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Let's Get Started!
If you haven't downloaded the "additional file" selected
for this tutorial already, then click on this
link A photograph of a daisy will open in a new browser window.
Right click on the photograph and select to Save Picture As to
a folder on your hard drive. Of course you're welcome to use your
own photograph instead if you prefer.
In PhotoImpact, click on File/Open. Browse to where you saved
the photo you wish to use for this tutorial and double click on
it.
Click on the Selection tool and ensure that Mode is selected
in the attributes bar along with the following settings. Shape
= Circle; Fixed size = 150 x 150 pixels; Soft edge = 0.
Hold down your left mouse button whilst you position your circle
selection. Let go of the button when you're happy with it's placement.
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Click on Effect/Material Effect/Crystal & Glass. (PI
7 users need to click on Effect/Creative/Crystal)
Before doing anything here, click on the Still button and then
ensuring that you have the Sphere Effect selected, enter the following
settings:
Width = 100
Height = 100 (If the keep aspect ratio is checked, the height
will adjust automatically.)
Radius = 80
Distortion = 3
Transparency = 0
Click on OK.
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Click on Effect/Sharpen/Sharpen. (PI 7
users should click on Effect/Blur & Sharpen/Sharpen.)
If you see a different window to the one shown on the left here,
click on the Options button. Adjust the level to 2 and then click
on OK.
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Click on Edit/Trace/Selection Marquee. Accept the default values
by clicking on OK and then change the Mode in the attributes bar
from Horizontal Deform to 3D Round.
At this point, you will have a coloured path shape circle covering
the selected area of your photograph, but we'll fix that now.
Open the Easy Palette 
and with the gallery section selected, click on Material Attribute
Gallery/Glass/G23. The selected area of your photo will now have
a nice glassy look over it.
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Open the Layer Manager 
and click on the lowest layer (the circle with the picture on
it). By doing this you will be changing what's selected on your
photograph.
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Click on Edit/Trace/Selection Marquee. Accept the default values
by clicking on OK and then change the Mode in the attributes bar
from Horizontal Deform to 3D Pipe.
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In the Path Panel box ensure that the border is set at 4, and
the depth 30.
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The colour of the 3D pipe going around your selected area of
the photograph is glass, but we need to remove that before changing
the colour of it, so open the gallery section of the Easy Pallete
again
and this time click on Material Attributes Gallery/Glass/Remove
Material.
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Then click on the Material Attribute Gallery/Color/Black
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By doing that last step, you will now have a nice neat 3D pipe
going around the selected area of your photo with a line running
through the middle of it. This will fomulate the ring of your
magnifying glass.
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You now need to create a handle for your magnifying glass, so
activate the Path Drawing tool and ensure that the attributes
bar shows the following settings: Shape = Rounded Rectangle; Color
= Black; Mode = 3D Round.
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Draw a longish rounded rectangle shape that will represent the
handle of your magnifying glass and then click on the Transform
tool and rotate it to an angle of your choosing.
Move the handle into place, and then in the Layer Manager, drag
it to the lowest position.
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At this point and before you merge everything together,
you may decide that you'd like to save your magnifying glass to
your Easy Palette for future use. If that's the case, then open
the Layer Manager
and whilst holding down on your keyboard Ctrl key, click on each
object that makes up your magnifying glass. Right Click/Group and
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Right Click/Merge All.
That's all there is to it! I hope you've enjoyed this tutorial
and that you'll go on to get close up and personal with many more
photographs.
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Below is an example of how MaryLou White put this tutorial
to good use.
