Christmas Tree Cookie Tutorial This tutorial was made with Paint Shop Pro 6, but can easily be done in Paint Shop Pro 7. You can download a free 30-day evaluation copy of PSP7 HERE. For PSP7: Download this preset tree shape HERE and unzip it into your preset shapes folder. For PSP6 and below (or if you have trouble using the preset shape): Click HERE to download a ready-made cookie image in psp format. Then, skip the first 4 steps. You can download decorative sprinkles for these cookies HERE. Open a new image, 200x200, with a transparent background. Set your forground color to #DEAC7C. Now turn off the background color as well as any texures. The color palette should look like this: Click on your shape tool . Set your tool options to prc_christmas tree shape, line width=5, antialias checked, line style=solid line. Draw a large tree in the middle of your image. Click on the magic wand on the left toolbar . While holding down the shift key, click on the rim of the tree and the inside of the tree. Holding down the shift key will let you click on them both. Click on the flood fill tool . Now left-click inside the tree to color it a cookie color. ** PSP6 USERS START HERE ** On the top toolbar, go Effects/3D Effects/ Outer Bevel. Use these settings: bevel=1, width=9, smoothness=40, depth=3, ambience=0, shininess=62, angle=315, intensity=25, elevation=54 On the top toolbar, click on Selections/Modify/Contract. Contract by 7 when this window pops up. Change the forground color to #00C000 green. Click on the fill tool, then click inside the tree selection to paint it with green icing. Do another outer bevel with the same settings as before (Effects/3D Effects/Outer Bevel). Your image should look like this: Change your forground color to red. With the green icing still selected, click on the paintbrush tool on the left toolbar. Change your tool options to: shape=round, size=3, hardness=100, opacity=100, step=25, density=100. Draw a few zippy lines through the cookie like this: Ctrl+d on your keyboard to deselect. Click on your wand tool on the left toolbar. . While holding down the shift key, click on all of the red lines you just drew to select them all. Let's add a bevel to the icing to make it look like piped icing. Go to Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel. Use the settings: width=1, smoothness=10, depth=5, ambience=0, shininess=65, angle=315, intensity=25, elevation=40. Ctrl+d to select again. All finished! Your cookie should look like this: You can tube your cookie for future use, and to redistribute it. On the top toolbar, click on File/Export/Picture Tube. Since there is only one image to tube, use the settings below. Name your cookie whatever you want. You might want to start adding your initials to the front of all your tubes now, so you (and other people) can keep track of the ones that you made. I use prc_imagename to name my tubes. Here is an award for all of your hard work, you deserve it! You can put it on your website, link it to this website if you want to, or print it out and tape it to your monitor. Note that if you print it out, it is about the size of an address label. Thank you for visiting my site, and I hope you will browse through it more and come visit again! For tubes of sprinkles to decorate cookies and cakes with, Click Here Site Entrance Main Menu Tutorials Menu Email Me Main Menu Tutorials Menu All graphics and content on this web site are the sole property of Tammy C. & Pumpkin Ridge Creations and may not be changed, copied, sold, redistributed in any way, or used without permission of Tammy C. & Pumpkin Ridge Creations. Copyright Tammy C. & Pumpkin Ridge Creations 2000,2001