Posing Girl Paint Shop Pro Tutorial

Posing Girl

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*Do not copy this tutorial. Do not direct link to the graphics in this tutorial. TEXT LINKS back to this page are ALWAYS welcome!

Starting out:
*You will need: Paint Shop Pro 7.04 or higher.

*The zip file is here.

Open the Posing Girl and Leather psp files provided.

Selections will be opened by going to Selections > Alpha Channel

** 01 - Hair Back

Make the Hair Back layer visible.

** 02 - Shoes

Highlight layer Shoes.
Load the Shoes selection.
Flood fill with the color: #000000 (Black)

SAME LAYER -- Load the Shoe Highlights selection.
Flood fill with the color: #FFFFFF (White)

** 03 - Socks

Highlight layer Socks.
Load the Socks selection.
Flood fill with the color: #8C378D

** 04 - Legs

Highlight layer Legs.
Load the Legs selection.
Flood fill with the color: #F8D1C8

SAME LAYER -- Load the Legs Dark selection.
Flood fill with the color: #EB745D

** 05 - Shorts

Highlight layer Shorts.
Load the Shorts selection.
Flood fill with the Leather pattern provided. Scale: 100 || Angle: 0

SAME LAYER -- Load the Shorts Dark selection.
Brightness/Contrast with these settings:
Brightness: -100 (minus 100) || Contrast: 0

SAME LAYER -- Load the Shorts Light selection.
Brightness/Contrast -- change Brightness to 100.

** 06 - Shorts Cuffs

Highlight layer Shorts Cuffs.
Load the Shorts Cuffs selection.
Flood fill with the color #000000 (Black).

** 07 - Top

Highlight layer Top.
Load the Top selection.
Flood fill with the color: #8C378D

SAME LAYER -- Load the Top Dark selection.
Brightness/Contrast -- change Brightness to -50 (minus 50).
SAME LAYER -- Load the Top Light selection.
Brightness/Contrast -- change Brightness to 50.

** 08 - Inner Sleeves

Highlight layer Inner Sleeves.
Load the Inner Sleeves selection.
Flood fill with the color: #39073B

** 09 - Neck

Highlight layer Neck.
Load the Neck selection.
Flood fill with the color: #F8D1C8

SAME LAYER -- Load the Neck Dark 1 selection.
Flood fill with the color: #EB745D

SAME LAYER -- Load the Neck Light selection.
Flood fill with the color: #E8E4E2

** 10 - Head

Highlight layer Head.
Load the Head selection.
Flood fill with the color: #F8D1C8
Keep selected and apply the following Drop Shadow:
Vertical: 1 || Horizontal: 0 || Opacity: 100 || Blur: 3.7 || Color: #86592B

** 11 - Face

Make the Face layer visible.

Note: This face is only to be used with this image.
I would encourage you to try making your own face.

** 12 - Hair Front

Make the Hair Front layer visible.

** 13 - Thumbs

Highlight layer Thumbs.
Load the Thumbs selection.
Flood fill with the color: #F8D1C8

SAME LAYER -- Load the Thumb Shading selection.
Flood fill with the color: #EB745D

** 14 - Hands

Highlight layer Hands.
Load the Hands selection.
Flood fill with the color: #F8D1C8

SAME LAYER -- Load the Hands Light selection.
Flood fill with the color: #FFFFFF (White)

SAME LAYER -- Load the Hands Dark selection.
Flood fill with the color: #EB745D

** Possibilities...

You can make it so that she's holding an item in her hands.
Just put the item on a layer *between* the Thumbs and Hands layers.

It is very important that you pay attention to the width of the item.

Hands

You can also have her holding something in her arms.
Just put the item on a layer *below* the Thumbs layer.

Arms

The End!

I hope you enjoyed making the Posing Girl!
* This posing girl is a 100% original creation by Kristina at greatkris.com *

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You do not have permission to take any of these graphics.

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