %
Selections/Modify/Feather/ 1 pixel
Selections/Invert
Eraser Tool: Size 20 Hardness 50 Opacity 100 Density 100
and run your eraser completely around the whole selection.
Deselect.

2. Add a New Layer & call it "Back Wall 1"
Load Selection from Disk " " "
Flood Fill with Color: 787878 making sure you get all 3 sections.
Effects/3D Effect/Inner Bevel use Round preset, but change
Width 7 Elevation 7 Shininess 20
See Screen Shot Below:

Deselect.

3. Turn Off Layer 1 on Layer Palette, and leave off thru tutorial.
Layers/Merge/Merge Visible.
Rename "Terrarium Back"
On Layer Palette lower Opacity to 50%

4. Add New Layer & call it "Stained Glass Back Wall 1"
Load Selection from Disk " " " "
Selections/Modify/Expand 1 pixel
Flood Fill with foreground Pattern "Blue Swirl at 100 %
Deselect.

5. Add a New Layer call it "Back Wall 2"
Load selection from Disk " " "
Flood Fill with Color 787878
Effects/3D Effects/ Inner Bevel.....Same as Screen Shot Above.

6. Add a New Layer call it "Bottom"
Load selection from Disk " "
Selections/Modify/Expand 1 pixel
Flood Fill with Pattern "Landscape Rocks" at 15% which is with PSP
Deselect
Layers/Merge/Merge Visible
Rename "Terrarium Back"

7. Add a New Layer call it "Terrarium 1"
Load selection from Disk " " "
Flood Fill with Color 787878
Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel Same as Screen Shot
Deselect.

8. Add a New Layer call it "Bottom Right"
Load selection from Disk " "
Flood Fill with Color 787878
Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel Change Intensity to 34

9. Add a New Layer call it "Bottom Front 1"
Load selection from Disk " " "
Flood Fill with Color 787878
Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel Change Intensity back to 50

IMPORTANT THAT YOU FOLLOW CLOSE NOW.....lol

10. Activate "Terrarium 1 Layer on Layer Palette.
Using Magic Wand and Shift Key, select 2 small sections on top of Dome.
Keep selected and Activate "Bottom Front 1" layer, and continue to select
Tile Section 1 and 3 on this layer. See Screen Shot, for help...

Selections/Modify/Expand 1 pixel
Flood Fill with foreground pattern "Blue Swirl Tile"
Deselect.
Activate "Bottom Front 1" layer and with magic wand and shift key, select space 2 and 4
Activate "Bottom Right" layer and select the 2 bottom sections.
See Screen Shot Below for help...

Selections/Modify/Expand 1 pixel
Flood Fill with pattern "Blue Swirl Tile
Deselect... whew......that was a little confusing, but hope you got it.....*S*

11. Add a New Layer call it "Arches"
Load Selection From Disk "Arches"
Selections/Modify/Expand 1 pixel
Flood Fill with "Blue Swirl"
Now on layer palette Drag the Arches Layer BELOW "Terrarium 1"

Turn OFF Layer "Terrarium Back" and "Arches"
Activate top layer of palette or "Bottom Front" layer
Layers/Merge/Merge Visible
Rename "Terrarium Front"

12. Add a New Layer call it "Glass"
Activate "Terrarium Front" layer
With Magic Wand and Shift Key, select all 9 areas.
Activate "Glass Layer"
Selections/Modify/Expand 1 pixel
Effects/3D Effects/CutOut Vertical 2 Horizontal 2 Color BLK
Opacity 85 Blur 20 Fill Interior UNCHECKED
Repeat CutOut Changing Vertical -2 Horizontal -2
Deselect

13. Maximize your "Shading Tube"
Edit Copy/Edit Paste "As New Layer" and adjust to align with Top of
Terrarium.

14. Maximize your "Gem Tube"
Edit Copy/Edit Paste "As New Layer" and align to Center of Top Circle.
On Layer palette, Duplicate Layer 6 "Gem Tube"
With copy of Layer 6 active Image/Resize 50%
"resize all Layers" UNCHECKED
With Mover Tool place resized Gem in the center of line in front
of glass doors, like a door handle, see my Graphic for placement.
Effects/Sharpen/Sharpen.
On Layer palette, go back to "Gem Tube Layer" or Layer 6, and lower
Opacity to 84%

Almost done now, the hard part is over......

15. Activate top Layer of Layer Palette "Copy of Layer 6"
Maximize "Wood Bottom Tube"
Edit/Copy Edit/Paste "As New Layer"
With mover tool align with bottom of Terrarium
Activate "Arches Layer"
Layers/Merge/Visible
Rename "Terrarium Front"
16. Now is a good time to Save " As a Tube" for later use.
To Add Plants to your Terrarium, select Terrarium Back & Add a New Layer, call it Plants.

I have provided 4 Plant tubes. I will leave the inside placement up to you. I resized between 50% to 75% on plants and arranged them starting in the back corner. I turned off "Terrarium Front, so I didn't have to deal with the glass moving around when putting the plants in. I occasionally turned the layer back on, to make sure the plants weren't hanging out past the glass. Your Layer 1 is now available for your background choice, for finished result.

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Danish Translation HERE

I would like to thank Ron Gladkowski, for
allowing me to use his Original Design Terrarium, as a model to create this Tutorial. If you would like to see his work go HERE to purchase the real thing, or browse his Artisty.....Thanks again Ron....

If you would like to use this tutorial for group settings, please contact me.

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