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Skill level: Advanced Beginner.
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This tutorial assumes you know how to use?most (if not all)?of the menu tools and functions in Paint Shop Pro, including installation and use of outside plugins.
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This?tutorial was written using PSP?version #12 (PSPX2). Some menu pathways may be different in other versions of PSP.
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Remember To Save Your Work Often!
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Required Supplies:
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Programs: Paint Shop Pro ()
Incredimail Letter Creator () ?
Plugins:
Namesuppressed, Plaid Lite ()
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Materials:
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A tube of your choice (a tube that is as wide as it is tall may yield best results).
Accents if desired.
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Preparations:
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Install plugin if necessary.
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Note: I keep my "Rulers" active while working in PSP. It may be helpful for you to do the same while using my tuts. Go to: View, Rulers.
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Settings remain the same unless otherwise noted.
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Let's Begin!
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Part 1: Preparations
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1. Open your tube. Duplicate (shift +D) your tube. Close the original.
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2.?Image, Resize:
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Width: No more than?260 pixels
Height: No more than?300 pixels
Resample Using: Smartsize
Lock Aspect Ratio: Checked
Resize All Layers: Checked
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3. Adjust, Sharpness, Sharpen (if necessary).
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4. Use your Eye Dropper Tool to choose a?very light?color for your foreground. Choose a darker shade of the same color for your background.
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Note: We will use another color later. Refer to your original foreground color as Color #1 and your original background color as Color #2. If your version of PSP does not automatically remember colors, make a "swatch" of your originally chosen colors.
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Part 2: Create Your Sideborder
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1. Image, Canvas Size:
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Width:?Width of your tube +?40 pixels
Height:?Height of your tube + 50 pixels?
Lock Aspect Ratio: Not Checked
Placement:?Center Arrow Checked
Numbers: Default
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2.?Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow:
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Vertical Offset: 0
Horizontal Offset: 2
Opacity: 35
Blur: 12
Color: Black
Shadow On New Layer: Not Checked
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Note: Do not add a drop shadow to a misted tube. However, note that you will need to refer to the settings given here for future steps.
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3. Layers, New Raster Layer.
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4. Layers, Arrange, Send To Bottom.
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5. Activate your Flood Fill Tool with these settings:
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Match Mode: RGB Value
Tolerance: 20
Use All Layers: Not Checked
Blend Mode: Normal
Opacity: 100
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Flood fill your?new layer with your foreground color.?
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6. Adjust, Add/Remove Noise, Add Noise:
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Gaussian: Checked
Noise: 7%
Monochrome: Checked
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7. Effects, Plugins, Namesuppressed, Plaid Lite:
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Pattern: 100
Rotate: 0
Zoom: 200
Colors: 0
High Quality: Checked
Make Seamless: Not Checked
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8. Effects,?Edge Effects, Enhance.
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Note: You may choose to?repeat this step.
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9. Activate your Selection Tool with these settings:
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Selection Type: Rectangle
Mode: Add (Shift)
Feather: 0
Anti-Alias: Checked.
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10.?Starting at 30, 30 on your canvas, stretch with your mouse to 100, 100 to create a rectangular selection at the top left of your canvas.
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Note: If you have a taller than wide image, you may not be able to see your selected area once its been flood filled in the next step. Don't be concerned - there is an opportunity ahead to move it.
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Note: You may need to "Zoom In" on your image while drawing the selection.
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11. Layers, New Raster Layer.
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12.?Flood fill the selected area with your background color.
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13. Selections, Select None.
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14. Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow:
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Horizontal: 0
Blur: 20
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15. Layers Palette, Close Tube Layer (click on the "eye").
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Note: If your shape is not drawn in the place you wish it to be, use your Move Tool now to re-position it as desired. Also, if your shape is too large, resize it now. See my screenshots below step #21 for guidance.
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16.?Layers, Duplicate.
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17. Image, Mirror
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18.?Layers, Merge, Merge Down.
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19.?Layers, Duplicate.
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20. Image, Flip.
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21. Layers, Merge, Merge Down.
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22. If necessary, make your layer with your four dark colored shapes active.
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23.?Effects, Artistic Effects, Colored Edges:
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Luminance: 50
Blur: 5
Color: Your light color
Intensity: 20
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Note: If these settings do not significantly lighten the color of your shapes, undo the step and repeat trying?a higher number for the luminance setting.
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24. Using your eye dropper tool, left click on one of the shapes. The new color will be your new foreground color. We will refer to this as Color #3.
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25. Activate your Rectangle Tool with these settings:
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Mode: Draw Rectangle
Show Nodes: Not Checked
Create On Vector: Checked
Horizontal & Vertical Radius: 0.00
Line Style: Solid
Width: 3.0 pixels
Anti-alias: Checked
Join: Miter Join
Miter Limit: 15
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26. Null your background color.
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27.?Draw a rectangular?shape around your four?shapes. Leave approximately?15-20 pixels space between your new rectangle and your four shapes.
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28. Objects, Align, Center In Canvas.
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29. Layers, Convert To Raster Layer.
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30. Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow:
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Blur: 5
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31. Change your foreground back to your original light color (Color #1). Un-null your background color (Color #2).?
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32. Layers Palette, unclick the "eye" on your tube layer to make it visible again.
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33. Layers, Merge, Merge Visible.
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34. Image, Add Borders:
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Symmetric: Not Checked
Top: 0
Left: 2
Right: 2
Bottom: 0
Color: Color #3
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35. Image, Add Borders:
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Left: 1
Right: 1
Color: Color #1
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36. Image, Add Borders:
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Left: 2
Right: 2
Color: Color #3
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37.?Layers, Promote Background Layer.
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38. Image, Canvas Size:
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Width: Add 20 pixels
Height: Height of your canvas
Placement: Middle Center Arrow Checked
Numbers: Default
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39. Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow:
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Opacity: 75
Shadow On New Layer: Checked
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40. Effects, Image Effects, Seamless Tiling:
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Tiling Method: Edge
Direction: Vertical
Width: 51
Transition: 50
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41. Layers, New Raster Layer.
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42. Layers, Arrange, Send To Bottom.
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43. Flood fill with your background color (Color #2).
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44. Adjust, Add/Remove Noise, Add Noise.
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45. Image, Add Borders:
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Left: 1
Right: 1
Color: Color #1
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46. Layers, Promote Background Layer.
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Part 3: Create Your Stationery?
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1. Image, Canvas Size:
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Width: 1800 pixels (or your preference)
Height: Height of your canvas
Lock Aspect Ratio: Not Checked
Placement: Middle Left Arrow Checked
Numbers: Default but change left number to 10.
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2. Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow.
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3. Effects, Image Effects, Seamless Tiling.
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4. Layers, Merge, Merge Visible.
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5. Layers, New Raster Layer.
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6. Layers, Arrange, Send To Bottom.
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7.?Flood fill your new bottom layer with your foreground color (Color #1).?
12. If necessary, add a new raster layer and flood fill it with?your?foreground color and then reduce its opacity to create a more text-friendly background.?
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13.?Add text, accents or embellishments now if you wish.
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14.?Add your watermark, artist credits and any additional accents or embellishments as desired.
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15. Layers, Merge, Merge All(Flatten).?
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16. File, Export, Jpeg Optimizer, Compression Value 15 (or your preference), Click OK, Save.?
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Part 4: Finishing Up!
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1. Open Incredimail Letter Creator and assemble your file as a new stationery.?
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