Jasc Paint Shop Pro 7 Tutorial for Beginners - Creating a Reflective Image

In this article, I will show you how to create an image that appears to have a reflection. Paint Shop Pro provides the ability to apply many interesting effects to your design.

Create a blank slate

Start by opening a new document. At the top, click on File then New. The Width and Height is up to you but let's start with 200 x 200 Pixels. To the right of the Width and Height is a drop down box where you can select "Pixels". You can also choose inches and centimeters if you'd like.

Select the background color to be white. Later if you want to create your own background as a picture or different colors, you should change it to transparent.

Leave all other options as the current defaults. Click OK.

The white that you see is considered the background. Now let's insert an image that we can create the reflection from. We don't want the image to be part of the background so now we should create a new layer. To understand layers, see my article on working with layers.

Step 1 - Creating a new layer

Click on Layers at the top then click on New Raster Layer. The defaults should be as follows. Name is self-explanatory. No need to really name the item. Blend mode should be Normal, Opacity should be 100%, Group should be 0, Layer is visible should be checked and both options under Mask should be checked. Click OK.

Step 2 - Inserting an image

Click on the Picture Tube Icon. This has a picture of a stamp and paintbrush. This will allow you to pick different images from your library. Now click on the tool options bar to select a picture. Make sure the scale is only about 100. Once you've decided on the picture, click on the white space of your space and the image will be pasted. Move the image to the top by clicking on the icon that has double arrows that cross each other. If you hold your mouse over this image, the word "Mover" will appear. After you click on it, place your mouse over the image you just inserted and move it to the top center of the canvas.

Step 3 - Duplicate the image layer