Tea Cup Ride Tutorial

Welcome to the Park!
I hope y'all are having a wonderful time during your visit with us today!
Now, take a load off and enjoy the twirling fun of my Tea Cup Ride!

It took many long hours to write this tutorial and put it up for your PSP pleasure.
I ask that you please do not distribute this tutorial in printed form
or to any group without my consent.
Thank You!
Damensha

Now... ON WITH THE TUTORIAL! :)

What you will Need:
JASC's PSP7
My Selection file: teacupsel.zip
Images for your riders
- I used the Prestigious Dame & Gent - You can get them Here
Large glass/cup of your beverage of choice
Snack bites of your choice
(What's PSP-ing without these last two anyway? *G*)

We are going to start with the Tea Cup itself in Part 1,
then put our cups together to make the ride in Part 2.

Open a new image 400x400 transparent background.

LAYER #1 (Plate)
1. Add a new Raster Layer named "Plate".

2.Go to Selections, Load from Disk and open my plate.sel file.
Flood fill with your choice of colors.
(I used the Metallic gradient preset that comes with PSP7 set
at 45º angle. Any bright color will work just as well though)

3. Go to Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel at these settings:

4. Go to Image / flip and apply the Inner Bevel again.

5. Go to Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow at these settings:
(You will use these same settings throughout this Tutorial.)

Your plate will look something like this:

6. Deselect and SAVE

Layer #2 (Handle)
1. Add New Raster Layer named "Handle".

2. Go to Selections, Load from Disk and open my handle.sel file.
Flood fill with plate or contrasting color (I used a dark gray).

3. Go to Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel at these settings:

4. Go to Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel using the same settings.

5.Deselect and SAVE

Layer #3 (Inside Cup)
1. Add a new Raster Layer named "Inside".

2. Go to Selections, Load from Disk and open my inside.sel file.
Flood fill with color of your choice (I used the gradient).

3. Deselect and SAVE

Layer #4 (back rim)
1. Add a new Raster Layer named "Back Rim".
2. Go to Selections, Load from Disk and open my backrim.sel file.
Flood fill with plate or handle color (metallic preset for me).
3. Go to Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel and use the Metallic preset.
4. Deselect and SAVE
Layer #5 (Cup)
1. Go to the Layer Palette and click on the glasses next to the Plate Layer (#1)
to turn it off. Add a new Raster Layer named "Cup".
2.Go to Selections, Load from Disk and open my cup.sel file.
Flood fill with color of your choice (once again I used the gradient).
3. Go to Selections and float. Go to Effects / 3D Effects / Cutout and apply at these settings:

4. Now we can turn all layers on again by going to Layers / View / All.
5. Deselect
6.Go to your Retouch Tool using the settings below to soften the bottom line of the
cup where it attaches to the plate.

7. Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow (same settings)
8. SAVE
Layer #6 (Front Rim)

1. Add a new Raster Layer named "Front Rim"
2. Go to Selections, Load from Disk and open my frontrim.sel file.
Flood fill with same color as used with the Back Rim layer.
3. Go to Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel and use the Metallic preset.
4. Go to Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow using the same settings
5. Deselect and SAVE
Layer #7 (Door)
1. Add a new Raster Layer named "Door"
2. Go to Selections, Load from Disk and open my door.sel file.
Flood fill with your choice of colors (more Gradient for me ).
3. Go to Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel and use the Metallic preset
with a Width of 4 this time.
4. Deselect and SAVE
Layer #8 (Door Trim)
Almost There!!!
1. Add a new Raster Layer named "Trim".
2.Go to your Paint Brush Tool set to dark gray with these settings:

3. Place a dot for the door handle.
4. Change the size of the brush to 2, and draw three "hinges" on the edge of the door.
5. Go to Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel set to the Metallic preset.
6. SAVE
Layer #9 (Riders)
Were you wondering if I was going to bring them along? *G*
1. Add a new Raster Layer named "Riders".
2. I like to put the riders together in a different window then add them in at the end.
Once you get your riders gathered and sized, move this layer down between the
Cup and Back Rim Layers (Layers #4 & #5) so that they will actually be "inside" the cup.
3. Trim off the "extra parts" (namely their bottom halves and any elbows or dress trim that's hanging over the edges of your cup)
4. Make sure all layers are visible and select Layers / Merge / Merge Visible.
5. Go back to your Retouch tool at the same settings as before. Soften the dark lines where the Front and Back Rims meet on each side.
6. Ummm... Don't forget to SAVE IT! :)

YAY! You made it through the first part!
Now would be a wonderful time to take that potty break, and restock those snack supplies! Grab a couple of cookies for me too will ya? :)
When Y'all are ready, we'll move on to making a ride out of this thing!
On to the Ride!