Rainbow

This tutorial will show you how to make a rainbow in Paint Shop Pro.  If you don't want to follow the tutorial, I have a rainbow script that I released two years ago.

1.  Open up a new canvas that is the same width and height.  My canvas is 1200 x 1200.

2.  Use the custom selection tool to create a 1200 x 100 selection across the bottom of the canvas.

Left = 0
Right = 1200
Top = 1100
Bottom = 1200

3.  Fill the selection with the color, gradient or pattern desired for one band of the rainbow.

4.  Use the custom selection tool to create a 1200 x 100 selection above the previous selection.

Left = 0
Right = 1200
Top = 1000
Bottom = 1100

5.  Fill the selection with the color, gradient or pattern desired for one band of the rainbow.

6.  Repeat  step 3 and step 4 another 3 more times for a rainbow with 5 bands. I have included screenshots of the custom selections for each repeat.

Left = 0
Right = 1200
Top = 900
Bottom = 1000
 

Left = 0
Right = 1200
Top = 800
Bottom = 900
 

Left = 0
Right = 1200
Top = 700
Bottom = 800
 
7.  Ctrl + D to Select None.

8.  Use the Polar Coordinates effect (Effects > Distortion Effects > Polar Coordinates) to create a circle out of the selections.

Rectangle to polar = Checked
Edge mode = Transparent

9.  Crop the canvas to half the size of the original.  Choose the upper half of the canvas.

The rainbow is now complete.

Using any B&W Image as a Mask in PS

This tutorial will show you how to use any black and white image as a mask on a paper in Photoshop.

Supplies:

B&W Heart
Unryu Paper Pack

1.  Open the black and white image in Photoshop.  For this tutorial, I have provided the image of a heart.

2.  Open up your paper.  I am using one of the mulberry rice papers from my Unryu Paper Pack.

3.  If you image is a JPEG, promote the background to a layer (Layer > New > Layer From Background).

4.  Ctrl + A to Select All.

5.  Ctrl + C to Copy the mask image.

6.  Select the paper.  Promote the paper to a layer if it is a JPEG (as in Step 3).

7.  Now it is possible to add a mask layer.  At the bottom of the layer palette, click the 'Add Layer Mask' icon.

8.  A white square appear will appear on the paper layer.  This is the mask thumbnail.  It should be currently selected (as seen by the highlight around the square).

9.  Press the Alt key and click on the mask thumbnail (white square).  Your paper should turn completely white.

10.  Ctrl + V to paste the copied mask into the layer mask.

11.  Press the Alt key and click on the mask thumbnail to switch back to viewing the paper.

12.  The black part of the mask image hides and the white part of the mask image reveals.  I have placed another paper underneath so that the image can be seen better.

Show the Love Blog Train

I haven't done a blog train is a really long time so I thought I would participate in the Starving Artist's Blog Train: Show the Love.  I'm certainly starving, at least.  This is a full-size kit containing:

• 10 papers
• 3 frames
• 3 bows
• 4 buttons
• 4 paperclips
• 4 sequins
• 1 wire
• 1 confetti heart scatter
• 2 vellum hearts
• 3 conversation heart alphas
• 1 heart overlay

I'm sorry for the delay in posting links.  Blogger threw an error when I tried to put in the links and then my cold medication kicked in (yes, I'm sick) and I passed out.  There are two links, one for most of the kit and one for the alphas (since some people only want my alphas).

Show the Love Kit

Alphas

Funky Valentine

I made this for SNL59.  I thought I would share it so that people could use it for Valentine's Day. The kit comes with:

• 4 papers
• 4 overlays (as used in the papers)
• 1 heart arrow
• 1 journalling heart
• 1 frame

Kit

Moss and Bramble Socks

I've been working on writing up the pattern for these socks which I made for my Father-in-Law for Christmas.  The pattern is available as a free Ravelry download.  If you make them in a plain yarn, then the texturing is much more obvious, but I loved this Malabrigo sock yarn and I like how the pattern ends up very subtle due to the variegation in the yarn.

Advent Alpha 24

Ok, here are some sparkly gems to celebrate the end of this year's advent calendar. 

Advent Alpha 24

An old alpha for the Advent Calendar

I think that 4shared has been deleting my files because I'll go to my account and look for a tagger-sized alpha that I made and it won't be there.  Anyways, I liked the suggestion for a snowman alpha, but I don't have time to make one.  So, I'm going to offer up this tagger-sized alpha that I made three years ago.  It is small.  The images are only 0.5 inches in size, but it is 300 dpi, so it is possible to print them.  It uses a tube that I got through a sharing group.

Get the tagger-sized alpha: Snowmen.  And if you want it without the drop shadow, I also have it in gif format.  Yes, it is really old!

Advent Alpha 22

Sorry the day is half over before I could post today's alpha.  I'm really busy with holiday preparations.  I didn't really like this bow alpha, but I don't have time to make something better.  Since I was criticized for making different colors, this one just comes in silver.  You will have to recolor the ugly letters yourself.  The zip is available via Skydrive because 4shared is currently down for maintenance.

Advent Alpha 22

Advent Alpha 21

Taking a suggestion, I tried my hand at making an ice alpha.

Advent Alpha 21

Advent Alpha 20

Here is the last minty Mickey Head alpha.  It is sort of cute.  It is also sort of big because of all the glitter.  I don't think I'll be making a green version.

Advent Alpha 20