Alabaster Egg

1.  Download the KPT5 or the EC4000 files and put the files in the appropriate folders
    Unzip:  AlabsterEgg-EyeCandy4000.zip to your Eye Candy 4000/\Eye Candy 4000 Settings/Glass folder
    Unzip:  AlabsterEgg-KPTshapeshifter.zip to your KPT5/presets/ShapeShifter folder

2.  Open PSP version 7 or higher

3.  Open your EggMasterTEMPLATE, you will see an empty selection;  the selection is saved to alpha channel so it can be re-loaded . . .
    * To re-load, do  Selection menu/LoadSave Selections/Load from alpha channel


4.  Hold SHIFT key and press D to duplicate the image

5.  Close the original template

6.  Choose a pattern, gradient or paint color and flood fill your egg


7.  Add a new layer for an image . . . DESELECT the Selectio . . .  hold down CTRL  while pressing D


8.  Size an image of choice to 300 pixel in height and put it on the new layer


9.  Add drop shadow if you want it . . . V & H = 1, Opacity = 60, Blur = 5, Color = dark

10. Add a new layer for text


11. Deselect selection . . . CONTROL key and D

12. Add text


13. Add drop shadow if you want it . . . V & H = 1, Opacity = 60, Blur = 5, Color = dark

14. Merge layers visible


15.

16. Load glass filter of choice
    KPT5 Shapeshifter:  Load preset 'csgAlabasterEgg' and apply to your egg




    EC4 Glass:        Load setting 'csgAlabasterEgg' and apply to your egg


            Load the smudge brush and gently smooth the highlight area




17: INVERT selection


18: Add new layer for drop shadow so you can adjust the opacity if you want to


19: Add drop shadow with these settings using black or a dark color of choice


20: Adjust the Layer opacity setting if you want . . . I don't want to
        * the reason for this final step is to add dimension to your globe.  You may need to do it more than once . . .  only your own eyes will be the judge of that
        * note about your shadow color:

             While you have the Drop Shadow settings window open, you might want to click on the Color and open the color selector . . . and pick up a darker color from your egg, then going straight up, click on a darker (almost black) shade of that color.
         

I  marked the color selected in the left picture and the color I move it to ine the right picture so you can see that once I picked up a medium color from the egg part of the image, I clicked high into the dark to get my shadow color . . . just thought it might help give a more realistic coloring . . .

21: INVERT the selection one last time and crop . . . SHIFT key and R
    You can see the difference between the two eggs when they are side by side
    The EC version doesn't look as well rounded and the highlight is a different shape the image on the egg is sharper because the KPT egg has a more milky look which I prefer;  others will prefer the EC one

22: Merge visible and re-size your egg to 300 pixel height or what you want

23: Apply Sharpen one time


24: Save your egg to psp format for repeated use

25: For later use you can put the egg on a larger canvas, rotate and add an EC Perspective shadow . . . as I did here, or leave it as is . . .
        That's it, youre finished


SHOWCASE

Close Window when Finished.

Tutorial by CSGreen, March 5th 2006

* I do not generally compress my graphics but for the sake of loading time - the tutorial graphics are compressed!