Child's Wall Tidy

Child's
Wall
Tidy
Tutorial

Children can be helped to keep their rooms tidy with a simple Wall Hanging.
In this they can keep all their favorite toys.
If you wish to use my "Clown tile", right click on the tile and save to your hard drive, or select a tile background of your own.
This tutorial was designed in PSP 6.02 and can be completed in other versions with some adjustment. Have fun.

Level of difficulty: Intermediate

1. Open new image, width="350" height="350", 16.7 million colors, White.
Click on the "Color Options pallet." Change your background color to Dark Green ["#004000"] and your foreground color to beige. ["#FFE4B5"].

2. Add a new layer and name it "rod." Click on your "Preset Shapes Tool," open your "Tool Options Pallet" and select the following settings. "Rounded Rectangle; Filled; Antialias=checked."

3. Start at co-ordinates W=20 x H=20 drag down and across until you reach co-ordinates W=330 x H=30.

4. Click on the "Magic Wand Tool," open your "Tool Options Pallet" and click on the "Rod shape." The "Marching Ants will surround the "Rod."

5. Go to "image/effects/sculpture" with the following settings: "Presets=Pine; Size=100%; Smoothness=6; depth=5; ambience=0; shininess=0; color=white; angle=315; intensity=50; elevation=20." Click Ok.
6. Click on the "Layers Option Pallet." You will have 2 layers in the Tool Options box." The Background layer or "Layer 1" and the "Rod layer." Add a new layer and name it, "Wall hanging."

7. Click on the "Color Options pallet." Change your foreground color to Dark Green ["#004000"] and your background color to beige. ["#FFE4B5"].

8. Click on your "Preset Shapes Tool," open your "Tool Options Pallet" and select the following settings. "Rounded Rectangle; Stroked and Filled; line width="5"; Antialias=checked."
9. Start at co-ordinates W=30 x H=50 drag down and across until you reach co-ordinates W=320 x H=330. Release the mouse button.

10. It is time to save your work. Go to "File/save" and save your work in .psp extension. I have named mine "walltidy.psp".

11. Click on the "Magic Wand Tool," open your "Tool Options Pallet" and click on the biege inside of the "wall hanging." The "Marching Ants" will appear. 12. Open the "clowns tile" image that you saved to your hard drive.
13. Click on the "Flood Fill Tool" and in the "Tool Options Pallet," change the "Solid Color" to "Pattern." 14. Click on the center "Tab" and scroll down until you find the "clowns" tile. Click in the center of the "Marching Ants" on the "Wall hanging." The "clowns" tile will flood fill the center beige of the "Wall hanging."

15. Click on the "Layers Option Pallet." You will have 3 layers in the Tool Options box." The Background layer or "Layer 1", the "Rod layer" and the "Wall hanging" layer. Add a new layer and name it, "pocket1."

16. Click on the "Color Options pallet." Change your background color to Dark Green ["#004000"] and your foreground color to beige. ["#FFE4B5"].

17. Click on your "Preset Shapes Tool," open your "Tool Options Pallet" and select the following settings. "Rounded Rectangle; Filled; line width="5"; Antialias=checked."
18. Start at co-ordinates W=40 x H=90 drag down and across until you reach co-ordinates W=90 x H=150.
19. Make sure that you are still on the "Pockets1" layer. Click on the "Magic Wand Tool," open your "Tool Options Pallet" and click anywhere on the backgound outside of the "pocket." The "Marching Ants" will appear. Go to "Selections/invert," click Ok. The "Marching Ants" will now surround the "Pocket."

20. Deselect. Go to "selections/select none," click Ok. [or press the keys "cltrl+d"]

21. Click on the "Selections Tool," open your "Tool Options Pallet" and choose "ellipse."

22. Place the cursor in the center and just above the top of the "Pocket." Drag the "ellipse" down and out until you have a slight "scoop" out of the top of the "Pocket." Click on the "delete" key or go to "Edit/cut" and click Ok. Deselect.

23. Click on the "Magic Wand Tool," and click anywhere on the backgound outside of the "pocket." The "Marching Ants" will appear. Go to "Selections/invert," click Ok. The "Marching Ants" will now surround the "Pocket."
24. Go to "Image/effects/drop shadow" and apply the following settings. "Color=black; Opacity=100; Blur=7; Vertical=2; Horizontal=2." Click Ok.

25. Repeat this step with the same settings, only change the Horizontal= -2 [minus 2]. You will now have a small shadow surrounding the "Pocket." Click Ok. Deselect.

26. Click on the "Magic Wand Tool," and click anywhere on the background outside of the "pocket." The "Marching Ants" will appear. Go to "Selections/invert," click Ok. The "Marching Ants" will now surround the "Pocket" including the "shadow effect."

27. Go to "Edit/copy" and click Ok.

28. Click on the "Layers Option Pallet." You will have 4 layers in the Tool Options box." The Background layer or "Layer 1", the "Rod layer", the "Wall hanging" layer and "pocket1" layer. Add a new layer and name it, "pocket2."
29. Go to "Edit/paste/paste as selection." Click Ok. Click on the "Mover Tool" and position this second "pocket" on the right hand side of the "Wall hanging."

30. Repeat steps 28 and 29 for "pocket3" layer and "pocket4" layer and position the 2 new pockets equi-distant between the 2 outside pockets.

31. Click on the "Layers Option Pallet." You will have 7 layers in the Tool Options box." The Background layer or "Layer 1", the "Rod layer", the "Wall hanging" layer, "pocket1" layer, "pocket2" layer, "pocket3" layer and "pocket4" layer.

32. Turn off the "background layer" [layer 1], the "Rod" layer and the "Wall hanging" layer. Go to "layers/merge/merge visible." Turn the "background layer", the "Rod" layer and the "Wall hanging" layer back on again. Make sure that you are still on the new "merged layer." Right click on this layer and in the box that "pops up," click on "properties" and rename the layer, "Top Pockets." Go to "File/save" and save your work in .psp extension.

33. While still on the "Top Pockets" layer, click on the "Magic Wand Tool," and click anywhere on the background outside of the "Top Pocket." The "Marching Ants" will appear. Go to "Selections/invert," click Ok. The "Marching Ants" will now surround the 4 "Top Pockets" including the "shadow effect." Go to "Edit/copy.

34. Add a new layer and name it, "Center Pockets." Go to "Edit/paste/paste as selection." Click Ok.

35. Click on the "Mover Tool" and position this second "pocket" set in the center of the "Wall hanging."
36. Add a new layer and name it, "Bottom Pockets." Go to "Edit/paste/paste as selection." Click Ok.

37. Click on the "Mover Tool" and position this third "pocket" set at the bottom of the "Wall hanging."

38. Click on the "Layers Option Pallet." You will have 6 layers in the Tool Options box." The Background layer or "Layer 1", the "Rod layer", the "Wall hanging" layer, "Top Pockets" layer, "Center Pockets" layer, "Bottom Pockets" layer.

39. Turn off the "background layer" [layer 1], the "Rod" layer and the "Wall hanging" layer. Go to "layers/merge/merge visible." Turn the "background layer", the "Rod" layer and the "Wall hanging" layer back on again. Make sure that you are still on the new "merged layer." Right click on this layer and in the box that "pops up," click on "properties" and rename the layer, "Pockets." Go to "File/save" and save your work in .psp extension. Click Ok.

40. While still on the "Pockets" layer, add a new layer and name it, "Tab1."
41. Click on the "Color Options pallet." Change your foreground color to Dark Green ["#004000"] and your background color to beige. ["#FFE4B5"].

42. Click on your "Preset Shapes Tool," open your "Tool Options Pallet" and select the following settings. "Rounded Rectangle; Stroked and Filled; line width=5; Antialias=checked."

43. Start at co-ordinates W=30 x H=10 and drag down and across until you reach co-ordinates W=90 x H=70. Release mouse button.
44. Click on your "Paint Brush Tool," open your "Tool Options Pallet" choose the following settings. "Round; Size=10; Hardness=81; Opacity=100; Step=26; Density=100."

45. Position the brush tip in the center and just above the bottom Dark Green border of the "tab" making a round "Dark Green Button."

46. Click on the "Selections Tool," open your "Tool Options Pallet" and choose "Rectangle; Antialias=checked."
47. Start at co-ordinates W=50 x H=5 and drag down and across until you reach the co-ordinates W=100 x H=20. Click the "Delete" key or go to "Edit/cut."

48. While still on the "Tab1" layer, click on the "Magic Wand Tool," and click anywhere on the background outside of the "Tab1." The "Marching Ants" will appear. Go to "Selections/invert," click Ok. The "Marching Ants" will now surround the "Tab1." Go to "Edit/copy.

49. While still on the "Tab1" layer, add a new layer and name it, "Tab2." Go to "Edit/paste as selection."
50. Click on the "Mover Tool" and position this second "Tab" in the center of and level with top of the "Rod."
51. While still on the "Tab2" layer, add a new layer and name it, "Tab3." Go to "Edit/paste as selection."

52. Click on the "Mover Tool" and position this third "Tab" on the right side and level with top of the "Rod."

53. Click on the "Layers Option Pallet." You will have 7 layers in the Tool Options box." The Background layer or "Layer 1", the "Rod layer", the "Wall hanging" layer, "Pockets" layer, "Tab1" layer, "Tab2" layer and "Tab3" layer.

54. Turn off the "background layer" [layer 1], the "Rod" layer, the "Wall hanging" layer and the "Pockets" layer. Go to "layers/merge/merge visible." Turn the "background layer", the "Rod" layer, the "Wall hanging" layer and the "Pockets" layer back on again. Make sure that you are still on the new "merged layer." Right click on this layer and in the box that "pops up," click on "properties" and rename the layer, "Tabs." Go to "File/save" and save your work in .psp extension. Click Ok.

55. Click on the "Layers Option Pallet" . Click on the "Tabs" layer and hold down the left mouse button. A small hand will appear on the layer. "Grab" the "Tabs" layer and drag the layer down and behind the "Pockets" layer." Go to "File/save" and save your work in .psp extension. Click Ok.
56. While the "Tabs" layer is still active, add a new layer and name it "Tube1." Now here is where you choose tubes of a child's favorite toys or "Keepsakes" to place in the various pockets of the "Wall Tidy." I suggest that you add a new "Tube" layer for each toy, numbering each layer as you go. This will enable you to rotate and position each toy just where you want them in the pockets. You will probably have to "cut off" portions of the toys to "fit" in the pockets by choosing the "Selections/rectangle" and then clicking on the "Delete" Key.

57. When you have all your toys in the pockets, go to "Layers/merge/merge all." Now go to "File/save as" and save your work as a .jpg extension.

Congratulations! You have finished.
I do hope you enjoyed doing this Tutorial.

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This tutorial is written by Harold E. Jones.
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