Gazebo

by kim@pixelbit.com

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Needed tools. Paint Shop Pro 7.0 or higher which I will assume you already have.

A good understanding of layers and deformation tool

Making the needed tubes

Open a new image 522 X 240, Transparent

Make a new layer

Use your draw tool with the following settings.

Set your foreground color to the Finished Wood pattern, your background set to null.

Make a bunch of lines vertically on your image.

Apply Inner Bevel with the following settings.

Make a new layer.

Change your pattern angle to 0 and the line size to 20

Draw a line the width of your image.

Use your Mover tool to push it to the top of your image.

Apply the same Inner Bevel.

Duplicate your layer and move to the bottom.

Arrange your layers like so.

Merge your layers and name this image gazebo fence.psp. Set aside.

Make a new image 512 X 56, transparent

Make an image similar to the gazebo fence image but narrower.

Save this image as "gazebo top". Set aside.

Make a new image 40 X 600, Transparent

Flood with your wood pattern, angle set to 90

Apply Inner Bevel with the following settings.

Name it gazebopole.psp. Set aside

Making the floor

If you have and questions or comments, please email me at

kim@pixelbit.com