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Tutorial Date
June 14, 2001
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To make the Tiger Eye stone, here's what you'll need:

Paint Shop Pro  (Screen shots were taken in PSP 6 but the tutorial will work in other versions)

You'll need my ZIP FILE  This contains the copper glitter jpg and the selection for the stone setting. This needs to be placed in your selection folder.

Let's get started:

Open a new image, 100x100 with a transparent background.

With the selection tool set at "Eclipse" draw an oval.


Add a new raster layer and open the Copper Glitter fill and with the flood tool set at pattern, flood fill the selection. DO NOT DESELECT this oval until the very end.

Add a new raster layer. Change your fill style to solid color and flood fill with white.
Then go to IMAGE, EFFECTS, SCULPTURE with these settings:
This is the copper preset but be sure to change the light color to #E07950.

Take the retouch tool with these settings, change the retouch mode to "push", paper texture to "none"

Start from the outside and push the copper to the center slightly, until you have something similar to this:

Then go to IMAGE- BLUR- BLUR
Add a new layer. Take your paint brush set to color black with these settings:

Draw some black lines similar to this:

Go back to the smudge tool with the same settings as before and blend in the lines.

Add a new raster layer. Then go to IMAGE- EFFECTS- CUTOUT with these settings:

Apply the cutout again but change the horizontal and vertical settings to -5.
Add a new raster layer. With your preset shapes set at these settings, color white, draw an oval similar to what's shown:

Take the paint brush with the same settings as before and draw 2 lines here:

Next, go to IMAGE- BLUR- GAUSSIAN BLUR with a 7.00 radius.

Layers, merge visible.
SELECTIONS- MODIFY- EXPAND by 7.
Add a new raster layer and move under your stone layer. Change your flood tool back to pattern, and flood fill with the copper glitter. Then, IMAGE- EFFECTS- INNER BEVEL- with these settings:

Deselect. Merge layers visible. Your stone is finished. You can export as a tube at this point.

You can continue with the stone setting or you can draw your own following The Tilly Garden  tutorial for Simple Drawings. This is how I made my stone setting.

Minimize your tiger eye stone and open a new image 200x200 with a black background.

Add a new raster layer, then go to SELECTIONS- LOAD FROM DISK- and open the Tiger Eye Stone setting_qc selection. Use the flood tool set at pattern and flood fill with the copper glitter. Deselect. Open the tiger eye stone, EDIT- COPY- and paste as a new layer onto the setting. Use the deformation tool to resize the stone slightly smaller, then IMAGE- SHARPEN.

Duplicate the stone layer and move the second stone to the bottom of the setting. Click on the deformation tool again, hold the shift key down and grab the top corners and push toward the center to form a tear drop shape. Then IMAGE- SHARPEN.

Merge all layers visible and you're done. I like the look of it with the black background, but if you prefer a different color change the background before merging the layers and you may need to add a drop shadow too if it's on a lighter color background.

I hope you've enjoyed the tutorial :)