Step 1: 

ok the first thing we want to do is make a new image sized to (200 x 200)

with a transparent background.

Step 2:

Click on your selection tool and with the options tool set it for circle 0 feather

and antialias checked, now with your left mouse button click in the center of your image

wich will be at (100 x 100) and make your circle size to 125 pixels.

Step 3:

now with your flood fill tool set to a solid color, choose a color you want to make your pearl with these settings

here i used 00C0C0 and left click in side your selected area.

now while leaving this area selected we need to make a new raster layer with these settings.

Step 4:

you will need to download the bubble set tubes from this site (The Hood) if you never beed there you might want to book mark there site cause they have a lot of great tube's avalable for downloading.

Now once you have the tubes in your tube folder make sure that your raster layer is highlighted under you layers palette (layer 2).

click on your picture tube brush and select the H Bubbles - gray tube, scalled at 100% and apply the tube in the center of your image at (100 x 100)

then and click on your deformation tool and you will see a square show up around the bubble tube like this.

now resize the bubble tube to the size of your flood filled area being sure that it does not extend father than the selected area

now dubble click on it and you will get a window that pops up like this

click on yes to apply the deformation, go back to your layers pallette and adjust the opacity to your likings.

i use any where from 30 to 65 seems to work best and on this on i used 65.

step 5:

click on the layers tab button and merge visiable and we end up with one layer that is called merged.

now we need to work on having more highlights/reflections on are pearl, and we do this by clicking on edit copy, then edit past as new layer.

you should now have a marged layer and a layer called layer 1. Make sure that layer one is highlighted on your layer palette.

on you tab bar click on image mirror that creates a flooting section in your layers palette, right click

on the flooting section and promote it to a layer also. and adjust the opacity down to 30.

Step 6:

Now use your magic wand and click on the transparent area of the promoted layer and then selections invert, then image flip

and again it becomes a flooting selection. Promote this to a layer also and Opacity set to 50.

at this point your image should look like this.

Step 7:

Almost done................g

on the layers tab we want to merge visable once again and create a new raster layer as we did before with the same setting.

now highlight your merged layer on your layer pallette and use the selection tool

and click in the center at (100 x 100) drag it out to the size of your pearl (125 x 125) now highlight your raster layer that you made should be (layer 1)

on your layers palette and with your flood fill tool and under tool options fill style Sunburst gradient

Now click on the center tab (flood fill options)gradient set to Hot Edge with these settings

if you are using the same color that i used to make this pearl, If not you will have to click on edit

and adjust the colors to match in with the color you used for your Pearl but leave the white section White.

Then right click on your pearl and it should now be a dark blue with a small white area slightly off set from the center.

Now all we have to do is adjust the Opacity of this layer to 30 and then layers merge visibale.

And then export it as a tube file, and you will have your new Pearl....................: )

Hope this was easy for you to understand and that you have fun using this tutorial.

now go make lots of Pearls and share them with me.............lol

The image here by compressing it you can see some pixels showing but your pearl will not be like the image.

I t will be nice and smooth looking.

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Date Last Modified: 5/17/2000