How to Make a Spider Web in PaintShop
Spider webs are scary, sticky and messy, making them ideal for Halloween. You can create a gory web of your own in PaintShop Pro and add your creation to a wall or invitation card. To make it every scarier, use it as a backdrop for a crawling spider and add other elements into your design. Ise PaintShop’s drawing tools to draw line segments onto your page and create the web of your spider's dreams.
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Instructions
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Click the "New" button in the PaintShop Pro toolbar to open the "New Image" dialog box. Enter a height and width of "600" pixels. Click the "Color" button. This opens the "Materials Properties" dialog box. Select "Black" from the "Color" tab and click "OK" to close both dialog boxes.
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Click the "Pen" tool in the Tools palette.
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Go to the "Tool Options" palette at the top of your page. Select the "Draw Lines and Polylines" button under "Mode." Add a checkmark by "Connect Segments," "Create on Vector" and "Show Nodes" and enter "1.00" into the "Stroke Width" text box.
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Select "Palettes" and "Materials" or press the "F6" key to open the Materials palette if it's closed. Click the "Foreground and Stroke Properties" button in the Materials palette. The "Materials Properties" dialog box opens. Select the "Color" tab and choose a light-gray color." Click "OK."
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Click a starting point at the bottom of the canvas to start the web. Double-click a few inches above the starting point to connect the two points. Double-clicking ends the drawing.
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Click beside the first starting point at the bottom of the canvas, then double-click a few inches above the line to connect the two points. Repeat this pattern until you have enough lines for the vertical lines on the web. Right-click anywhere on the canvas and select "Apply" from the pop-up menu.
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Return to the first vertical line you created. Click slightly above it to add the first point for the horizontal section of the web.
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Go to the second vertical line and click on it to connect the two points. Move to the third vertical line and click on it to connect all three points, forming a row as you go. Continue clicking across on the vertical lines. Double-click when you reach the last vertical line to complete the drawing for the first row. Right-click and select "Apply."
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Return to the first vertical line and click slightly above the previous row to add a starting point. Move across the vertical lines, clicking on each as you go. Double-click when you reach the last vertical line to complete the row.
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Add additional rows to the web, inching your way up to complete the web, following the instructions in Step 9.
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