Nothing is written in stone here so change as you wish. I just let my imagination run wild and come up with ideas as I go along and this was my version of the lamp.
You should have a working knowledge of using Image Magick and Gifworks to use this tute.
It is rather simple but I always do things the hard way. It probably could be drawn all in one piece but I'm no expert when it comes to that so this is how I did mine.
Step 1. Get a background and resize it to 180x180 (don't forget to always use an exclamation point after your numbers when resizing, or it will not come out what you put in the box). Now output as a Gif and Single File and take it to Gifworks and use "sphere". You now have to cut some of it off. I did Crop +0+100 Now Save and jot down the url. Gifworks has short urls and are easy to write the url down and we have more than one to save.
Step 2. Make your POST. Use a clear gif. You can use mine which is 200x200.Clear Gif
Resize it to 15x150. Now go to Color and Replace and put in the box #8C7853 (color I used for the post). Again using "GIF and SINGLE FILE" take it to Gifworks and use under Effects - "Cylinder". now save and jot down the url.
Step 3. Using the 200x200 clear bg you will now make the base. Go to Draw - Ellipse 100,100 35,20 0,360 Fill color #8C7853 Once more it's a Gif, Single File and to Gifworks and smartcrop and save the url
Step 4. The Chain. You can find a ready made chain. If you know me by now, I like to make things the hard way but it's mine. LOL Wild imagination at work. I used Annotate at Image Magick and put an exclamation point in the box. Fill Color #8C7853 - font used listed in Image Magick is Activa Bold - Point size 20 Now annotate. I repeated this process until I got a long chain. The only change made is the numbers. The first one was North +0+10 Second number used was North +0 +25 Third was North +0+40 so they were 15 more each time. I did seven of them. Now Output - gif - single file and to Gifworks once more - Smartcrop and save url. (Optional): I added to the bottom of the chain an asterik on your keyboard * and it came out like a 5 pointed star but it's so small you can't tell. I used Annotate Point size 23 West +0+110.
You now have a shade, post, base and chain made. Let's put them together.
Go to Image Magick and put in the clear gif making it 180x252 (left some space at top of it if you want to add something different for the tip part on top of the shade. Ready? Here we go:
1. Composite your first url - the base South +0+0
2. Composite the post South+0+20
3. Now the chain - composite North +20+65.
4. Composite your shade North +0+25
5. Put a tip on top. I used the symbol @ using Annotate - Point Size 18 - Activa Bold font - North +5+12 - Fill Color #8C7853(Adjust if necessary)
6. Now the trim. I used a dingbat - Annotate - letter o Scroll down to fonts and choose PC Ornaments. Point size 40 color to go with your shade. I used on above sample #663366 (purple). Now VERY important. You must go to Rotate and put in 270 (dingbats are in another direction so I wanted to turn it to have the points down). Now one at a time you do these moving just the numbers to place one next to each other. First one is Northwest +0+118 Second - Northwest +26+118 Third one is Northwest +52+118 Fourth is Northwest +78+118. etc. They are 26 added for the first number. The second number stays the same. So you do this till you have 7 of them across. If you use a different style then you have to adjust the numbers. The letter p is another nice one.
Well - that's it. Hope you will try one. I'd love to hear your comments. As I've said before, I'm no expert but have lots of fun with this LBB. Check my other tutes and pages. This is my 14th tutorial. Don't know how many more there will be. Once I start getting bored, watch out, here comes another Wild idea. LOL
Published August 30, 2002
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NOTE: Since Gifworks doesn't always work, I've listed the parts so you can just put on a background and composite them together. You can make a sphere using Dave's tool
Dave's sphere
putting in the 180x180 for size, use None and for Circle color use #FEFEFE and it will be white. You can composite a background onto it using ATOP and MISC. Crop off +0-100 for your lamp shade. Output as a gif and save url when ready to composite all the parts together.
