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This is an intermediate to advanced level tutorial and assumes you have a good working knowledge of PSP...but that is not to say that a beginner can't do it. If you are a beginner try it, you might surprize yourself!
This tutorial is based on a Photoshop tutorial found at Weborum. I do not claim that this is my idea, I have only converted for use in PSP with full permission from Leo the original author.
Resources- PSP 8. You can download a demo HERE.
- Any item(s) that you would like to use for the design of the cover
Let's get started
*Please note: If you install this tutorial as a quick guide you may get a script error when trying to view the images, just click "yes" at the prompt and the images will show properly. Don't know how to install quick guides? then check out the tutorial found HERE.- Open a new image 600px x 600px, white background, 72 res
- Add a new raster layer
- Make sure your rulers are visible, if not hit ctrl+alt+r. Click on the top ruler and drag the guide down to 70.
- Repeat step 3 but drag the guide down to 530.
- Get the rectangular selection tool
, [add mode, feather 0, anti-alias checked] Drag a wide rectangle between the guides. (refer to the image below for placement) - Flood fill
[match mode none, blend mode normal, opacity 100] the selection with a color of your choice. Select none. nbsp; Rename this layer to "front". - Add a new raster layer named "side". Make a narrower rectangular selection. Flood fill. Select none. You should have something like this:
- Now using as many layers as needed, decorate the front cover any way you wish. When you have it the way you like it, turn off visiblity to the background layer and the side layer and merge visible. Rename the layer to front. You will end up with the 3 original layers.
- Design and decorate the side of your box. When you have it the way you want, turn visibility off to the front and background layers and merge visible. Rename the layer to side. You should have 3 layers.
- Click on the side layer to activate it. Get the deform tool
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Grab the center and move the side to the right until it touches the front of the box.
- Hold the control key and drag node 1 down. Node 2 (bottom left) should move with it, but if it doesn't drag it upward.
- Drag node 3 to the right toward the front to make the side a little narrower.
- Go to Adjust->Brightness & Contrast->Brightness/contrast and adjust the brightness level to darken the side layer slightly. Since your colors vary from mine I can't give you exact settings, so just play with them until it looks good to you.
- Now click on the front layer to activate it. Deform it by holding the ctrl key and dragging the bottom right node upward. If the top right node does not go with it, move it manually.
- Now turn off visibilty to the background layer and merge the side and front layers.
- Click on the background layer then add a new raster layer. Set your foreground color to #808080.
- Get the Square 05 brush, change the size to 36 and paint as shown. Make sure you don't paint all the way to the edges of the box.
- Go to Adjust->Blur->gaussian blur radius 13.86
- Now merge all layers (flatten). Resize to your taste and your done!
I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial and found it easy to follow. If you have any comments or questions please feel free to .
