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Paint Shop Pro
7
Perspective
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This will be a very
simple demonstration of creating a perspective view.
When creating the grid layers later on, you can
create them to meet at some point on the back edge for a total vanishing
point if you'd like instead of going only about half way as I have in
this tutorial.
Create a blank image and turn on Grid view. Go
to File>Preferences>General Program Preferences and click on the
Rulers and Units tab. Set the horizontal and vertical lines to 25. Click
on OK.
Go to View>Grid, click on Grid and you should
have an image that looks similar to below.
Open another instance of Paint Shop Pro and use
the screen capture tool to capture the image of the grid as shown below.
Save the captured image as grid.gif. Close the
second instance of Paint Shop Pro and open grid.gif in the first
instance of Paint Shop Pro.
Go to Edit>Copy and then select your new
image and go to Edit>Paste as a new layer.
Close grid.gif and turn off grid view by going
to View>Grid and clicking on it again to turn it off. |
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We're going to use the
above image to create our perspective view.
With the layer that the grid is on selected, use
the deformation tool to deform the layer so that it looks similar to the
image below.
Sometimes it may be necessary to skew the grid
layers to get them to fit together properly. To do that hold down the
Shift Key and move your mouse over a node. You should see the square
icon turn into a skewed icon. Hold your left mouse button down while
holding the Shift Key to skew the grid layers to get them aligned and
shaped properly. You'll probably have to do this on all four grid
layers. |
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Copy the first grid layer
by going to Edit>Copy and then Edit>Paste as new Layer.
Go to Image>Mirror and click on Mirror. Place
the new grid layer as shown below. |
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Go to Edit>Paste as
New Layer.
Go to Image>Rotate and rotate the layer 90
degress. It doesn't matter if you rotate it left or right.
Move the layer to match the top edges and adjust
with skewing as necessary. |
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Go to Edit>Copy and
then Edit>Paste as New Layer to get the bottom of the grid. Move it
to the bottom of your image and adjust and skew it to fit.
You should now have a final grid image similar
to the one below.
The effect you should be seeing is that as the
grid gets further away it appears to be getting smaller and the lines
get closer together.
You will use those lines to draw your image
adjusting the size of the objects in your image to stay within the
lines.
You will use the horizontal lines for width and
the vertical lines for height. |
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Create a new layer above
the grid layers.
Choose a rust color similar to below. Use the
air brush with a size of about 25, opacity = 100 and density =
100.
Spray on a pattern similar to below being sure
to leave white space. It is required to obtain the effect we are after. |
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Using the Smudge brush
with the following settings:
- Size = 13
- Opacity = 48
- Density = 100
- Shape = Left Slash
Push and pull the sprayed color in a sweeping
motion to get the effect shown below. Where you see the dark rust
colored line through the mid section is where the sky meets the ocean.
Because we have the Opacity set at 48 we can see
the grid layers below it. |
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Create a new layer.
Using the Rectangluar selection tool select the
area from the mid line to the bottom of the image.
Flood fill it with a bright dark blue.
Set the Opacity of the layer to 32.
Go to Effects>Illumination
Effects>Sunburst and use the following settings. (You may need to
adjust the Horizontal and Vertical depending on where your mid line
comes to)
- Color = White
- Rays: Brightness = 10, Density = 50
- Light Spot: Brightness = 27, Horizontal = 52,
Vertical = 54
- Circle: Brightness = 20
You should now have a small area that appears as
if the sun is shining on the water. |
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Create a new layer.
Using the selection tool, start your selection
at the top of where your ocean selection started and go to the top of
the image.
Using a linear gradient of a yellow gold on the
bottom and a darker blue on the top (or colors of your choice), flood
fill the selection.
Set the layer opacity to 32.
Go to Selections>None
Go to Effects>Illumination
Effects>Sunburst and move the sun burst to the bottom of the
selection trying to match its horizontal center to the center of the
Sunburst on the layer below.
Then adjust the brightness and density to attain
the effect you want for the sunset. It should be something similar to
below. |
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Now look at your image
and find the place where you want the end of your close visual.
I created a brick wall to separate the land from
the ocean.
Using the Rectangular shape tool with bricks as
a texture set to about size 10 create a new layer for each brick wall
and draw them. Move them if you have to to place them correctly. |
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Create a new layer and
using the Rectangle shape tool with the texture set to Pavement draw
another rectangle for the street. You may need to adjust this to fit it
between the lines as shown below. Use the technique mentioned above to
skew it into place. |
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Create a new layer and
using the Rectangle shape tool with the texture set to Grass draw a
rectangle on the left side of the pavement. Adjust and skew as necessary
to get it to fit within the lines. |
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Do the same thing as
above to create the right side grass of the image. |
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Using the Spray Paint
tool on a new layer, set to about size 3, draw a dashed white line down
the middle of your pavement. |
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Create a new layer.
(Create a new layer for each tree). Using the Picture Tube tool Trees,
click once on the new layer. Move and size the tree. Pick a vertical
line for height and make sure that the size of each tree on each layer
follows that line.
Turn off your grass layers so that you can line
your trees up on a line on the bottom grid layer. |
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Below is what your image
should look like after adding all the tree layers. Notice that the tops
of the trees follow a line in the grid and are getting bigger as they
come closer to the edge of the image. |
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Create a new layer and
using the Picture Tube tool set to Flowers, draw all the flowers on both
sides of the road on one layer. |
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Below is a screenshot of
my Layer Palette to give you an idea of how my layers are laid out. |
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Turn off the grid layers.
Merge the layers - Go to
Layers>Merge>Merge All (Flatten)
Your image is now finished. You will see my
finished image below at the end of this tutorial. |
This is a very simple explanation of how to
find your vanishing point. Simplistically you can think of a vanishing point as
the furthest point of a triangle.
The closer you are to something, the bigger
it appears. The further you are, the smaller it appears.
Using the grid image you created at the
beginning of this tutorial will help get you started with perspectives.
Now the only problem I can see with this
final image is that I am depicting an almost total sunset and it looks bright as
day so, we can add an adjustment layer now.
Right click on the top layer in your Layer
Palette and select New Adjustment Layer and then select Brightness/Contrast. In
the image below I set the Brightness to -75 and the Contrast to 0. You can set
it to whatever pleases you.
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