Christmas Holly
Pixel Painting Tutorial

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  1. Open the outline below in Animation Shop and export it to Paint Shop Pro.

  2. Right Click to save the color guide below to your hard drive.

  3. Magnify to 800%. Set your Paint Brush settings to: Square, Size 1, Hardness, Density, Thickness and Opacity all at 100, and Step at 25.

  4. Use the Magic Wand to select inside the Outer Portions of the Leaves and Flood Fill with Color #2. Use the Magic Wand to select inside the Inner Portions of the Leaves and Flood Fill with Color #3. Use the Magic Wand to select inside the Berries and Flood Fill with Color #5. Your image should now look like this:

  5. Use the Magic Wand to select inside the Outer Portions of the Leaves - Float Selection - Apply Cutout - Settings: V&H=0, Opacity 100%, Blur 5, Color #1. Use the Magic Wand to select inside the Inner Portions of the Leaves - Float Selection - Apply Cutout - Settings: V&H=0, Opacity 100%, Blur 2, Color #1. Use the Magic Wand to select inside the Berries - Float Selection - Apply Cutout - Settings: V&H=0, Opacity 100%, Blur 2, Color #4 - Leave Selected - Adjust - Add Noise - Uniform 12%. Your image should now look like this:

  6. Add a new layer and draw highlights on the Berries with Color #6 as shown below:

  7. Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur - Setting: 0.75 - Layers Merge Visible. Reduce magnification back to original size of 100% and your finished image should now look like this:


    :: You're Done! ::

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