This one is making a globe,and saving it as a Picture Tube.
It's leading on to the sparkles and learning a little about animation,but I don't want anyone getting confused and losing heart so I'll do it one step at a time.
This first part is making the Glass Globe
1.You need to click on the white New Image just under File.
Once the popup box opens up make sure the TRANSPARENT is ticked and make the size 400 x 400, and Raster Background.
2.Now you need the select tool,with the drop down arrow on eclipse.
If the rectangle select tool isnt there use the drop down arrow to select it.
3.Now begin in the center of the page,hold down the shift key on your keyboard and draw the shape for your glass globe.
You'll end up with your eclipse globe shape,with the marching ants around it.we still have to make it look like glass.
4.Now you have to use the flood fill tool,it's on the left above the TEXT TOOL.
Make the Foreground setting on white and the opacity 25.
5.Now we have to turn the picture into glass.
Goto EFFECTS..3D EFFECT..CUT OUT.
6.Now put the settings like this...
7.Now we are going to save the globe as a PICTURE TUBE.
PRESS CTRL and D..To deselect the picture.
Now goto FILE..EXPORT..PICTURE TUBE.
8.This will give you a popup box to name your globe.
After you've named your globe click OK and it'll save.
To see what it's like to use a PICTURE TUBE open any picture.
Click on the picture tube tool..It's 3 places above the text tool.
Now near the top left hand corner ..after PRESETS is a White square with the tube tool picture.
Click on the down arrow on the right hand side of the white square and it'll open up to show the Picture tubes available.
Put the category as ALL,and you can scroll down to find your newly saved Globe.
Now you can close the normal globe down,no need to save as we'll be working on it from the saved Picture Tube next time
