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To see the printer friendly version of this tutorial, click HERE

This is what we'll be making

For this tutorial, you will need:

Paint Shop Pro 9	Although it should work in earlier versions
The fairy tube I used HERE	This fairy tube is © Renee Biertempfel. I've added the copyright information as a layer. Please keep this layer on the original tube so you'll know who owns copyright to image if you use it in the future. For this tag, you can be delete or resize the copyright layer, if you wish. If you choose to delete it, please make sure you add the copyright information to the finished tag, as per Renee's terms of use. PLEASE NOTE: I have been informed that Renee's web address has changed. Please make sure you add the new web address to the finished tag - http://www.artbyrenee.com
FM Tile Tools Here	Note: Paint Engine is an excellent plug in and it's free, why not take a moment to download it too? :o)
Xenofex Here	This isn't freeware, but you can download a 30 day, free trial.
Unplugged Filters Here	Note: You need Unplugged Effects and Unplugged Tools for this tutorial but it's well worth downloading them all ;) If you need help with installing plug ins, click HERE
Sparkle Tube Here	Download sparklewht2.zip. Unzip it into a folder of your choice and open it in PSP. Go to File > Export > Picture Tube. Give the tube a name if it hasn't already got one and click OK.
Fonts - these aren't free fonts, you can use any fonts you wish.	Carpenter - Download Here Open the font file then minimise it, it will be available in PSP. This saves you installing lot's of fonts into your windows fonts folder and slowing your pc down.
	Brush Script - Download Here Open the font file then minimise it, it will be available in PSP. This saves you installing lot's of fonts into your windows fonts folder and slowing your pc down.

Note: If you need help installing the plug ins, click Here

Are you ready? Then let's begin!

1) Open the tube in PSP, open a New Canvas and use the following settings:

2) Click on the tube canvas, go to the layer palette and make sure raster 1 is selected, (raster 3 is the layer with the copyright information on) click on the Copy Icon

3) Click on the new, blank canvas and go to Edit > Paste > As New Layer or click on the Paste As New Layer Icon

You should now have this:

4) Go to Image > Resize and use the following settings. (Make sure Resize layers is UN-ticked)

5) Click on the Selection Tool, set it to rectangle and draw a selection around the tube, leaving lot's of room on the left. Do not deselect.

6) Now using the Dropper Tool, Choose a colour from the tube.

7) Add a new layer by going to Layers > New Raster Layer. Go to the layer palette and drag Raster 3 under Raster 2.

8) Flood Fill the selection.

9) Using the Mover Tool, move the tube so she's slightly out of the selection.

10) Click on Raster 3 layer to make it active and go to Selections > Invert. Now click on the tube layer (Raster2) and press the delete key on your keyboard.
This will delete the part of the tube that is outside the selection area.

Go to Selections > Select None

(*Please Note: if you're doing this tutorial in PSP 7, the next stage, cropping, is a little different.
To crop in PSP 7, click on the crop tool and go to the Tool Options palette, click on Crop Settings. When the window opens, click on Select Opaque Area - Current Layer. Click ok then on the Tool Options palette, click on Crop Image.)

11) Click on the Crop Tool. On the Tool Options, click on the 'Snap crop rectangle to: Layer Opaque' icon.

You will now have this:

12) Go back to the tool options and click on the tick to crop the image.

Your image will now be cropped.

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