STAINED GLASS
ANGEL

(Dedicated to Barb)

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This tutorial uses a different technique.  You will only see the canvas in the downloaded file.  Everything you need is on the canvas.  Make sure you have your Layer Palette visible.  You will Load from the Alpha Channel (not Selections).

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Open Stained Glass Angel ©2002 Carla Polston canvas and the 3 grey scale glass images.

Duplicate the glass image you would like to use several times. 
Use Colors – Colorize to change to different colors.
You may also want to Colors – Adjust Brightness / Contrast

PREPARING IMAGE

• Click on angel layer on Layer Palette
• Selections – Load from Alpha Channel – angel
• Flood Fill White
• Click on halo layer on Layer Palette
• Selections – Load from Alpha Channel – halo
• Flood Fill White

FILLING WITH GLASS PATTERNS

• Now you will be clicking back and forth between the angel and glass layers of the Layer Palette to fill.

• Choose a glass pattern to put in Foreground and Background Style on Color Palette.  You may change Angle and Size of pattern to get different effects.  Change Pattern to other colors of glass you created when ready.

• Use Magic Wand – Tolerance 10 – Feather 0 and click on a section of the angel layer you would like to fill. 

• Click on glass layer
• Selections – Modify – Expand 1
• Fill with the color pattern you would like to use. Continue in this manner until you have all the sections filled. You can hold down the Shift key to select more than one section at a time. PSP versions above 7 can select the Mode: Add

HEAD

• Selection inside the head on the angel layer
• Click on the glass layer
• Selections – Modify – Expand 1
• Flood fill: White
• Floated (Ctrl F)
Effects – 3D - Cutout
• Vertical (-2)
• Horizontal 4
• Opacity 100
• Blur 30
• Color #AE9438
When completed with color fills, Deselect (Ctrl D)

FINISHING UP

• Click on the angel layer
• Effects – Texture - Sculpture – Jasc Silver setting (change Smoothness to 28)
You may also want to Adjust Brightness / Contrast
• Brightness: 80
• Contrast: 0
• Apply same Sculpture setting to halo (Ctrl Y) on halo layer.

Hope you have enjoyed this tutorial.

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