Frax Spider Tutorial

This tutorial is designed for PSP7 also for PSP 6.02 (green text)...
Only one thing you'll need for this project:

FraxLeaf1.zip (tube file)
(click here for download)

For PSP6.02 users, to export it to picture tube:
FraxSpider.psp
(click here for download)

Or you prefer to make your own fraxflame tube??
Here is "How To Do": Open a new image, black background, 550x550
Go to Layers, New Raster Layer, name: Layer1, and click OK
Go to Effects, Plugins KPT5 FraxFlame, find one idential as this one you want and click OK...
Copy and paste as new image, apply drop shadow, resize it to 210x245 (the right size for
this project) and export it to picture tube...

Are you ready for this??? Grab a wine or beer!! ;-)))

Line #1) Open a new image, black background, 550X550
Foreground color: white Background color: black
Go to Layers, New Raster Layer, name: Layer1, and click OK...
(see IMAGE #1 below)

IMAGE #1

Line #2) Click the picture tube icon, select FraxLeaf1
(see IMAGE #2 below)

IMAGE #2

Line #3) Place your cursor in the center of the image and hold your mouse
and left click three x's for better colors...
Click the mover icon, place your cursor on the peak of the FraxLeaf1
to the center (grid: 275,275)
(see IMAGE #3 below)

IMAGE #3

Line #4) Go to Layers, New Raster Layer, name: Layer2, and click OK...
Click the picture tube icon, place your cursor in the center,
hold your mouse and left click three x's...
Go to Image, Rotate, change settings and click OK..
(see IMAGE #4 below)

IMAGE #4

Click the mover icon, move the peak of the FraxLeaf1 to the center...

Before you go on the next steps, you need to change the rotate degrees
on each layers and click the move icon, move the peak to the center (grid 275,275)
repeat as you go on to the next steps... There are 8 layers + Background totals...

Step 4a) Repeat Line #4, on Layer3, change the rotate degrees to 90,
Step 4b) Repeat Line #4, on Layer4, change the rotate degrees to 135,
Step 4c) Repeat Line #4, on Layer5, change the rotate degrees to 180,
Step 4d) Repeat Line #4, on Layer6, change the rotate degrees to 225,
Step 4e) Repeat Line #4, on Layer7, change the rotate degrees to 270,
Step 4f) Repeat Line #4, on Layer8, change the rotate degrees to 315...

Line #5) Go to Layer Palette window,
move Layer2 over Layer3,
move Layer4 over Layer5,
and move Layer6 over Layer7...
(see IMAGE #5 below)

IMAGE #5

The reason you need to do this is
to have yellow areas to show up for better look... ;-))
(see IMAGE #6 below)

IMAGE #6

Line #6) Go to Layer Palette window, click Background,
and click Delete layer icon...
(see IMAGE #7 below)

IMAGE #7

Line #7) Go to Layers, Merge, Merge Visible..
Go to Effects, Reflection Effects, Rotating Mirror
PSP 6.02 users: Go to Image, Deformations, Rotating Mirror
Horizontal Mirror: 0 Rotation angle: 180
Click OK...
Erase the small unwanted area at the top of the image, use eraser icon...
Go to Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow
PSP 6.02 users: Go to Image, Effects, Drop Shadow
(see IMAGE #8 below)

IMAGE #8

Line #8) Go to Effects, Plugins KPT6 Reaction
Inverse Image, Emboss Multiply
Width: 9 Diff: 42%

Go to Edit, copy (Ctrl+C)
Go to Edit, Paste, As New Image (Ctrl+V)
Export it to Picture Tube...

~*~ Voila!!! ~*~

Made two more examples...

"Frax Face"

"Frax Butterfly"