Oriental Tea Set - Saucer

Created August 19, 2002 © Copyright SuzShook
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This is the third of seven tutorials designed to build a genuine Albion Oriental Tea Set modeled after the one my husband purchased in Japan during the Korean War. Hope you enjoy creating your own! As with my last several tutorials, I am continuing to make the tutorial itself very brief, without the customary paths, details, and how-to's. For those veterans among you, this will be a welcome relief! But for those less familiar with PSP, I included a "Glossary" that contains all the details omitted in the tutorial! If you need a little extra help, check the Glossary section! It's on a separate page, so print it if you like, and follow along. To view the Glossary, just click on the button below - the Glossary will open in a new window. The feedback to this method of tutorial writing continues to be extremely positive! I'd really like your opinion, either for or against - please EMAIL ME and tell me what you think! Thanks!

This tutorial assumes you have a working knowledge of Paint Shop Pro at the intermediate level (or advanced beginner level with the Glossary), and is written in and for PSP Version 7. However, all PSP images are compatible with PSP Version 6, and the tutorial will probably work just as well in version 6, with a few adjustments in paths!

Screen shots in this tutorial are resized - your work will be larger than this!

Supplies - For this tutorial, you will need the following:

• Jasc's Paint Shop Pro - you can get the 30-day trial version HERE.



• Dee's gold fold pattern (D_gold fold) - if you don't already have it, you can get it HERE. ~ ~ Unzip into your Patterns folder.



• The Oriental Tea Set images - you can get them HERE. ~ ~ Unzip into the folder where you keep your current PSP work.

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OK, now we're ready to begin! Grab your mouse and let's get started!

Remember to save often!

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STEP 1

Set your foreground style to Null. Set your background style to pattern, and select the D_gold fold pattern, Scale = 100%, Angle = 0. Unlike the first two tutorials in this series, this tutorial does not use selections. You will build the saucer yourself! Open a transparent 400 x 400 pixel image. Flood fill Layer1 with black so that your image is easier to see.

STEP 2

Add a layer, naming it "goldtrim-outer". Activate the Preset Shapes tool with the following settings:

Shape type (Ellipse), Antialias CHECKED, Retain style and Create as vector UNCHECKED,
Line width (1), Line style (#1 Solid)

Holding the SHIFT key down to get a perfect circle, draw an ellipse that is 293 pixels in diameter. Select the ellipse, modify the selection, contracting by 2 pixels, and press the DELETE key.

Keep selected, and save.

STEP 3

Add a layer, naming it "yellowband". Flood fill with a very light yellow - I used #FFFFDD. Add Noise, 9%, uniform. Modify the selection, contracting by 30 pixels, and press the DELETE key.

Keep selected, and save.

STEP 4

Add a layer, naming it "goldtrim-inner". Flood fill with your D_gold fold pattern. Modify the selection, contracting by 2 pixels, and press the DELETE key.

Keep selected, and save.

STEP 5

Add a layer, naming it "white". Flood fill with white. Add Noise, 9%, uniform. Float the selection. Apply a Cutout with the following settings:

Vertical offset (0), Horizontal offset (0), Opacity (23), Blur (32), Shadow color (black)

Deselect and save.

STEP 6

Now let's add the image! I've included the actual Oriental images from my Oriental China Tea Set, taken with my digital camera, but you can use any image you wish! If you are using your own image, be sure to determine the aspect ratio before proceeding so as not to distort the image when it is copied.

Note: For a detailed explanation of making selections using aspect ratios, visit my Making Proportional Selections Tutorial!

Open the ss-smallorientalimage and copy it. This image has an aspect ratio of 2.1203 - we will maintain that aspect ratio in order to prevent distortion.

Returning to the saucer, add a layer, naming it "saucer image". With the selection tool set to rectangle, make a selection in the center of the saucer, watching the aspect ratio (the number in brackets - in the screenshot, it's [1.000]) on the status bar so that it remains close to 2.1:

Once you have your selection, paste the Oriental image into the selection. Deselect. You may need to move the image to get it more centered. Sharpen the image, and apply the following inner bevel:

Bevel (2nd one, top row), Width (13), Smoothness (0), Depth (3), Ambience (17),
Shininess (0), Color (white), Angle (27), Intensity (32), Elevation (40)

Save your image.

STEP 7

We need to add some shading into the center so that it looks like a saucer. Activate the "white" layer. Select all, float the selection, and modify the selection, contracting by 60. Add a new layer, naming it "cutout", and apply the same Cutout as in Step 5, EXCEPT change the Blur to 15. Move this layer above the "saucer image" layer.

Deselect and save.

STEP 8

Just a few more details to go! Activate the "goldtrim-outer" layer, select all, float the selection, and apply the same inner bevel as in Step 6.

Deselect and save.

STEP 9

Repeat Step 8, this time with the "goldtrim-inner" layer.

STEP 10

On the "goldtrim-outer" layer, click OUTSIDE the gold trim with the Magic Wand tool. Add a layer, naming it "shadow", and move this layer to the top. Apply the following drop shadow:

Vertical offset (0), Horizontal offset (0), Opacity (65), Blur (32.1), Shadow color (black)

Deselect and save.

That's it! You've completed the saucer! Merge all layers except the black background, which you can delete, and tube it!

If you want a flattened saucer, use the Deformation tool on the merged layer, moving the top center node down until you have a shape you like. Then apply the following inner bevel:

Bevel (4th one, second row), Width (25), Smoothness (100), Depth (11), Ambience (0),
Shininess (19), Color (white), Angle (357), Intensity (48), Elevation (29)

Here's an image I did with the flattened saucer and teacup!

Now, on to the plate!

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Oriental Tea Set Teacup Tutorial
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Oriental Tea Set Sugar Bowl Tutorial
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