STEP 1
Set your foreground style to solid, and color to white. Set your background style to pattern, and select the D_gold fold pattern, Scale = 100%, Angle = 0. The selections for each of the parts of this tutorial are saved to the alpha channels in the corresponding PSP image. Open the teapot.psp image. Duplicate the image and close the original so you will have it should you decide to make another tea set. I have added a black background to make the image easier to see as we go along. Don't panic - all the selections are there! You just can't see them yet!
STEP 2
Add a layer, naming it "spout". Load the spout selection from the alpha channel. Flood fill with white. Add Noise, 9% uniform.
Deselect. On the same layer, load the spoutgoldtrim selection from the alpha channel. Flood fill with the gold pattern, 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)
Deselect. Select all, float the selection, invert the selection, and apply the following drop shadow:
Vertical offset (0), Horizontal offset (0), Opacity (65), Blur (13.6), Shadow color (black)
Deselect and save.
STEP 3
Add a layer, naming it "handle". Load the handle selection from the alpha channel. Flood fill with white. Add Noise, 9% uniform.
On the same layer, load the handlegold selection, flood fill with the gold pattern, and apply the same inner bevel as in Step 2.
Deselect. Select all, float the selection, invert the selection and apply the same drop shadow as in Step 2.
Deselect and save.
STEP 4
Add a layer, naming it "teapot". Load the teapot selection from the alpha channel. Flood fill with white. Add Noise, 9% uniform.
Deselect. On the same layer, load the yellowband selection from the alpha channel. Flood fill with a very light yellow - I used #FFFFDD. Add Noise, 9%, uniform.
Deselect. On the same layer, load the goldrim selection from the alpha channel. Flood fill with the D_gold fold pattern, and apply the same inner bevel as in Step 2.
Deselect. Continuing on the same layer, load the goldband2 selection from the alpha channel, filling with the D_gold fold pattern. Apply the same inner bevel.
Deselect. Finally, load the goldbottom selection from the alpha channel, fill with the D_gold fold pattern, and apply the same inner bevel.
Deselect. Select all, float, invert the selection, and apply the same drop shadow as in Step 2 EXCEPT change the Blur to 32.1.
Deselect and save.
STEP 5
Add a layer, naming it "lid". Load the lid selection from the alpha channel. Flood fill with white. Add Noise, 9%.
Deselect. On the same layer, load the lidgold1 selection, flood fill with the gold pattern, and apply the same inner bevel as in Step 2.
Deselect. On the same layer, load the lidgold2 selection, flood fill with the gold pattern, and apply the same inner bevel.
Deselect. Finally, on the same layer, load the finial selection, flood fill with the gold pattern, and apply the same inner bevel.
Deselect. Select all, float, invert the selection and apply the same drop shadow as in step 2, changing the Blur back to 13.6.
Deselect and save.
STEP 6
We need to add one more shadow, and soften a few others!
Activate the "teapot" layer, and add a new layer. Activate the Paint Brush tool, with the following settings:
Shape (Round), Size (10), Hardness (0), Opacity (10), Step (25), Density (100)
Change the foreground color to black and draw a slightly curved line along the indentation at the bottom of the teapot, as indicated in GREEN in the following screenshot:
Apply a Gaussian Blur with a Radius of about 5.00. Hide the "handle", "spout", "lid" and black layers, merge the visible layers, and rename the merged layer "teapot". Unhide all layers.
To clean up any blur that may have fallen outside the teapot, activate the "teapot" layer, reload the teapot selection from the alpha channel, invert the selection, and hit the DELETE key! Deselect.
Activate the Retouch tool, Soften mode, with the following settings:
Shape (Round), Size (11), Hardness (39), Opacity (100), Step (25), Density (100), Mode (Soften)
On the "teapot" layer, lightly soften the shadow between the spout and teapot, and between the handle and teapot, as indicated in RED in the previous teapot screenshot.
Deselect and save.
STEP 7
Almost done - just need the images! I've included the actual Oriental images from my Oriental China Teaset, taken with my digital camera, but you can use any images 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-largeorientalimage and copy it. This image has an aspect ratio of 1.5052 - we will maintain that aspect ratio in order to prevent distortion.
Returning to the teapot, add a layer, naming it "teapot image". With the selection tool set to rectangle, make a selection on the side of the teapot, 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 1.5:
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 same inner bevel as in Step 2.
STEP 8
Open the ss-smallorientalimage and copy it. This image has an aspect ratio of 2.1203, which we will maintain to prevent distortion.
Returning to the teapot image, add a layer, naming it "lid image". With the selection tool set to rectangle, make a selection on the lid of the teapot, watching the aspect ratio on the status bar so that it remains close to 2.1. Be careful to keep this selection between the gold trim on the lid! When you have your selection, paste the smaller Oriental image into the selection. Deselect. You may need to move the image to get it more centered. I used the deformation tool to stretch this one a little sideways. Sharpen the image, and then apply the same inner bevel as in Step 2.
That's it! You've completed the teapot! Merge all layers except the black background, which you can delete, and tube it!
Now, on to the teacup!
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If you have any problems, comments, or questions, please do not hesitate to Email me.
