Building a Dock in PSP

Open your water image. Shift+D to duplicate your image and close the original. You can find water images in lots of places that offer free backgrounds. You can also flood fill a new image with white and then flood fill again with a dark blue using the ocean texture (not the best, but it would work).

Add a new layer.

Make a rectangular selection using the selection tool set at rectangle, feather=0, and antialias unchecked. Flood fill it with your wood or board fill. Click on the Deform Tool and while holding down the Ctrl key, grab one of the top corner handles with your mouse and push it in just a little. The Ctrl Key lets you pull or push two adjacent corners at the same time and distance. The Shift Key lets you pull, push or move just one corner at a time. Now, holding down the Ctrl Key again, pull out the bottom corner until it looks right to you. Double click the image and the deform tool turns off, go to Selections/Select None, then go to Effects/Sharpen/Sharpen.

Copy your board, making sure it is a good size for your image and in the right position (up and down), and Edit/Paste as a Selection, moving it to one side of the dock and about in the position I have put mine. Repeat with a second board, placing it on the other side of the dock. Go to Selections/Select None.

Duplicate this layer three times. You won't see the other layers, so make sure you have the top one highlighted for the next step.

Using the deform tool again, and starting with the top upright layer, drag the side handles in until the uprights meet the edge of the far end of the dock. You can also hold down the Ctrl key and drag out the top a little, so they look like they are leaning. After sharpening, move this layer below the dock layer.

Continue with the next layer down, matching them to the dock about 2/3's of the way to the end. Move this layer below the dock, but above the uprights at the end of the dock. Do the same to the next layer, matching them to the dock about 1/2 way between the last set and the front set. Move this layer below the dock. Move the front set below the dock.

Now using your mover tool , you can move the uprights up and down, a pair at a time until it looks right to you. The image at the left is what I ended up with this time.

To give the dock some depth, highlight the dock layer, then go to Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow and use these settings to add a drop shadow to it.

Here is the finished Dock.

	Open your water image. Shift+D to duplicate your image and close the original. You can find water images in lots of places that offer free backgrounds. You can also flood fill a new image with white and then flood fill again with a dark blue using the ocean texture (not the best, but it would work). Add a new layer.
Make a rectangular selection using the selection tool set at rectangle, feather=0, and antialias unchecked. Flood fill it with your wood or board fill.	Click on the Deform Tool and while holding down the Ctrl key, grab one of the top corner handles with your mouse and push it in just a little. The Ctrl Key lets you pull or push two adjacent corners at the same time and distance. The Shift Key lets you pull, push or move just one corner at a time. Now, holding down the Ctrl Key again, pull out the bottom corner until it looks right to you. Double click the image and the deform tool turns off, go to Selections/Select None, then go to Effects/Sharpen/Sharpen.
	Copy your board, making sure it is a good size for your image and in the right position (up and down), and Edit/Paste as a Selection, moving it to one side of the dock and about in the position I have put mine. Repeat with a second board, placing it on the other side of the dock. Go to Selections/Select None. Duplicate this layer three times. You won't see the other layers, so make sure you have the top one highlighted for the next step.
	Using the deform tool again, and starting with the top upright layer, drag the side handles in until the uprights meet the edge of the far end of the dock. You can also hold down the Ctrl key and drag out the top a little, so they look like they are leaning. After sharpening, move this layer below the dock layer.
	Continue with the next layer down, matching them to the dock about 2/3's of the way to the end. Move this layer below the dock, but above the uprights at the end of the dock. Do the same to the next layer, matching them to the dock about 1/2 way between the last set and the front set. Move this layer below the dock. Move the front set below the dock. Now using your mover tool , you can move the uprights up and down, a pair at a time until it looks right to you. The image at the left is what I ended up with this time.
	To give the dock some depth, highlight the dock layer, then go to Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow and use these settings to add a drop shadow to it.