Create a Room Screen in PSP 7

This tutorial uses PSP7 and EyeCandy if you like, for perspective shadow.

You will need my bars image. I have included the image I have used for my 2nd screen also.

Zipped below

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You will need a fairly large image to work from. At least 450 wide X 400 long for this screen with bars. You could also resize my bars image smaller, if you wish to make a smaller screen, and adjust your selection measurements accordingly.

You can it 3, 4 or 5 panels long. Mine will be 5.

Other variations could be to use a texture fill in your panel selections, or even a solid light colour, as in the above image, instead of using a graphic.

Are you ready? Here we go!

Start with a transparent image 600 X 450. Open your image you will be copying into the screen and make it active.

Click on the selection tool twice to open up the control panel. Choose these settings for the first panel section.

Edit/copy and paste as a new layer into your new image. Move it up to the top left.

Using the selection tool, double click again and choose these settings for the second selection:

Paste it into your room screen image and line it up so it is even at the top, and just a few pixels away from the previous panel. (We will be putting hinges in between each panel later).

Repeat the above step, and use these settings in the control panel for the 3rd panel:

Repeat again, this time for our 4th panel, using these settings:

Repeat a final time for the 5th panel, using these settings:

You can exclude the following bars steps, if you just want to leave your screen plain, and move onto the hinges (#4) below.

But, for more fun and detail, here's what you do:

To add the bars onto the panels

Open up the bars.psp image. You can select them and change the colour or add a wood texture if you like. I also added a slight drop shadow. (offsets at 1,1, and opacity around 55, blur 4.7) Copy the bars (edit/copy).

Paste as a new selection, your bars onto each of the five panel layers. Click on your first layer, paste the bars as new selection, Go to 2nd layer, paste as new selection, etc. for each layer. Select none once you are done. Carefully line them up onto the image of each panel. Be sure you have enough room between the panels to add hinges. Move each panel using mover tool, and magnify your image to be sure the top edges are even. Keep them 2 or 3 pixels apart.

Now, if you want to add some dimension to your screen, go to layer 1, apply deformation to move the top right corner and lower right corner upwards. (Use shift, move cursor to the corners).

Do this to whichever panels you choose, be sure the corners meet closely.

Merge all visible layers. Add a new layer.

Draw a single white line using the draw tool, width of 4. Using the magic wand, click on the line to select it. Apply Blade Pro preset. Add a small drop shadow. (offsets of 1,1, opacity 50%, blur 4.7)

Copy and paste as new selection onto the lower part of your first panel. Copy this layer and paste onto the other hinge areas of your panels.

Merge all visible, add a new layer, move it to the bottom and fill with colour or texture of your choice.

Go to your merged layer and add a drop shadow or perspective shadow, I like Eye Candy's.

And here is the final creation:

I hope you had fun :)

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