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A. Silver Wolf Designs is an ongoing project that has great potential for expansion in the areas of arts and crafts. SWD deals not only with content that is all my own making, but also kits and tutorials I make featuring others' works and show here with their permission.

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Q. Is the stuff on your blog free?

A. Some is and some is not, depending on what it is. My materials are currently FTU (see the Terms of Use), but my eventual goal is to have both FTU and PTU and/or CU items.

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Oct 24, 2009

Tutorial - Working with Tubes

Working with Tubes

This tutorial is copyrighted to Silver Wolf @ Silver Wolf Designs. You may print it out for personal use only. You may not distribute it via any medium, nor claim it as your own. Any similarity to other tutorials online or otherwise is strictly coincidential.

The tubes in the screenshots used in this tutorial are from the Paint Shop Pro 9 Picture TubeTool, and come with the program.

Before going to the Picture Tube Tool, add a New Layer.

So you want to use a tube on your project. Tubes are a great tool, but there are a few things about them that can be a little confusing. Some tubes are made all on one layer (merged), and others are multi-layered. Some people make 'tubes' by making a .pspimage with each image on a different layer on a transparent background. (NOTE: If they are in your Picture Tube folder they should all be on a single layer but but there can be multiple tubes on that layer in a grid). If there are multiple layers you won't see it when you use the Picture Tube tool. You would need to open a New Image, and with the images you want to tube, apply each one to the transparent background and resize so they are all about the same size, making sure to space them as evenly as possible, go to File / Export / Picture Tube... and and fill in the box that pops up, after arranging the images in a grid (ie: 3x2 then Merge Visible).

When using the Picture Tube Tool in PSP, and you pick a tube from the choices, you don't know if it's a single image, or one of several choices because it doesn't actuallyopen the tube as an image in your PSP. What to do to make sure you're using the one you want and not just one of a variety? If it's a single image, then obviously there's no problem, simply Copy and Paste it into your tag. If it's one of several choices, you click once to place it and get one of the choices, click again and it's a different choice! What do you do now?



If it's a tube from your Picture Tube Tool in PSP, your best bet is to go into your PSP Picture Tube folder, and find the tube, then open it in PSP. Here's how:

1. Go to your Start Menu (or Windows Explorer), and go to My Computer > C drive (or wherever your programs are) > Jasc Software folder > Paint Shop Pro (whatever version you use) > Picture Tubes, and open that folder.

2. Choose the tube you want to use, and open it in PSP.

If it's a tube stored in one of your own folders (like My PSP Files):

1. Go to the folder where your Tubes folder is, and find your Tube.

2. Choose the Tube you want, and open it in PSP.

NOTE: After you've opened the desired tube into PSP, be sure to check your Layer Palette to see if it's single or multi layered. If it's a true Picture Tube it will be one layer whether it's a single image or multiple images on a single layer.
(SEE NOTE ABOVE)

OK, now you have your tube opened in your PSP. Time to get the one you ant. Let's get started!

1. If there are multiple tubes on one layer, use your Selection Tool or Freehand Tool and select the tube image you want, then then right click on the top bar of the Tube image and choose Copy or press Ctrl + C.



2. Paste it as New Leyer on your tag. Again, if you want to be double sure, Copy and Paste as New Image first.

NOTE: When closing out your tube image, be sure to click No when it asks you if you want to save the changes to it.

That's it, you're done!

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial. If you have any questions, you may contact me at silverwolfden@att.net. Please put "Question re Working With Tubes Tut" in the Subject line. This tutorial was written on 10/22/09 by Silver Wolf Designs. I want to thank Kaye @ Kaye'z Designz for her input and guidance.

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