Clematis

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For this tutorial you will need Jasc PSP 9 . This was written using 9 but it can be done in 8 or 7 with a few adjustments.

Below is the smudge settings I used.

Air brush settings.

For those that know how to make there own vector shapes please feel free to make your own. I have a hard time explaining how I draw  things. I love to draw and paint but hate trying to explain how I draw them.  LOL  So for those that don't like to make the vectors you can get my alpha-channel canvas here.

" I like to do my shading all on one layer. In the layer palette click the lock  to lock the transparency.

 Open alpha channel canvas and load bud 1 alpha channel flood fill with color 1. Use color 2 and 3 for shading. Air brush as in screen shot for bud.  Darker color on left and light one on right, mix them both at the top. It doesn't have to be perfect we will add some darker shading after we get the stem part on.  Do the same for bud 2

 Load stem 1 flood fill with first color in second row. Use 2 and 3rd colors for shading. Apply cut out horizontal and vertical 0, opacity 100, blur 4, use 2nd color for shadow color. Air brush in spots along the stem. Doesn't need to put a lot just a little here and there. Smudge to blend. Use 3rd color for end of stem by bud as in screen shot. Smudge Click on bud1 and use 4th color and draw some lines as in second screen shot.   Do the same for stem 2.

Load stem 3 flood fill with first color. Use second color for shading. Apply same cutout as before. Air brush on left side of stem darker than one the right side. Smudge to blend. Do the same for the rest of the stem layers.

Load leaf 1 and flood fill with same color as stems. Use first color on leaf colors as in first screen shot below. Air brush color 2 as in second screen shot. Smudge to blend these 2 colors. Air brush color 3 as in 3rd screen shot then smudge to blend.

Use color 4 as in screen shot below smudge to blend. Use 6th color to go around the edges on the bottom lighter colors. Use 4th color to go around the top darker edges.

 Load leaf 2 alpha channel, flood fill with same color as leaf 1. We are basically going to do the same as we did for leaf 1. The first screen shot I used the 1st and 2nd color on chart. Smudge to blend. Use colors 3 and 5 for the next step, smudge to blend. Use colors 4 and 6 for the 3rd screen shot. Use color 6 around the bottom edges in the light areas and color 4 for the top dark areas.

Load leaf 3 alpha channel, flood fill with color as other leaves. Use color 1 and 3 for shading as in screen shot. Smudge to blend. Use colors 4 and 6 for shading on second screen shot. Use color 3 for high light on top edge.

Load leaf 4 alpha channel, Use colors 1 and 3 for shading as in screen shot below. Use 4th and 7th colors as in screen shot. Use color 6 around edges.

Load leaf 5 alpha channel. Use colors 1 and 2 for shading as in screen shot.  Use 3rd and 7th as in second screen shot. Use 4th color as in 3rd screen shot.

Load leaf 8 alpha channel. Use colors 2 and 3 as in screen shot. Smudge to blend.  Use color 8 as in second screen shot. smudge to blend. Use color 6 and go around edges of light areas, color 8 for darker edges.

Whew all the leaves are done.

Load petal 1 alpha channel. Flood file with first color on flower color chart. Set foreground to 2nd color and back ground to 3rd color. Use air brush and paint as screen shot.  Smudge to blend. Change colors to the 4th and 5th on the chart. Paint as in second screen shot. Smudge to blend. Use color #afa08e on the edges

This is how my petal came out.

Do the same for the rest of the petals.

Load petal 2 alpha channel. The first screen shot I used the 2nd and 3rd colors. The second screen shot I used the 4th and 5th colors. smudge to blend.  Use color #afa08e on the edges

Load petal 3 alpha channel. The first screen shot I used the 2nd and 3rd colors. The second screen shot I used the 4th and 5th colors. smudge to blend.  Use color #afa08e on the edges

Load petal 4 alpha channel. The first screen shot I used the 2nd and 3rd colors. The second screen shot I used the 4th and 5th colors. smudge to blend.  Use color #afa08e on the edges

Ok now all the petals are done. That wasn't too bad was it?

Click on the first petal layer add new layer. Use the 5th color and spray a shadow as in screen shot. Smudge to smooth color. Gaussian blur 2 to 4 you can also lower the opacity from 50 to 75. Play with the settings till you get it the way you want. Do the same for petal 2 and 3.

Now we need to make a couple centers. I for got to make the alpha channels so you are going to have make the centers. No grumbling it isnt hard to do.

Add new vector layer. Choose ellipse preset shape. Set foreground color to nil and background color to #54352F.  Make a center as in screen shot below.

 Convert to raster layer when you get it like you want it.

Add new vector layer and move it below the center you just made. Click on the pen tool  size 1.50, click on the point to point and uncheck the connect segments, create on vector and show nodes checked. Set foreground color to #7b4c2d and background set to nil. Click and hold down mouse and move straight up just a little. Let go of mouse and move up and over to right click and pull to the right a little as in screen shots. Go all the way around center as in screen shot 3. You should have about 11 lines.  Click on the apply button   Change the foreground color to #54352F and the size of the pen tool to 2. Go around the center inbetween the other lines as in screen shot.  Convert to raster layer.

Click on the center circle lock the layer transparency. Air brush a little color #c7742b and #7b4c2dv. Then apply eye candy 3 jiggle setting

That's all there is too it.

Hope everyone had fun with this. If you need any help just ask.

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October 2, 2004

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