| PAINT SHOP PRO 9 G L A S S E S A LAYERED VECTOR IMAGE TO EDIT DAREDEVIL BEGINNER LEVEL 1 PAGE 2 3 4 |
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| Making property changes Work on a duplicate of the vector image (Window, Duplicate) so you can always go back to the original. The basic glasses shape consists of several objects (parts) spread over multiple vector layers. Some are stroked and filled, some only filled, some only stroked. Also, there are different stroke widths, and different materials for strokes and fills. 
If all the parts had the same properties, it would be easy to select them all with the Object Selection Tool to change their properties in one go... but who would want opaque lenses or a tartan shadow? So until you get to know the matching parts better, it is best to select and change each individually. Let's try this by giving the frame a whole new look. The vector layer called Variation 1 contains a duplicate of the frame without the lenses. Highlight (select by clicking on) the object called New Ellipse in this layer and right-click to access the menu and then Properties. You will see the frame is made up of a stroke that has a width of 2. There is no fill. 
Increase the width of the stroke. You will see it widen in your image. Now click on the material swatch to give the frame a pattern instead of a single color. When the Material Properties comes up, click on the Pattern tab and select a pattern. In my example I have used a native PSP 8 pattern at scale 10. 
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| But maybe the new patterned frame looks too 'flat' for you. Is this better? | |
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To get a similar result, duplicate the Variation 1 layer (Layers, Duplicate). Click on the frame object called New Ellipse in the duplicate layer (this is to unselect the original). Turn down the visibility of the duplicate layer and set it to Luminance Mode. Instead of choosing a pattern for the stroke, now pick a dark/light gradient. Choose Linear Style, multiple Repeats (I used 4), and a diagonal angle.   |
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| After you have done this, activate the New Ellipse object in the layer called Frame&Glasses. Since this object is in a layer below the frame you just changed, you can make it come out on the outside by setting its stroke even wider to add a an edge-like effect.
Find a suitable gradient for the fill (the lenses) that matches the rest of the glasses.  At this point you may say that you would prefer some light shining through the lenses. Lowering the visibility of this layer would take care of that, were it not that the stroke for the frame needs to stay fully opaque. So what you do is this: make a duplicate of this layer (Layers, Duplicate). In the original, turn off the fill. In the duplicate, do nothing except lower the layer visibility. |
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There are still other parts that have to be changed from green to a color of your choice. Most of these parts come in pairs and are in fact two vector objects. This means you can select and change them in one go: in the Layers Palette, hold the shift key while clicking on the object names. |
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| © March 2005 - Images and page created by Joske Backer | |