Preset Shape Bug

This tutorial was written for intermediate users of PSP. It will expose you to a few techniques you can do in PSP. I hope you will find it useful and learn some new things. I am using PSP version 9. PSP versions 8 and up should be able to follow the directions. Beginners with knowledge of where their tools are may what to try this. I put some images in to help you. I wish I knew to save all my Vectors in Preset Shapes when I first started creating with them.

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Make sure you Layer Palette is visible (F8).

Create the Preset Ant found HERE
Duplicate (Shift+D) and close original.
Save in PSP format in folder of your choice.

Select the middle section of the body. An easy way to do this is to click on the Mover Tool then click on the middle body section.
Right click on the middle body layer on the Layer Palette - Delete

Click on the bottom section of the body with the Object Selection Tool selected.
Drag out the bottom section of the body to increase the size as shown.

SAVE

Click on the bottom layer on the Layer Palette and drag it down under the head layer.

Wings
Foreground: Null and Background: Your choice
Layers - New Vector Layer
Select - Draw Ellipse
Drag out an elliptical shape for the wing.
Click on Object Selection Tool and rotate up a little
Right click and select Covert to path.


Right click on the wing layer on the Layer Palette - Duplicate.
Click on the duplicated layer on the Layer Palette so that the copied wing in the only one with the bold print.

Use the Mover Tool to place both wings where you want.
You can use the Object Selection Tool to make longer, shorter, wider or narrower if you would like to.
SAVE



Now to save to the Preset Shapes.
Duplicate your original and close. I always try to leave the original as is.
Click on the open bottom layer on the Layer Palette - Right click - Select All. All the layers should be bold face.

Click on any of the sublayers under this layer and drag up. All the layers will move to one.
Right click on any of the bold face layers - Group.

Selections - Select None (Ctrl=D)
. Double click on Group 1 and rename ant(number) or your choice. I usually number them because I have more than one ant in my Preset Shapes library.
File - Export - Shape - Give the same name as above.
Now you should be able to find it in your Preset Shapes.
Before you close the image, check your Preset Shapes to make sure it is there. Then you can close the duplicated image without saving.
If not, you have probably changed where to place your Preset Shapes under File - Preferences - File Locations. If you know how to do this, then I'm sure you know where to go looking for your folder.

Now you can drag it out from the Preset Shapes to what ever size you would like. Rotate to direction you want then detail.

Click on the + by the layer.
Double click on the layer below this.
Click on the Anti-alias box.
Now you have a pixelated image you can work with if you would like to.

Hope you have enjoyed this tutorial.

This tutorial was written on May 3, 2009 and copyrighted to Carla Polston.