baby girl

Tutorial by Irene

A very special thank you to Kaz for helping me with this translation

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You will need, my selections, you can download them here. Included in the zip is the face.psp, the hair.psp, and the tile I have used

Let's start!

Remember to save often!

1. Open a new image 341x460 transparent. Add a new layer, call it dress1. Selections>Load from disk 1.sel. Flood fill with the tile included in the zip you downloaded! Selections>Invert and then Effects>3D>Effects>dropshadow with these settings: Colour black

These settings will be repeated during most of the tutorial, with changes in blur and colour.

2. Add a new layer call it dress-detail1, Load from disk 2.sel. Flood fill with white. Selections>Invert and then Effects>3D>Effects>dropshadow with the same settings as above, but change the blur to 5 and the colour to #C0C0C0. Deselect

3. Add a new layer call it right leg. Load from disk 3.sel. Flood fill with #FECBAE Selections>Invert and then Effects>3D>Effects>dropshadow with the same settings as above, but change the blur to 25 and colour to #E4AB90. Deselect.

4. Add a new layer, call it left leg. Load from disk 4.sel Floodfill with same colour and repeat the same for this layer! On the same layer Load from disk 5.sel Flood fill with #FFD6C0, deselect. On the same layer again. Load from disk 6.sel Flood fill with #DE9C7A Deselect

5. Add a new layer, call it neck. Load from disk 7.sel. Flood fill with #FECBAE Selections>Invert and then Effects>3D>Effects>dropshadow with the same settings as above, but change the blur to 15 and colour #E4AB90. Deselect.

6. Add a new layer, call it right arm. Load from disk 8.sel. Flood fill with samme colour,Selections>Invert and then Effects>3D>Effects>dropshadow with the same settings as above. Deselect. On the ame layer, Load from disk 9.sel Flood fill with #DE9C7A Deselect.

7. Add a new layer, call it right sleeve. Load from disk 10.sel. Flood fill with #7C77BB. Selections>Invert and then Effects>3D>Effects>dropshadow with the same settings as above, but change blur to 22 and colour to #433F7D. Deselect.

9. Add a new layer call it right cuff. Load from disk 11.sel. Flood fill with the same colour. Selections>Invert and then Effects>3D>Effects>dropshadow with the same settings as above, but change blur to 10,2 Deselect.

10. Add a new layer, call it hair back. Open the hairback.psp that was added in the zip. Edit>Copy, then close it again. Re-open your image. Load from disk 12.sel, then Edit>Paste>Into selection. Then the back hair should be on its right place. Deselect.

11. Add a new layer, call it left sleeve Load from disk 13.sel. Flood fill with #7C77BB. Selections>Invert and then Effects>3D>Effects>dropshadow with the same settings as above, but change blur to 22 and colour to #433F7D. Deselect.

12. Add a new layer, call it shirt. Load from disk 14.sel. Flood fill with the same colour. Selections>Invert and then Effects>3D>Effects>dropshadow with the same settings as above. Deselect.

13. Add a new layer, call it dress. Load from disk 15.sel. Flood fill with the dress tile. Selections>Invert and then Effects>3D>Effects>dropshadow with the same settings as above, but change the blur to 45 and the opacity to 65, colour black.

14. Add a new layer, call it dress-detail2. Load from disk 16.sel. Flood fill with white. Selections>Invert and then Effects>3D>Effects>dropshadow with the same settings as above, but change the blur to 5 the opacity back to 100 and the colour to #C0C0C0. Deselect.

15. Add a new layer, call it collar. Load from disk 18.sel. (have not any 17 I must have jumped over it) Flood fill with #7C77BB. Selections>Invert and then Effects>3D>Effects>dropshadow with the same settings as above, but change blur to 15 and colour to #433F7D. Deselect.

16. Add a new layer, call it dress-details3. Load from disk 19.sel. Flood fill with white. Selections>Invert and then Effects>3D>Effects>dropshadow with the same settings as above, but change the blur to 5 and the colour to #C0C0C0. Deselect.

17. Add a new layer, call it ball. Load from disk 20.sel. Flood fill with #FF0000. Selections>Invert and then Effects>3D>Effects>dropshadow with the same settings as above, but change the blur to 15 and the colour to #A60000. Deselect. On the same layer Load from disk ball highlight.sel. Flood fill with white. Deselect.

18. Add a new layer call it left arm. Load from disk 21.sel. Flood fill with #FECBAE Selections>Invert and then Effects>3D>Effects>dropshadow with the same settings as above, but change the blur to 22 and colour #E4AB90. Deselect. On the same layer Load from disk 22.sel Flood fill with #FFD6C0. Deselect. On the same layer Load from disk 23.sel Flood fill with #E3A98D. Deselect.

19. Add a new layer call it left cuff. Load from disk 24.sel. Flood fill with #7C77BB. Selections>Invert and then Effects>3D>Effects>dropshadow with the same settings as above, but change blur to 10,2 and colour to #433F7D. Deselect.

20. Add a new layer call it head. Load from disk 25.sel. Flood fill with #FECBAE Selections>Invert and then Effects>3D>Effects>dropshadow with the same settings as above, but change the blur to 20,5 and colour #E4AB90. Deselect.

21. Add a new layer, call it shadow. Load from disk 26.sel Flood fill with #E8B69E, Deselect. On the same layer Load from disk 27.sel Flood fill with #FFD6C0. Deselect Lower the opacity on this layer to 80.

22. Add a new layer ball it ear. Load from disk 28.sel. Flood fill with #FECBAE Selections>Invert and then Effects>3D>Effects>dropshadow with the same settings as above, but change the blur to 10 and colour #E4AB90. Deselect.

23. Add a new layer call it cheeks. Load from disk 29.sel Flood fill with #E89587 Deselect.

24. Add a new layer, call it highlights Load from disk 30.sel Flood fill with white, Lower the opacity on this layer to 90.

25. Add a new layer, call it face. Open the open the face.psp. Edit>Copy. Then close it again. Re-open your image.Load from disk 31.sel Edit>Paste>Into selection. Then the face should be in the right place!

26. Add a new layer, call it hair front. Open the open the hairfront.psp. Edit>Copy. Then close it again. Re-open your image.Load from disk 32.sel Edit>Paste>Into selection. Then the hair should be in the right place!

27. Go to Layers>merge>merge visible, and then with your retouch tool add som shadows on the shirt and the dress with these settings

My turnes out something like this:

Your babygirl is now finished. I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial!

If you have any questions just mail me and ask!

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