1RANKNZL

Creating a 1 Rank Nozzle-(P4-5)

In the Brushes: palette (17) select the Image Hose tool. In the Brush Controls: Nozzle palette (18) select Leaves1.RIF as your nozzle. Example (19) Shows how the leaves will look at Scale slider settings of 12%/25%/50%/75% & 100%.

Using what you have learned repeat this tutorial but this time add a drop shadow to each leaf. If you saved your work go back to it, drag around all your leaves and Group them. Go to the Program Tool Bar, select Effects/Objects/Create Drop Shadow… The Drop Shadow dialog box (20) will appear. In my example I kept the default setting. Play around with the settings to see what types of shadows you can create. Be sure to check Collapse to one layer, then click OK. Finish the rest of the steps and you now have two nozzles for your painting pleasure.

You have completed this tutorial and it wasn’t as hard as you may have thought in the beginning. There are many more techniques you can use with shadows, colors and images in creating more sophisticated 2 and 3 rank nozzles but those are for other tutorials.