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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 plugins.
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This?tutorial was written using PSP?version #10.
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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:
Toadies, 3D Grid ()
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Note: If 3D Grid does not appear in your Toadies menu in PSP, download the individual filter by .
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Materials:
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SquaredCornersPatternSmall ()
Mask: Sidefade ()
A tube of your choice.
Accents if desired.
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Preparations:
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Settings remain the same unless otherwise noted.
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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. Choose a light color from your tube for your foreground and a?dark color for your background.
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3. Image, Resize:
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Width: No more than 250 pixels
Height: No more than 350 pixels
Resample Using: Smartsize
Lock Aspect Ratio: Checked
Resize All Layers: Checked
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Note: Make a mental note of your resized tube's width. If you want, jot it down on a piece of paper.
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4. Adjust, Sharpness, Sharpen (if necessary).
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5. Edit, Copy.
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6. Minimize your tube.
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7. Open SquaredCornersPatternSm. Duplicate (Shift+D) to duplicate. Close the original. Minimize on your workspace.
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Part 2: Create Your Sideborder
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1. File, New:
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Width:?50 pixels
Height: 400 pixels?
Resolution: 200.00 pixels/inch
Raster Background: Checked
Transparent: Checked
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2. Change your foreground to pattern.
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Pattern: SquaredCornersPatternSm_LMKuhn
Angle: 0
Scale: 100
Texture: Not Checked
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3. Flood fill your 50x400 canvas with your foreground pattern.
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4. Adjust, Color Balance, Manual Color Correction:
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Preset Target Color: Not Checked
Freehand Selection: Not Checked
Manual Target Color: Checked
Souce Color: White
Target Color: Your Dark Color
Allow the numbers for the H, S and L to set themselves.
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Note: If your colorized pattern side border is too dark, click on Shift+G. Sliding the arrow to the right will allow you to lighten the color. Click OK once you've achieved the color for your 50x400 strip you like best.
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Also! If you do not have "Manual Color Correction" available to you in your version of PSP:
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Open your dark color on your Material Palette to reveal it's properties. Write down the hue and saturation number. Go to Adjust, Hue&Saturation, Colorize and enter your dark color's hue and saturation numbers. Click OK and your patterned border will be colorized.
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5. Using your mouse, hold down on the edge of your sideborder and expose grey space on all sides.
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6. Change your foreground back to your light color.
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7. Activate your Pen Tool with these settings:
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Mode: Draw Lines and Polylines
Create On Vector: Checked
Line Style: Solid
Width: 2.00
Anti-Alias: Checked
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Note: If you do not have your rulers showing, go to View, Rulers.
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8. Starting at 25 pixels across, draw a vertical line?extending the entire height of your canvas (will be your light foreground color).
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9. Objects, Align, Horz. Center In Canvas.
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Note: If you wish to turn of your rulers, go to View, Rulers.
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10. Layers, Convert To Raster Layer.
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11. Image, Add Borders:
Symmetric: Not Checked
Top: 0
Left: 1
Right: 1
Bottom: 0
Color: Your Light Color
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12. Layers, Promote Background Layer.
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13.?Image, Canvas Size:
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Width:?Width of your tube + 100* pixels
Height: 400 pixels
Lock Aspect Ratio: Not Checked
Placement: Left Middle Arrow Checked
Numbers: Default
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* If you wish for your side border to be less narrow, add 75 pixels or 50 pixels to the width of your tube.
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14. Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow:
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Vertical Offset: 2
Horizontal Offset: 2
Opacity: 50
Blur: 15
Color: Your Dark Color
Shadow On New Layer: Checked
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15. Effects, Image Effects, Seamless Tiling:
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Tiling Method: Edge
Direction: Vertical
Width: 51
Transition: 50
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16. Layers, Merge, Merge Visible.
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17. Layers, New Raster Layer.
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18. Layers, Arrange, Move Down.
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19. 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 bottom layer with your foreground color.
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20. Click the "eye" on your top layer in your Layers Palette to hide it.
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21. Effects, Plugins, Toadies, 3D Grid:
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Grid Size: 50
Strength: 4
Baseline: 0
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22. Activate your Magic Wand tool with these settings:
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Mode: Add(Shift)
Match Mode: RGB Value
Tolerance: 1
Use All Layers: Checked?
Contiguous: Checked
Feather: 0
Anti-Alias: Checked
Outside: Checked
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Click the first upper left rectangle. Click every second full size rectangle after it.
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23. Flood fill each selected rectangle with your dark color.
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24. Selections, Select None.
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25. Repeat step 22 clicking the full sized rectangles not filled with your dark color.
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26. Flood fill the selected areas with your light color.
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27. Selections, Select None.
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28.?Now repeat the process to fill the bottom partial shown rectangles. (You do not need to fill the ones on the right side; they will be covered by your hidden top layer).
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29. Effects, Image Effects, Seamless Tiling:
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Tiling Method: Edge
Direction: Horizontal
Width: 51
Transition: 50
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Optional Step:
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Using your Magic Wand, click on the black grid. Select a third complimentary color from your tube and flood fill the area with that color. Select None and move on.
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30.?Click the "eye" on your top layer to have it shown on your canvas again.
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31. With your bottom layer active, go to Image, Mirror.
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32. Layers, Load/Save Mask, Load Mask From Disk:
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Mask: Sidefade
Source Luminance: Checked
Fit To Canvas: Checked
Invert Transparency: Checked
Hide All Mask: Checked
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33. Layers, Merge, Merge Group.
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34. Layers, Merge, Merge Visible.
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Part 3: Your Background Canvas
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1. Image, Canvas Size:
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Width: 1700 pixels (or width of your preference for screen size)
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2. Layers, New Raster Layer.
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3. Layers, Arrange, Move Down.
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4. Flood fill your bottom layer with your foreground color.
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Note: If you have not already changed your foreground back to your light color, do so first.
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5. Adjust, Add/Remove Noise, Add Noise:
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Gaussian: Checked
Noise: 7%
Monochrome: Checked
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6.?Edit, Paste As New Layer (should be your tube; if not in memory, open it and edit, copy and return to your canvas to paste it).
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7. Layers, Arrange, Bring To Top.
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8. Using the Move Tool, drag your tube to your left sideborder and position to your desire.
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9. Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow:
Vertical Offset: 0
Horizontal Offset: 0
Opacity: 60
Blur: 8
Color: Black
Shadow On New Layer: Not Checked
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Or use a drop shadow of your preference.
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10. Add text, accents or embellishments now if you wish.
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11.?Add your watermark, artist credits and any additional accents or embellishments as desired.
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12. Layers, Merge, Merge All(Flatten).?
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13. File, Export, Jpeg Optimizer, Compression Value 15 (or your preference), Click OK, Save.
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Part 4: Finish Up
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1. Open Incredimail Letter Creator and assemble your file as a new stationery.
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