Spirals tutorial
 Paint Shop Pro� 8

First download the goldtwist.zip file by clicking on the image- Goldtwist.zip and unzip the goldtwist.psp file to PSP Sample Images folder. Open it in Paint Shop Pro.

Now go to File/New and make a new image with the following settings: (This will be referred to as Image 1 throughout the tutorial)

Image Dimensions:
  Width: 15 Pixels
  Height 91 Pixels
  Resolution: 200.00 Pixels/inch

Image Characteristics:
  Raster Background
  Color Depth: 16 Million Colors
  Color: White #FFFFFF

 Screen Shot 1
Screen Shot 1

Now you can flood fill Image 1 with a color or pattern of your choice, I just used a blue color (#4601E1).

Next you need to buttonize Image 1 (Effects/3-D Effects/Buttonize) using these settings, actually you can adjust your width, but keep your height at 1.

Height: 1
Width: 7
Opacity: 100
Edge: Transparent

Select your entire image by going go Selections/Select All.

 Screen Shot 2
Screen Shot 2

Ok, now we're going to make another new image with the same settings as shown in Screen Shot 1 except make it 40 wide and 71 high. We'll call this Image 2. Copy your blue bar (Image 1) and Edit/Paste as new Layer on Image 2. Now you have copied your bar onto your new image.

Ok, next you want to open the goldtwist.psp file and go to Edit/Copy then Edit/Paste as new layer onto your Image 2. You might have to move it over to the right a hair by placing your cursor over it and dragging. At this point this is what you should have:

Now you want to make this into a background, right? Ok, now go to File/New and make a new image of width-40 and the height will have to be a multiple of 71, (because your goldtwist image is 71) for instance 142, 213, 284, etc. I used 40-width, 284 height. Select your flood fill bucket and use Image 2 for the flood fill pattern as in the following example:
Choose pattern
from the menu
and proceed to
Screen Shot 4
Screen Shot 3
Screen Shot 3		 Click on pattern to get
to Screen Shot 5
Screen Shot 4
Screen Shot 4		 Click for larger view
Click on the arrow
beside current pattern
select the spiral as shown
in Screen Shot 6
Screen Shot 5
Screen Shot 5		 Click for larger view
 Screen Shot 6
Screen Shot 6

Ok, almost done, make sure white (#FFFFFF)is set for your background color in the Color Palette, and go to Image/Add borders. Use the below settings:

Size in pixels:
  Top: 0
  Left: 10
  Bottom: 0
  Right: 974
Color: White #FFFFFF

 Screen Shot 7
Screen Shot 7

Now pay special attention to the width, when making a background for a WebPage or stationery, your total width should be 1024 for those who have larger screens and view it at a higher resolution, so they don't see a big blank space on the right. At this point you can select your Magic Wand, RGB Value, Tolerance 0, and select the white portions of your background. To select more than one part of a time, hold down on your Shift key while selecting all the white in the picture. You can texturize it or fill it with a color or pattern if you wish. I selected all the parts and simply applied a Sandstone texture by going to Effects/Texture Effects/Texture/Sidewalk 1 giving me this final result:

 

 

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