| PAINT SHOP PRO 9 G L A S S E S A LAYERED VECTOR IMAGE TO EDIT DAREDEVIL BEGINNER LEVEL 1 2 3 PAGE 4 |
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| SOME FUN WITH THE VECTOR TUBE SCRIPT
Gary Barton wrote a vector tube script that will place tubed images around a vector object. This means that if you have, let's say, a vector circle and you have a tube of pearls, running Gary's script will put the pearls all around the circle. In some cases, and with the right tube settings, this can produce fun or interesting results. Here is where you download the VectorTube Script in a zip file. Unzip the script to your Scripts-Restricted folder. For my example I have used a twinkle tube from the site KandyKisses that has many twinkle, star and flare tubes. You can download her zipped tubes by clicking on their images. Unzip them to your Picture Tubes folder. To make an easy demonstration, I have started a new image, and below I will be using a simple vector object -two lense outlines- to run the Vector Tube Script on. To copy my steps, drawing any shape yourself in a new image will do. Once you know the steps, you will know how to run the script on the glasses or any other vector object. |
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| Running the script on a vector object - preparations
I used the Ellipse Tool to draw the lense outlines (don't worry about how to shape it as I did). I gave them a stroke but no fill. To do this, switch off the Background/Fill swatch in your Materials Palette before you make your shape (object). 
The Vector Tube Script will only work on Preset Shapes and those drawn with the Pen Tool. All the other shapes (objects) need to be converted to a path first. Right-click in an object to select Convert to path. 
After drawing the vector object, make two duplicates of the vector layer (Layers, Duplicate). These duplicates can later be used as other lense outlines over the effect that the tube has produced. Click on the object in the original vector layer to select it. This way the script will know which object to run on. The Vector Tube Script will only run on (one or more) selected vector objects. 
Next, click on the Picture Tube icon in the Tools toolbar and select a tube from its Tool Options. Do not apply the tube to your vector object. If you do, you will notice Paint Shop Pro needs you to convert the vector layer to a raster layer, and this is not what you want. In the Tool Options for the Picture Tube, select the settings that you think may produce a nice result. Often they will have to be guessed at depending on the size of the object and the nature of the tube. The image underneath shows my settings for the twinkle tube. 
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| Running the script on a vector object
You have a vector object selected to run the script on, you have activated the Picture Tube Tool and chosen a tube, now you need to know where to find the script to run it. If you don't have the Script Toolbar visible as I do (View, Toolbars, Script), you can run scripts from File, Script, Run. Browse to the Scripts-Restricted folder and select the VectorTube.PspScript. Click the Open button to run the script. 
As a result of running the Vector Tube Script, you will see that a raster layer named Stroked Objects has been created above the vector layer. 
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| What the duplicate layers are for
Being on top, the raster layer with the tube would have made the vector shape (mostly) invisible. But this is not the only reason why the duplicates come in handy: now that you can see how the tube stroke looks, you can make it 'surround' a nicely colored or patterned shape. You could also widen the stroke of the shape. In my example, I have given the first duplicate a pattern fill. 
And since the original subject of my Steps is glasses, why not use the second duplicate to give your shape a fill instead of a stroke, and turn down the visibility (opacity) of the layer to create a lense illusion. 
Doing duplicate vector layers with different stroke widths and materials is, as you can see now, also a nice method for making banded objects. 
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| In Conclusion
This was the last page on exploring the nice things you can do by changing vector properties. If you have made it to the end of these steps and you happened to be one of the vector-wary, you deserve a treat: 
I hope you will start experimenting with your own vector shapes. A lot can be done with a simple ellipse or star by adding duplicate layers, different strokes and fills, and maybe a shadow and a tube. Have fun. |
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| © March 2005 - Images and page created by Joske Backer
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