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FABRIC BOW
Written in v. 10 +

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

Skill Level: Intermediate to Advanced

Featured Tools:
Path Tools - Path Edit
Magic Wand - Transform Tools

Additional Files Needed:
None

Description: Create a beautiful fabric bow.

This is part three of my floral note card tutorial.

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Bow Side

1. New Image, white, set up like this.

2. Path tool, 2D Object, square, any color - draw one 250x250 px.
Click on Path Edit, Free Edit, on the left line make the two nodes closer together. Keep the line as straight as you can.

Click on the line on the right, and go above and click on the Curve line to bend it. (In v.10 you may have to click back into Free Edit again for each of the times you need to edit below.) Now pull the top handle fairly straight up and out a bit, and the bottom handle in and to the left a bit like this.

Click on the top line, curve it, and pull the left handle down like this, and the right handle down till it's horizontal.

Click on the bottom line, curve it, and pull the left handle up to horizontal and the right handle up and just past vertical to the right.

Click out of path edit and check to see if your lines are smooth with no indents or points sticking out. Mine has a slight point at the bottom and the top right side is too wide.

Click into Edit mode again, and on the top right corner, bring the left handle down a bit, and the right handle up so the handles are straight across from each other like so.

On the bottom right side, for the slight point pull the top handle to the right a bit and the bottom handle down a little like so. Don't forget to save as a ufo file.

3. Click on the Gallery icon in the menu above, and choose the same directory as for version XP. (In XP open the EP, Material Attributes Gallery, Texture and find Pattern 2, double click to apply.)

4. Change the Mode above to 3D, and open the Material box.
Add one (1) light. On the Bevel Settings tab (XP Border/Depth tab) check the Smooth Spine option. You should now have something similar to this.

5. Duplicate and move over to the left side. Leave some space in the center.
Select both halves of your bow. In the menu above Adjust, Resize (XP Edit, Resize) your pieces set up like so. Now select the background layer (XP Deselect all or press Enter).

6. Path tool, 3D Round, Custom shape: Fr39 (XP Wave 2) and same pattern.
Create a bow knot 93x115 px. or wide and long enough to cover the top & bottom edges of your bow plus room to spare. Center this piece between your bow ends by eye. Hide this piece for now.

7. Path Outline, 3D Round, Oval, same pattern, Bevel (XP Border/Depth) Settings - wide 2 and depth 30. Start over the top left side of your left bow and draw an oval horizontally to the end of this side of your bow.

8. Transform tool, Rotate Freely this piece to the right so it lines up with your bow's top edge like so.

9. Click on the Transform tool, Perspective and open the top end and close the bottom end.

Click on the Edit icon, and pull up on the top node handle on the left to make this form.

Now turn the center top node down on the right side a little with the right handle. Grab the node itself and bring it down just a bit to narrow the whole size.

10. Click on your left bow piece and hide it. Get the Magic Wand tool, set up like this.

and click inside the oval to select. Rclick, Expand, Circle, by 2 px., Apply.

11. Select your background (XP select none) go to Edit, Trace Edges, Selection Marquee in the menu above. Accept the default settings and Apply.

In the Mode box, Horizontal Deform, turn to 3D Round, and your pattern 2 should be on it already.

Open the Material box and on the Bevel settings set them for width 2, and 2 for the depth.

On the Shading tab, check the Ambient light box, change the color to white, and set the Strength lever at 100, Apply.

In the Layer Manager drop this piece under your oval outline. Select it and the oval and Rclick, Group.

Turn on the view for your left bow piece. With the Rotate freely tool bring the right end of your oval up to meet with the bow on the right side like this. It may be a bit too wide so feel free to bring the top down a bit to make it more narrow.

12. Duplicate this oval grouping. Turn on the view for your other bow piece. Now flip your oval horizontally and move to the right side over your other bow piece. Turn on all your bow pieces. Select all the left pieces and move left leaving just a little under the knot. Do the same thing to the right pieces.

Now this isn't half bad looking as it is right now, so if you are tired of editing skip down to step 15 and continue on from there. I kinda' think I want my sides to look a bit differently from each other, like a real bow would be, and will continue by creating a new right oval. I want it to look as real it can look.

13. Hide your knot. Delete your right side duplicate oval grouping if you are going to create a new right top for your bow. It's easier to make a simple oval than to edit these pieces to match each other. :)

Click on the Path Outline tool and draw an oval 201x75 px. Rotate to match the angle of your bow. Bring it down to match over your bow. If you need to resize it a bit you can.

Click into Edit, and close up the handles on the left end to a soft point.

Close the right end up a bit and bring the bottom center up and the top center down. Now pull the left end top handle up and to the right just a little to make this shape. It doesn't have to be exact as all bows are not alike. :)

14. Turn off the view to your bow itself, and select the Magic Wand tool. Select the middle of your oval, Rclick, Expand Circle, by 2 and Apply.

Select your background object (other versions deselect all). Go to Edit, Trace Edges, Selection Marquee in the top menu. Accept the default settings, and Apply. Turn the Horizontal Deform to 3D Round, and your settings should be already set and matching your left center piece. (In other versions if it isn't use the instructions you used for the first oval center above, and apply.)

Drag this oval center under your oval outline, and group. Turn your knot view on and adjust your pieces so they look like this.

15. Now your knot on the left may be a bit high on the left side depending on how low you went with your oval, so get the Transform tool, Deform and just bring this side down a bit.

16. Path tool, 3D Round, Rectangle, make one 245x100 px. Edit the left end of this piece by Adding a node in the center of the left line, and bringing in the center node to form a point like this.

Rclick, Arrange, Send to back. Rotate this piece by 30 degrees to the left, and position it under the knot of your bow.

Duplicate this piece, flip horizontally, Send to the back and position it on this side.

Duplicate these two straight pieces, Flip upside down, Send to back, and adjust like so. Watch these points to make sure you are inside the knot area on all four corners.

17. Select the knot piece and add this shadow.

Rclick, Split the Shadow. Click on it and get your Eraser brush, default settings. Go around the outside to erase what is around the top and bottom edges against the white background.

Add Shadows to your left and right bow sides, Split, and Erase what is against the background.

Feel free to adjust the side pieces in a bit more if you feel the bow is a bit too long. Readjust the the pieces so they all fit under the knot corners and the shadows are erased where they show up now. :)

I hope you have enjoyed my tutorial!

Feel free to contact me if you get stuck and need help!

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