GLASS BOTTLES

French version Portuguese (Brazil) version

MAIN BODY OF BOTTLE

1. Open a new, white canvas 200W x 200H pixels with a dark background (this helps to see what you're doing more easily).

2. Using the Path Drawing Tool, Color - white, Mode - 3D Round: draw a circle 75W x 75H pixels.

3. Open the EasyPalette/Material Attribute Gallery/Glass and fill this with preset G23.

4. In the Path Panel set Border to 12 (leave Depth at 30).

BOTTLE NECK

5. With Path Drawing Tool, Custom Shape - Shape Edges : Color - same: Mode - 3D Round: Border - 15: Depth - 30: draw a shape 80W x 80H pixels.

6. Now use the Transform Tool/Resize narrow the shape and place in position as shown, to form the neck of the bottle and put in place.

7. Shift/Click to select both pieces of the bottle, Right Click/Merge As Single Object.

8. Now use the Object Paint Eraser on the settings shown opposite, to erase the join between the neck and the bottle, a little of the centre neck of the bottle and some of the bottle itself.

Your result should look something like the bottle opposite.

BOTTLE BASE

9. Using the Path Drawing Tool, Shape - Ellipse: Mode - 3D Round: Border - 4: Depth - 30: draw a shape 40W x 15H pixels.

10. Put this in place at the bottom of the bottle, then Right Click/Arrange/Send to Back.

11. Shift/Click to select all pieces of the bottle, then Right Click/Merge As Single Object.

12. Using the Path Drawing Tool, Custom Shape - Plaque 5: Color - same glass: Mode - 3D Round: Border - 8: Depth - 30: draw a shape the width of the bottle neck.

13. Use the Transform tool - Rotate & Flip/Flip Vertically - to flip this shape.

14. Put in place at the top of the neck then select both pieces of the bottle and Right Click/Merge As Single Object.

15. Using the Path Drawing Tool, Shape - Ellipse Color - same: Mode - 3D Round: Border - 3: Depth - 30: draw a shape 35W x 12H pixels.

16. Put in place at the top of the rim then Right Click/Arrange/Send to Back. Do not Merge this piece yet!

16. Using the Path Drawing Tool, Shape - Circle: Color - same: Mode - 3D Round: Border - 8: Depth - 30: draw a shape 34W x 34H pixels.

17. Using the Path Drawing Tool, Shape - Rectangle: Color - same: Mode - 3D Round: Border - 13: Depth - 30: draw a shape 22W x 38H pixels.

18. Using the Transform Tool - Perspective - narrow the bottom of the rectangle to form the stopper shape.

19. Right Click/Convert Object Type/From Text/Path to Image.

20. Use the Object Paint Eraser to remove the part that overlaps the stopper top.

21. Select both parts of the Stopper and then Right Click/Merge As Single Object.

22. Put the stopper in place on your bottle - then Right Click/Arrange/Send Backwards.

23. Right Click/Select All Objects then Right Click/Merge As Single Object.

It can't get easier than this...... ;-)

24. Right Click/Duplicate the bottle twice.

25. Using the Transform Tools/Resize - narrow one bottle and lessen the height of the other to make 3 different shaped bottles as shown!

26. To recolour the bottles - first Right Click/Duplicate to make as many copies of the different shaped bottles as you require.

27. Select each bottle in turn and click on Format/Color Balance. In the box that opens, click away on the squares until you have bottle the colour you like. Repeat until all bottles are coloured... Ta-da!