Wooden Basket

If you notice on my Home Page I live in a Boy Scout Camp so during the summer I am the Handicrafts director and Basketry is one of the things I teach. When I saw the basket of apples being held by the pilgrim girl in Karen's tutorial I fell in love with it.
I emailed Karen and she graciously granted me permission to try and duplicate it.

Thanks Karen
http://www.artists4psp.com/karren/pilgrims/pilgrims.html

©Doodles by LadyFox 10/28/03

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This tutorial was done with PSP8

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	YOU WILL NEED
	Paint Shop Pro Download a trial version here Simple/Quick tile Apple tube I made mine from this tutorial Basic knowledge of vectors and layers
	Remember to SaveOften STEPS - These are the steps I used.
1.	The Wood Tile
	New Image 5 x 100 File/Save As: wood.pspimage Flood Fill with #B36E29 Adjust/Add Remove Noise/Add Noise Noise 59% Uniform: checked Monochrome: checked Image/Resize In the Pixel Dimensions section Width: 4000 Percent Height: 100 In the bottom section: Resample using: Checked pick Bicubic from the drop down window Maintain original print size: not checked Lock aspect ratio: not checked Resize all layers: checked Adjust/Blur/Motion blur Angle: 90 Strength: 45 Effects/Plugins/Simple/Quick Tile Retouch Brush: Smudge Brush Tip: +Default Shape: round Size: 15 Hardness: 48 Step: 16 Density: 50 Thickness: 100 Rotation: 0 Opacity: 61 Sample Merged: not checked Smudge a little more Save Minimize
2.	Make A Custom Line
	Pen Tool Line Style: +solid Click on the Line Style box Click Custom 1. In the First Cap Window Click the drop down arrow Pick: Rounded Click Size: 2.00 2. In the Last Cap Window Click the drop down arrow Pick: Rounded Click Size: 2.00 3. length: 1.00 4. Save as New Name it: rounded
3.	Lets Begin
	New Image: 500 x 400 File/Save As: basket.pspimage Foreground: Null Background Pattern: wood Angle: 90 Scale: 100
4.	The First Slat
	New Vector Layer: center Preset Shape Tool Shape: rectangle Antialias: checked Create as vector: checked Draw a thin rectangle Object Selection tool Click on the rectangle to select Objects/Align/Horz Center in Canvas Pen Tool Simple Mode: checked Mode: Edit Mode Click on a node Right Click/Curve Before Right Click Curve After Use the node arms to adjust the slat as desired
5.	Right Slats
	New Vector Layer: right Draw two more rectangles for slats Object Selection tool Click on the rectangle to select Hold down the Shift Key and click on the right center node, then move the mouse up slightly to skew the shape Pen Tool Simple Mode: checked Mode: Edit Mode Use the nodes to shape as desired Object Selection tool Click on any blank spot to deselect
6.	Left Slats
	Layer/Duplicate Image/Mirror Click the + sign next to the duplicated layer Hold down the Shift Key and click on each of the Rectangle Drag them to the center layer Delete the copy layer Click the + next to the right layer Hold down the Shift Key and click on each of the Rectangle Drag them to the center layer Delete the right layer Now all the slats are on the same layer
7.	Another Wood Tile
	Click on the wood tile Hold down the shift Key and Type D to make a duplicate Minimize the wood tile Click on the copy File/Save As: wood 2 Adjust/Brightness and Contrast/Brightness/Contrast Brightness: -35 Contrast: 0 Adjust/Blur/Motion Blur Angle: 90 Strength: 45
8.	Give The Slats Some Depth
	Layers/Duplicate Layers/Arrange/Move Down Click the + sign next to the copy In the Layer Palette Hold down the Shift Key and Click on each Rectangle to select them all Right click/Properties Click on the Fill box and select wood 2 Note: You will have to turn off the center layer to see the difference Object Selection tool You should see the box around all the slats Click the center node on the Right and pull the box towards the center slightly Click the center node on the left and pull toward the center slightly click the center top node and pull up slightly. Notice the slats now have some depth Pen Tool Mode: Edit Line up the edges of the slats if needed
9.	The Bands
	New Vector Layer: bands Foreground: wood Background Pattern: Null Angle: 0 Scale: 100 Pen Tool Create as vector: checked Mode: Drawing Mode Segment Type: Line Segments Line Style: rounded Width: 8.00 Antialias: checked Hold down the shift key and Draw three straight lines for the bands Change Mode to: Edit Mode Click on one of the left nodes Right click/Node Type/Curve After Click on one of the right nodes Right click/Node Type/Curve Before Repeat for the other four nodes Using the node arms curve the bands so they sort of follow the curve of the top of the basket Since I wanted to fill my basket I did not complete the back section.
10.	Save as a Preset Shape
	File/Save - This is an Important step Object Selector Tool Draw a box around the entire basket Right click/Group Click the + next to the grouped layer Click on Group 1/rename it basket-wood File/Export/Shape New Raster Layer Preset Shape Tool Shape: Basket-wood Retain Style: checked Anti-alias: Checked Draw out a basket to make sure it works If I like the shape I then close my image Without saving again.
11.	Finish Off The Basket
	Reopen and I am back where I was before I grouped things I like keeping a copy in vectors so I do Shift + D Then File/Save as: basket-vectors Then close the copy Back in the original image Click the first vector layer Layers/Convert to Raster Repeat for each vector layer Make bands the active layer Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel Bevel #11 Width: 12 Smoothness: 58 Depth: 4 Ambience: 0 Shininess: 0 Color: white Angle: 315 Intensity: 44 Elevation: 30 Make center the active Layer Apply the above Inner Bevel But change Bevel to: #1 Depth: 2 Repeat on Copy of center Merge the two slat layers Effects/3D Effects/Drop shadow Vertical: -1 Horizontal: 3 Opacity: 50 Blur: 3 Color: Black Bands layer Effects/3D Effects/Drop shadow Vertical: 3 Horizontal: 3 Opacity: 50 Blur: 3 Color: Black
12.	Tube And Fill
	Layers/Merge Visible File/Export/Picture Tube Add a new Raster Layer Layers/Arrange/Move Down Grab your favorite apple tube and fill your basket I put my apples on several layers and applied the same drop shadow as on the bands.
	I Hope You Have Enjoyed This Tutorial