Paint Shop Pro Tutorials [ Interface Design

Metallic Spool Interface
Requirements: PSP5/PSP6/PSP7

	1 Make a 150 x 200, 16 million color document. You can set the background to "any" color. Set your Foreground color to White and Background color to Black
Figure 2	2 Fill the new image with Linear Gradient by using the "Flood Fill Tool" Settings I Used Fill Style = Linear Gradient Blend Mode = Normal Paper Texture = None Match Mode = None Opacity = 100 Click on the Flood Fill Options Tab and follow the same settings as shown below
	3 Click on Colors>Colorize and set Hue=30 Saturation = 80 Draw a "Rectangular Selection" in your image using the Selection Tool using the following settings: Selection Type = Rectangle Feather = 0 Anti-alias = NOT checked
	4 While selection is still active, click on Image>Effects>Cutout Settings I Used Fill Interior Color = NOT checked Shadow Color = Black Opacity = 80 Blur = 5 Vertical and Horizontal Offset = 4 Then, click on Colorize>Adjust>Gamma Correction Set RGB values to .68
	5 Deselect Selection by pressing [CTRL+D] Click on Layers>New>Ok Again, draw a "Rectangular Selection" as shown using the same settings in Step 3 Fill the current active selection with "Linear Gradient Fill" using the same settings in Step 2
	6 Click on Image>Effects>Inner Bevel Set the Presets Value to "Soft Edge" Click on Layers>Properties Change Blend Mode value to Multiply Duplicate the "Ring" by pressing [CTRL+C] then [CTRL+E]. If you made a mistake, just press [CTRL+Z] to undo
	7 Click on Layers>Merge>Merge All Now you're ready to add the text! I used a Haettenschweiler font on the example shown and then apply a Cutout Effect. TIP : It is better to save your image in JPEG format. Under the Save dialog box, click on Options and you can set the JPEG compression quality. How to place a link on each button? Slice Method Image Mapping Technique**