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COUNTRY WINDOW
Written in v.11

Software: Ulead PhotoImpact 11
Author: Claudia Conover A.K.A. Dia (Deeya)
Homepage: Dia's Dimensions
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Title: COUNTRY WINDOW

Skill Level: Intermediate: Assumes you know the tools and the 'names' of the tools.

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Featured Tools:
Path Tool - Path Edit
Selection Tools - Transform Tools

Additional files needed:
My Aromatic Cedar Wood Presets (Horizontal & Vertical)
Zip file name is: "dias-countrywindow-presets.zip".

Description: Learn to create a Country Window with old-fashioned, wooden plank doors.

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Import my cedar preset to your EP. If you need help with that please use one of these tutorials.
http://www.debisty.com/tuts/presets101/importing.htm
http://debdehaven-tuts.pircnet.com/snapshots/snapshot-24/

FRAME

1. New Image, white, 700 W. X 600 H.

2. Outline tool, Square, 3D Round, my 'vertical' Aromatic Cedar preset. Draw a square 300 x 300 px. Line width is 8.
Rclick, Align, Center Both.

3. Open the Material box, change the Bevel: to Chisel, (default) and the Bevel Settings: Width (make sure it stayed at 8).

4. Go into Edit mode.
Select the top line and curve it.
Now click out of Edit, and Save.

DOORS

1. Change to the Path tool, Rectangle, my vertical cedar preset. Draw a vertical rectangle 50 x 313 px., and line it up evenly with the window frame on the right side and the bottom of your frame.

Open the Material box, and on the Bevel settings, change the Width to 6. And leave the Depth at 30. Smooth Spine is 'not' checked.

2. Go into Path Edit and curve the top line. Raise the left side up some so you have a downward sloping effect on the top of the board. Keep the bottom of the line straight up and down.

3. Create another rectangle board, 50 x 353 (even with the bottom and long enough so it meets the top height on your last board - adjust length to fit your frame if you have to). Move it over with your arrow on your keyboard till it's just touching the inside of your first board, and Resize till you have it the right length.

Go into Path Edit and curve the top like you did for your first board so it looks like so.

4. Repeat the process in Step 3 once more. (50 x 376 px. adjust to fit your frame.) Don't forget to save.

5. Select all 3 boards, Group.
Click on your Transform, Resize tool and widen to 157 px. wide. The 'Aspect Ratio Lock' needs to be unlocked to widen your set of boards.

HINGES

1. Path tool, 3D Round, create a rectangle 10 x 22 px.
Open the Material box and change the color to Black, and change the Bevel Settings: Width to 4.
Place it halfway on the board, and slide it down part way.
Duplicate it, and move that one down spacing it the same distance from the bottom that you did with the top hinge from the top.
Select both hinges, Group, Align, Center Vertically.
Save.

2. In your Layer Manager grab the grouped hinges and Drag and Drop them to above your frame, but below your grouped boards.

BRACES

1. Draw a long, thin, black rectangle 15 x 152 px.(approximately) to fit across your 3 window boards just shy of the end of the last board.
Line it up near the top of the hinge.

2. Go into Path Edit and at the very end of the brace where the curve starts on the board below it put a node on the top and bottom lines (red arrows), and raise the end like so.

Now line it up near the top of the black hinge if it's not already.

3. Duplicate this piece and using your keyboard arrow keys move it down so it fits on the lower hinge this same way.

COMPLETE DOORS
Rclick, Select all objects except for your frame, Group.
Move this piece to the left side and place on your frame before the chisel line.
Duplicate, Flip Horizontally, and move to the right side in place on the frame.

WINDOW SILL

1. Path tool, 3D Round, Rectangle, my Horizontal Cedar preset, draw one horizontally under the window frame 330 x 36 px.
Open the Material box and set the Bevel Settings, Width to 4 and leave the Depth at 30.

2. Rclick, Arrange, Send this piece to the back.
Slide it up under the bottom of the frame so the "white" spaces on each side of the bottom of the frame/door combination are filled with this board.

3. Select your frame to work on.
Rclick, Convert, change the frame from a Path to an Image.
Create a rectangular Selection to fit over the bottom of your frame like so. Fit the selection to the inside dimensions only. It may take you more than one try to select just the inside part.
Hit the delete key to remove the bottom.

4. Slide the selection down over your Sill board. Select the Sill board and click on Copy.

Slide the Selection back up into place where it was before (basically), and Paste as Object.
Rclick, select None.
You may have to slide the new board up so you can see it.

Resize, Lengthen & narrow the board until it is 315 x 8 px.

5. Select your Frame to work on.
Click on the Clone Brush. In the EP go to your Image Enhancements, Brush, Clone tools, and scroll down and double click on the "Paint Brush" preset.
Your brush settings at the top need to be changed to, Shape: Square or Round, Size: 20 - Transparency: 0 - Soft Edge: 2.
Clone the window frame to the bottom on each side.

6. Click on your new board for the bottom of the frame (the very narrow long one) and click on your Burn tool.
Set your settings at 40 - 100 - 25.
You are going to shade the left end of the board because that is where the shading is on the chisel effect in your frame.
Start at the left end and sweep to the right ending up somewhere in the middle. Make a couple longish sweeps going near the middle, and 3 or 4 very short sweeps near the left end to darken that part more than the middle of the board like so.

7. Click on the Dodge tool using the same settings as for the Burn brush come in from the right end and lighten the board just a little. Dodge some of the center you burned also so it looks sort of like this. Use your best judgement to what you like.
NOTE: In my finished project (not in this capture below) I used the Photo, Light, Brightness & Contrast, bottom left selection, once - to help take some of the orangish/redish effects off the board and more nearly match the shading on the frame.

FINISHING TOUCHES

1. Select both doors and move them down 1 px so they just barely cover the frame bottom board like below.

2. Select the frame bottom board and add a Shadow like so.

3. Rclick, Split Shadow, select it, and move it down 1 px under the frame board.

4. If you haven't moved your sill board up under the frame bottom put it there now (under all the other objects).

ADD A SCENE

1. Use the Magic Wand and click to select the inside of your window dimensions.
Rclick, Expand by 5.

2. Browse your directory for a scene or photo you wish to use. One of your own you've created with stamps or one of your paintings from PINT or PINSA would be great to use here or a photo you've taken and open it.

3. Rclick, Merge all if it's not already.
Copy, and Paste it as object to your country window creation.
Line up what you want in your window using your selection as your guide.
Click on Copy, Paste as object again, and you will have the shape of your window selection right in your selection.
Rclick, Arrange, Send to Back.
Delete picture layer you copied from.

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial!

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