You will need:
PSP -
Get it at http://www.jasc.com/
Reflet - Get it at http://www.photofiltre.com/
The Sabanci Mosque image. Download it here
Notes:
This tutorial may NOT be posted or copied to any other website!

You will need a basic knowledge of PSP.
You may use the images on this page.
Read the terms of use on the * FAQ* page.
Save your work often.

Lets begin!

1. Open MS Paint to create and edit drawings. Resize page to your need / select pencil and draw an image / enlarge the image and correct it pixel by pixel until you get a fine image. Save it as a B&W 24-bit Bitmap file.


2. Open the image in PSP. Hold down your Shift Key and hit the D Key to duplicate the image. Close the original. We will work with the copy.

3. Go to Layers / Promote to Layer. Select the black using the Magic Wand . Flood Fill the selection with Textures (solid color, gradient, pattern) / Add an Inner Bevel by going to Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel / Drop Shadow by going to Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow.

4. Select the background using the Magic Wand / Hit delete button. Now you have a transparent background. To save, go to File / Export / GIF Optimiser. Tick Existing Image or Layer Transperency / OK.

5. To rotate colors in an image: Go to File / Jasc Software Products / Launch Animation Shop. Open your image / Go to Effects / Insert Image Effect / Rotate Colors. Using these settings: Start with: Animation Frame, Effect Length: 1.2 secs, Frames: 5 fps, / Click OK.


6. Open Sabanci Mosque image in PSP. Duplicate / close original. Go to Effects / Artistic Effects / Colored Chalk. Using these settings: Detail=10, Opacity=50, click OK.

7. Go to Colors / Negative Image / OK.

8. Copy B&W image / Right click on the Mosque image / Paste as Transparent Selection / Flood Fill the selection with blue Gradient / Add an Inner Bevel by going to Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel / Drop Shadow by going to Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow. You may add border by going to Image/Add Borders/Symmetric"3".


9. Open Sabanci Mosque image / Duplicate / close original. Go to Effects / Artistic Effects / Enamel. Using these settings: Blur=3, Detail=22, Density=30, Angle=95, Color= #323232 / click OK.

10. Click on the layer palette / Duplicate. Delete the first layer / Add a new layer / OK. Click on the tube brush / Add Globe picture tube.

11. Use Magic Wand to highlight the edges. Click on Selections-Invert / Then Modify- Contract (2 Pixels). Invert. Click on the layer palette / Click the background layer now. Hit the Delete button. Add a Picture tube base to the globe. Save as .GIF in existing image transperency.


12. Open your Mosque image in Reflet / Click Animate. Save in GIF format using these settings: Images=5, Hauteur [%] 35, Perspective. (check image originale et reflet / 64 colors)

That is all there is to it! Easy Huh?
Be Advised that Facts, concepts ideas and styles are not protected by copyright. You can create your own images in any calligraphy style.



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