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This was a template I played with.? Goodies attached.
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PaigeLuvsChocolate
group shared art
Stat?Font:?Pooh
Tag Font: Porky's
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Tut # 4

 

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Different Weave BG?Tutorial
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Pat's Creations Forever Blessed

font is pink girl

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tUT #5

 

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::Swirly Doodle SB::
Tutorial by

font is 2peas blessings

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My Try At Tut #5

 

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MY AI CREATION
Tut by LM Kuhn (Closed)
Font MORSKOF

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Dress Making.. NEW

 

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Rae's Stationery Creation _ ?_ Brenda's Tutorial _ A Stitch In Time (Group Member Only)?_ ?
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Tut #3

 

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Patterns On Paper?Tutorial
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Pat's Creations Forever Blessed

font is ducky

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Tut #2

 

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Scratched Up?Plaid?TB Tutorial
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Pat's Creations Forever Blessed

font is appleberry

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Tut #1

 

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Textured Dots?Tutorial
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Pat's Creations Forever Blessed

font is cagelon

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Tut #5

 

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Tagged Back?SB
By ? April Hunt

font is love & sunshine

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Tut #6

 

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On the Ball
By ? April Hunt

font is love & sunshine

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Tut #7

 

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Knots Crossed SB
By ? April Hunt

font is script mt bold

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Tut #2

 

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Spaced Out Dot Dot
Tutorial By ? April Hunt

font is shakehand

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anyone have the tut for image mirror,image flip?

 

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for some reason mine stopped working.


?Good Morning
Tube Created
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Masked Background
Tube Tutorial
Writtten
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Bee's Creations
Stat Created
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09-07-2024
Please Review
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Tut #1

 

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Odd Grid?SB
Tutorial Written By ?April Hunt

font is hello rainbow

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Tut #8

 

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Noisy Stripes TB Tutorial
? Lisa Marie Kuhn (LMKuhns Creations)
June 29th, 2010
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Art sampled by Kel Jong from WWW. NCII.
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Art sampled by . NCII.
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Any resemblance to another tutorial is purely coincidental and unintended. Please do not share this tutorial outside of my group, . You are welcome to join my group and stay on special notices if you only want to access my tutorials :) Do not re-copy, translate?or add to this tutorial in part or whole. Do not add or upload to any websites. This?tutorial was written using PSP?version #12 (PSPX2). It will work in other versions of PSP but minor adjustments may be necessary. This tutorial assumes you are familiar with installing and using plugins.
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Skill Level: Beginner
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Required Supplies:
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Programs:

Paint Shop Pro ()
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Incredimail Letter Creator ()
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A tube of your choice. One that is wider than tall will work best.
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Accents if desired.
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Plugins:
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Horizonaus Mixed Bag, StripesareIn Download ).
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Preparation:
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Install plugins prior to starting the tutorial and before opening PSP.
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Notes:
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This tutorial is intended as a FTU (free-to-use) tutorial. To access my "members-only" tutorials, visit my site at
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All settings remain the same unless otherwise noted.
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I keep the Rulers in my PSP active at almost all times. It may be helpful for you to activate the Rulers in your PSP while doing my tutorials. To do so: View, Rulers.
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Let's Begin!
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Part 1: Prepare Your Tube
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1. Open your tube. Duplicate by pressing Shift+D. Close the original copy of the tube. If necessary, crop your tube.
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2. Use your Eye Dropper Tool to choose a?light/medium?color from your tube for your foreground. Choose a darker color for your background.
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Note: You may choose two similar colors such as a light/medium and a darker blue or you can choose two entirely different colors. Just be sure they're look nice together. :)
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3. Image, Resize:
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Width: Maximum of?450 pixels
Height: Maximum of 325 pixels
Lock Aspect Ratio: Checked
Resize All Layers: Checked.
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4. Optional: Adjust, Sharpness, Sharpen.
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or:
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Adjust, Sharpness, Unsharp Mask:
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Radius: 5.00
Strength: 25
Clipping: 2
Luminance Only: Not Checked
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Or use settings of your preference.
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Note: Not all versions of PSP have the Unsharp Mask option.
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5.?Optional: Edit, Copy.?Minimize your tube for later use (for example, you could use it to make a tag to match your stationery).
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Part 2: Prepare Your Top Border
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6. Image, Canvas Size:
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Width: Width of your tube + 50
Height: Height of your tube +?50 pixels
Lock Aspect Ratio: Not Checked
Placement: Center Diamond
Numbers: Default.
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7. Effects, 3D Effects,?Drop Shadow:
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Vertical Offset: 2
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.??
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You may use drop shadow settings of your personal preference if you like.
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8. Layers, New Raster Layer.
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9. Layers, Arrange, Send to Bottom.
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10.?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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11. Flood fill the bottom layer of your working canvas with your?foreground (medium) color.
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12. Adjust, Add/Remove Noise, Add Noise:
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Random: Checked
Noise: 5%
Monochrome: Checked.
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13.?Effects, Plugins, Horizonaus Mixed Bag, StripesareIn:
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Mixer 1: 100
Mixer 2: 100.
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14.?Layers, New Raster Layer.
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15. Flood fill the new layer with your foreground (light/medium color). Reduce the opacity of this layer to 75%.
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16. Layers, Merge, Merge Down.
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17. Adjust, Add/Remove Noise, Add Noise:
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Gaussian: Checked.
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18. Layers, New Raster Layer.
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19. Selection Tool, Custom Selection:
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Top: 0
Left: 0
Right: Width of your canvas
Bottom: 25.
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20. Flood fill the selected area with your background (dark) color.
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21.?Adjust, Add/Remove Noise, Add Noise.
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22. Effects, Texture Effects, Blinds:
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Width: 2
Opacity: 10
Color: White
Horizontal: Not Checked
Light from left/top: Checked.
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23. Selections, Selection None.
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24. Layers, Duplicate.
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25. Image, Flip.
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26. Layers, Merge, Merge Down.
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27. Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow:
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Vertical Offset: 0
Horizontal Offset: 0
Opacity: 100
Blur: 15
Color: Black
Shadow on new layer: Not Checked.
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28. Effects, Image Effects, Seamless Tiling:
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Tiling Method: Edge
Direction: Horizontal
Width: 51
Transition: 50.
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29. Layers, Merge, Merge Down.
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30. Optional: Add accents, text or other embellishments to your canvas now if desired.
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31.?Add your watermark to your creation.
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32. If necessary, add any necessary artist credits and license numbers.
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33. Optional: Layers, Merge, Merge Visible.
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Part 3: Create Your Background
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34. Image, Canvas Size:
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Width: Width of your image
Height: 3000 pixels (or your preference)
Placement: Top Middle Arrow Checked
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35. Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow:
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Vertical Offset: 5
Horizontal Offset: 0
Opacity: 50
Blur: 5
Shadow on new layer: Checked.
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36. Effects, Image Effects, Seamless Tiling.
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37. Layers, Merge, Merge Visible.
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38. Layers, New Raster Layer.
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39. Layers, Arrange, Send To Bottom.
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40. Flood fill the bottom layer with your foreground (light/medium) color.
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41. Adjust, Add/Remove Noise, Add Noise:
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Random: Checked
Noise: 10%.
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42. Effects, Plugins, Horizonaus Mixed Bag, StripesareIn.
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Note: If you need to, zoom in on your working canvas so you can see your background pattern well. (View, Zoom In).
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43. Layers, New Raster Layer.
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44. Flood fill with your foreground (light/medium) color. Reduce the opacity until your background is both "text-friendly" and your pattern still shows through nicely.
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45. Layers, Merge, Merge Down.
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46. Adjust, Add/Remove Noise:
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Gaussian: Checked
Noise: 5%.
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45.?Optional: Layers, Merge, Merge All (Flatten).
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47. File, Export, Jpeg Optimizer, Compression Value 15 (or your preference), Click OK, Save.
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Part 4: Assemble Your Letter
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48. Open a new file in Incredimail Letter Creator.
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49. While on the "Body Tab", click the "Image" button under "Background." Find your saved stationery file and enter it.
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Change the image position to "Top". ?
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Note: Be sure your have the "Tile" button clicked.
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50.?Choose your margins. Be sure to have the "Show Sample Text" button checked at the lower left of your letter preview.
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Recommendations:
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- Set your top margin to 15 or 20 pixels past the bottom edge of your top border.
- Set your left margin to 10.
- Set your right margin to 10.
- Line spacing is your choice. Be aware that larger the number you enter here, the wider the spaces between lines on your writing will be. While this looks good with some fonts, it will not always appear well on the page of users who do not have the font you've used installed on their computer.
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51. Choose your text options; font, size, text and link color, etc.
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52. Move to the "Footer Tab." Be sure that the "Center" placement is checked unless you specifically desire your footer to be left or right aligned.
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Recommendations:
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- Include your name or creator handle/title with a hyperlink to your group or website?if you have one.
- Be sure to include the name of this tutorial and link to these links:
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- Include the information about the art, supplies and font used.
- Put the date on your creation.
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53. Move to the "Finish Tab". Fill in the appropriate lines as necessary (letter name, collection name, etc). When you've finished, save your project and add it to Incredimail. Once in Incredimail, share your new letter! :)
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You're Finished!
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I hope this tutorial was enjoyable and fun for you. Thank You very much to my tutorial testers. They bless me so much with their time, talent and effort in helping make these tutorials the best they can be!



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Tut #7

 

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Old Paper Fine Paper?Tutorial
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May 30, 2010
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Any resemblance to another tutorial is purely coincidental and unintended. Please do not share this tutorial outside of my group, . You are welcome to join my group and stay on special notices if you only want to access my tutorials :) Do not re-copy, translate or add to this tutorial in part or whole. Do not add or upload to any websites. This tutorial was written using PSP version #12 (PSPX2). It will work in other versions of PSP.

Skill level: Beginner. This tutorial assumes the user is familiar with installing and using plugins.

Remember To Save Your Work Often!

Required Supplies:

Programs:
Paint Shop Pro (),

Incredimail Letter Creator ().

Materials:

A tube of your choice,

Accents if desired.

Textures:

Old Paper (Default in PSP),

Fine Paper (Default in PSP).

Settings remain the same unless otherwise noted.

Let's Begin!

Part 1: Prepare Your Tube

1. Open your tube. Duplicate (shift +D) your tube. Close the original. If necessary, crop your image.

2. Image, Resize:

Width: No more than 300 pixels

Height: No more than 370 pixels

Resample Using: Smart Size

Lock Aspect Ratio: Checked

Resize All Layers: Checked.

Note: Take note of?the new width and height of your tube.

3. Optional: Adjust, Sharpness, Sharpen or:

Adjust, Sharpen, Unsharp Mask:

Radius: 5.00

Strength: 25

Clipping: 2

Luminance Only: Not Checked

Or use settings of your preference.

Note: Not all versions of PSP have the Unsharp Mask option.

4. Use your Dropper Tool to choose a medium color for your foreground and a dark color for your background.

5. Edit, Copy.

Part 2: Create Your Side Border

6. Image, Canvas Size:

Width: Width of your tube + 25 pixels

Height: Height of your tube + 25 pixels

Lock Aspect Ratio: Not Checked

Placement: Middle Arrow Checked

Numbers: Default.

7. Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow:

Vertical Offset: 0

Horizontal Offset: 0

Opacity: 80

Blur: 8

Color: Black

Shadow on new layer: Not Checked.

Note: Do not add a drop shadow to a misted or transparent tube.

8. Layers, New Raster Layer.

9. Layers, Arrange, Send to Bottom.

10. Activate your Flood Fill Tool with these settings:

Match Mode: RGB Value

Tolerance: 20

Use All Layers: Not Checked

Blend Mode: Normal

Opacity: 100.

11. Flood fill the bottom layer of your canvas with your darker background color.

12. Effects, Texture Effects, Texture:

Texture: Paper Fine

Size: 100%

Smoothness: 5

Depth: 2

Ambience: 2

Shininess: 2

Color: White

Angle: 315

Intensity: 50

Elevation: 30.

13. Effects, Edge Effects, Enhance.

14. Effects, Image Effects, Seamless Tiling:


Tiling Method: Edge

Direction: Vertical

Width: 51

Transition: 50.

15. Selections, Select All.

16. Selections, Modify, Contract, Number of Pixels: 25.

17. Layers, New Raster Layer.

18. Flood fill the selected area with your medium foreground color.

19. Effects, Texture Effects, Texture:

Texture: Old Paper

Size: 50%.

Smoothness: 5

Depth: 1

Ambience: 0

Shininess: 0.

20. Effects, Edge Effects, Enhance.

21. Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow.

22. Selections, Modify, Expand, Number of Pixels: 10.

23. Layers, New Raster Layer.

24. Layers, Arrange, Move Down.

25. Using your Eye Dropper Tool, choose a third complementary light color from your tube and place it in your foreground palette.

26. Flood fill the selected area with your new foreground color.

27. Adjust, Add/Remove Noise, Add Noise:

Gaussian: Checked

Noise: 8%

Monochrome: Checked.

28. Selections, Select None.

29. Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow:

Opacity: 45

Blur: 6.

30. Layers, Merge, Merge Visible.

31. Optional: Image, Resize:

Width: Maximum of 295 pixels

Height: Allow height to self-adjust.

32. Optional: Adjust, Sharpness, Sharpen.

33. Image, Add Borders:

Symmetric: Not Checked

Top: 0

Left: 1

Right: 1

Bottom: 0

Color: Your new foreground color.

34. Image, Add Borders:


Left: 3

Right: 3

Color: Your background color.

35. Image, Add Borders:

Left: 1

Right: 1

Color: Your new foreground color.

36. Layers, Promote Background Layer.

Part : Create Your Background

37. Image, Canvas Size:

Width: 2000 pixels

Height: Height of your side border image

Placement: Right Middle Arrow Checked.

38. Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow:

Horizontal Offset: -6 (minus)

Shadow on new layer: Checked.

39. Effects, Image Effects, Seamless Tiling.

40. Layers, New Raster Layer.

41. Layers, Arrange, Send to Bottom.

42. Flood fill the bottom layer with your background color.

43. Effects, Texture Effects, Texture:

Texture: Paper Fine

Size: 100%

Smoothness: 5

Depth: 2

Ambience: 2

Shininess: 2.

44. Optional: If you feel your canvas is not text-friendly, add a new raster layer and flood fill it with your background color. Lower the opacity of the layer until you achieve a text-friendly background that still shows the texture nicely.

45. Optional: Add accents, text or other embellishments as desired. Remember to add appropriate drop shadows, inner bevels, etc. If you want, add these on separate raster layers.

46. Add your watermark. If necessary, add any additional artist credits or license numbers required. Again, you may add these on new raster layers if you wish.

47. Layers, Merge, Merge Visible.

48. File, Export, Jpeg Optimizer, Compression Value 15 (or your preference), Click OK, Save.

Part 4: Assemble Your Stationery In Letter Creator

49. Open Incredimail Letter Creator and assemble your file as a new stationery.

50. In the "Body Tab" choose "Image" and enter your canvas you have saved. Be sure to "Top Right" is selected and click "Tile".

51. Choose your fonts, margins, create your footer, title your stat, etc.

52. Please remember to give credit to any artist's work which you may have used in your work. If the TOU requires use of a license number, e.g., don't forget to include it.

53. Please link to my group at and to my website when assembling your footer information. Please note in your footer the name of the tutorial. Thanks!

Thank You very much to my tutorial testers! They bless me so much with their time, talent and effort in helping make these tutorials the best they can be.




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Tut #6

 

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PatchRing Tutorial by
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Any resemblance to another tutorial is purely coincidental and unintended. Please do not re-copy this tutorial or add it to any website without my knowledge and permission.
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Skill level: Advanced Beginner. This tutorial assumes you know how to install and use plugins in Paint Shop Pro. This? tutorial was written using PSP?version #12.
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Required Supplies:
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Programs:
Paint Shop Pro ()
Incredimail Letter Creator ()
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Filters:
FM Tile Tools?()
Funhouse ()
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Materials:
A tube or graphic of your choice. (Note: If using a graphic you may want to apply a mask to your image. This step is not included in the following tutorial.)
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Let's begin!
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1. Open tube or image of choice in Paint Shop Pro.
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2. Duplicate image and close original.
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3. Resize duplicate image to a maximum of 300 pixels in width and/or a maximum of 350 pixels in height.
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4. Edit, copy.
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5. Using your eye dropper tool, choose two colors of different tones from your image - a lighter color for the foreground and a medium to dark color for the background.
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6. Minimize image for later use.
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7. Open new transparent image 1280 x?height of image?+ 25?pixels. (e.g., If the image you have chosen is 350 pixels in height, make the new canvas 375 pixels in height).
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8. Selections, Select all, paste into selection, select none.
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9.?Effects, image effects, seamless tiling at default setting.
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10. Layers, new raster layer, send to bottom.
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11. Floodfill bottom layer with your background color.
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12. Layers, merge, merge visible.?
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13.?Adjust, Blur, Gaussian Blur, 10.
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14. Apply the filter Funhouse, Patchring, 10.
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15. Apply the filter FM Tile Tools,?Blend Emboss?at default settings.
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16.?Effects, image effects, seamless tile, default settings.
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17. Layers, new raster.
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19. Floodfill the new layer of your canvas with your foreground color.
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20. Reduce the opacity of your floodfilled layer to your liking, being sure to make the canvas "text friendly".
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21. Edit, paste as a new layer. Move your image to the left of the canvas.
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22. Add an inner bevel to your tube or graphic if you wish.
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ex:
Bevel #2,
Width 10
smoothness 40
depth 1
ambience 5
shine 5
color white
angle 315
intensity 50
elevation 30
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23. Effects, 3D effects, drop shadow:
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Vertical and horizontal: 1
Opacity: 80
Blur: 12
Shadow on new layer unchecked.
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Or your drop shadow of choice.
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24. Sharpen the graphic or tube if necessary; adjust, sharpness, sharpen.
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25. Layers, add new raster layer and apply your watermark and place it where you want it.
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26. Layers, merge all flatten.
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27. File, export, jpeg optimizer set at 25. Name file and click save.
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28. Open Incredimail Letter Creator and create a new stationary using your saved background canvas.
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Notes:
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When making your footer...
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Please remember to give credit to any artist's work which you may have used in your stationary.
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Please also provide a link to my group when using one of my tutorials:?
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Thank You very much to my tutorial testers; Belinda, Cheyenne, Crystal, Jane, JudyK, Joyce, KD, LisaK, Lane & Pat!.



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Tut #5

 

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Pixelate Wave Tutorial by Lisa Marie Kuhn.
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Any resemblance to another tutorial is purely coincidental and unintended. Please do not re-copy this tutorial or add it to any website without my knowledge and permission.

Skill level: Advanced Beginner. This tutorial assumes you know how to install and use plugins in Paint Shop Pro. This tutorial was written using PSP version #10.

Required Supplies:

Programs:
Paint Shop Pro ()
Incredimail Letter Creator ()

Filters:
Richard Rosenmen's Pixelate??
Mura's Seamless and FM Tile Tool?

Materials:
A tube or graphic of your choice. (Note: If using a graphic you may want to apply a mask to your image. This step is not included in the following tutorial.)

Let's begin!

1. Open tube or image of choice in Paint Shop Pro.

2. Copy the original and duplicate once. Close the original.

3. Resize the tube or image to a maximum width of 300 pixels. Sharpen your image if necessary using the sharpen tool of your choice from the Adjust menu in PSP.

4. Duplicate the resized tube or image and minimize one copy.

5. Choose two colors from your tube or image using your eye dropper tool; one light to medium color for the foreground and one medium to dark color for the background.

6. On one copy, resize to 1280 x the height of your tube or image + 25 pixels. Make sure "Lock Aspect Ratio" is *unchecked*.

7. Add a new raster layer and send it to the bottom. Using the floodfill tool, add the medium to dark color to the bottom layer.

8. Merge visible the image layer and floodfilled layer.

9. Apply "seamless tile" at default setting (corner, bidirectional) in the Effects menu.

10. Apply Gaussian Blur at 10 in the adjust menu.

11. Apply the filter Pixelate from the Richard Rosenmen plugin collection in the Effects menu using the following settings:?

Horizontal: 20
Vertical: 20
Mix: 50
Outline: 10
Outline: Additive checked
R, G, B and Lock Horizontal/Vertical checked.

12. Apply the filter Shift At Wave from the Mura's Seamless plugin collection with its default setting.

13. Apply the filter Blend Emboss from the FM Tile Tools plugin collection with its default setting. Repeat if desired.

14. Apply "seamless tile" at default setting (corner, bidirectional) in the Effects menu.

15. Add a new raster layer and floodfill with your light to medium foreground color. Lower the opacity of this layer until your canvas is text friendly.

16. You may choose to add texture or noise to your floodfilled color layer now if you wish.

17. Merge visible these two raster layers together.

18. Apply "seamless tile" at default setting (corner, bidirectional) in the Effects menu.

19. Your tube or image should still be on your clipboard. Use "paste as a new layer" to add a copy of your tube or image to your canvas.

20. Move the tube or image to the far left of your canvas but leave room for a drop shadow on all sides.

21. Add an inner bevel and/or drop shadow of your choice to the tube or image layer.

22. Add any accents, extras or text you wish to have on your stationary at this time.

23. Add a new raster layer and apply your watermark.

24. Merge all layers flat.

25. Export as a .jpeg under the file menu. Set the optimization level at 25.

26. Open Incredimail Letter Creator and create a new stationary using your saved background canvas.

When making your footer...

Please remember to give credit to any artist's work which you may have used in your stationary.

Please also provide a link to my group when using one of my tutorials.?

Thank You very much to my tutorial testers; Angelique, Belinda, Chloe, Gigi, Judy, Kathy, & KD.




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Tut #4

 

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Masked Colors SB Tutorial
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April 22, 2010?
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Artwork Used from . NCII.
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Artwork Used: Kel Jong NCII
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Any resemblance to another tutorial is purely coincidental and unintended. Please do not share this tutorial outside of my group, . You are welcome to join my group and stay on special notices if you only want to access my tutorials :) Do not re-copy, translate?or add to this tutorial in part or whole. Do not add or upload to any websites. This?tutorial was written using PSP?version #12 (PSPX2). It will work in other versions of PSP.
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Skill level: (Advanced) Beginner. Screenshots have been added throughout the tutorial for your assistance. This tutorial assumes the user is familiar with?saving and using masks.
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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 ()
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Materials:
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A tube of your choice.
Accents if desired.
Mask: Edgemask133ms (or Save from bottom of this tutorial)
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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. If necessary, crop your image.
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2. Using your Dropper Tool, choose a light/medium color 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?200 pixels
Height: No less than 300 pixels
Resample Using: Smart Size
Lock Aspect Ratio: Checked
Resize All Layers: Checked
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4. If your tube is blurred:
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Adjust, Sharpness, Sharpen
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or:
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Adjust, Sharpness, Unsharp Mask:
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Radius: 5.00
Strength: 25
Clipping: 2
Luminance Only: Not Checked
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Or use settings of your preference.
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Note: Not all versions of PSP have the Unsharp Mask option.
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5. Edit, Copy (your tube).??
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Artwork in my screenshots is by R.A. Miller. NCII.
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Part 2: Create Your Side Border
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1. File, New:
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Width: 10
Height: Height of your tube + 25 pixels
Raster Background: Checked
Color: Your foreground color
Transparent: Not Checked
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2. Effects, Texture Effects, Weave:
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Gap Size: 2
Width: 2
Opacity: 25
Weave Color: foreground color
Gap Color: background color
Fill Gaps: Checked
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3. Image, Add Borders:
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Symmetric: Not Checked
Top: 0
Left: 1
Right: 1
Bottom: 0
Color: background color
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4. Image, Add Borders:
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Left: 5
Right: 5
Color: foreground color
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5. Image, Add Borders:
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Left: 1
Right: 1
Color: background color
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6. Layers, Promote Background Layer.
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7. Image, Canvas Size:
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Width: 250 pixels
Height: Height of your canvas
Lock Aspect Ratio: Not Checked
Placement: Left Middle Arrow Checked
Numbers: Default.
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8. Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow:

Vertical Offset: 2
Horizontal Offset: 2
Opacity: 65
Blur: 18
Color: background color
Shadow on new layer: Not Checked.
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9. Effects, Image Effects, Seamless Tiling:
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Tiling Method: Edge
Direction: Vertical
Width: 100
Transition: 50.
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10. Layers, Duplicate.
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11. Image, Mirror.
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12. Activate your Move Tool. Using the left key on your keyboard, press down twenty times to move the duplicated border twenty pixels to the left.
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13. Layers, Merge, Merge Down.
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14. Layers, New Raster Layer.
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15. Layers, Arrange, Send to Bottom.
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16. 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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18. Flood fill your?bottom layer with your foreground color.
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19. Layers, Load/Save Mask, Load Mask From Disk:
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Mask: edgemask133_ms
Source Luminance: Checked
Fit To Canvas: Checked
Invert Transparency: Checked
Hide All Mask: Checked
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Click Load.
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20. Layers, Merge, Merge Group.
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21.Image, Canvas Size:
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Width: 300
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22.?Layers, New Raster Layer.
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23. Layers, Arrange, Send to Bottom.
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24. Flood fill the bottom layer with your background color.
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25. Effects, Texture Effects, Blinds:
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Width: 3
Opacity: 15
Color: White
Horizontal: Not Checked
Light from left/top: Checked.
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26. Layers, Load/Save Mask, Load Mask From Disk.
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27. Layers, Merge, Merge Group.
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28. Layers, Merge, Merge Visible.??
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Part 3: Create Your Stationery (Letter)
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1. Image, Canvas Size:
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Width:?2000 pixels (or your choice for your screen size)
Height:?Height of your canvas?
Lock Aspect Ratio: Not Checked
Left Middle Arrow: Checked
Numbers: Default.
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2.?Layers, New Raster Layer.
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3. Layers, Arrange, Send to Bottom.
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4. Flood fill the bottom layer with your foreground color.
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5.?Effects, Texture Effects, Blinds:
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Color: background color.
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6.?Layers, Merge, Merge Visible.
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7. Edit, Paste As New Layer (your tube).
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8.?Use your Move Tool to reposition your tube as desired between the two bars on your side border.
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9. Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow:
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Vertical Offset: 2
Horizontal Offset: 2
Opacity: 65
Blur: 10
Color:?background color or black
Shadow on new layer: Not Checked
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Note: Do not add a drop shadow to a transparent or misted tube. You may also use different settings of your own preference if you wish.
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10. If necessary, resize your tube (using the percentage setting with "resize all layers" not checked).
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11.?Optional: Add accents or text if you wish.
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Note: Add your desired drop shadow to your text and accents (if applicable).
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12. Layers, New Raster Layer.
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13. Layers, Arrange, Bring To Top (if necessary).
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14. Add your watermark and necessary?artist credits.
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15. Layers, Merge, Merge Visible.
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16. File, Export, Jpeg Optimizer, Compression Value 15 (or your preference), Click OK, Save.
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Part 4: Assemble Your Stationery In Letter Creator
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1. Open Incredimail Letter Creator and assemble your file as a new stationery.?
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2. In the "Body Tab" choose "Image" and enter?your canvas you have saved. Be sure to "Top Left" is selected and click "Tile".
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3. Choose your fonts, margins, create your footer, title your stat, etc. ?
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4. Please remember to give credit to any artist's work which you may have used in your work. If the TOU requires use of a license number, e.g., don't forget to include it.
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5. Please link to my group at and to my website ?when assembling your footer information. Please note in your footer the name of the tutorial. Thanks!
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Thank You very much to my tutorial testers. They bless me so much with their time, talent and effort in helping make these tutorials the best they can be.
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Tut #3

 

开云体育

Mirrored Mosaic?Tutorial by
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Any resemblance to another tutorial is purely coincidental and unintended. Please do not re-copy this tutorial or add it to any website without my knowledge and permission.
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Skill level: Advanced Beginner. This tutorial assumes you know how to use basic menu tools and functions in Paint Shop Pro. It also assumes your are familiar with installing and using plugins (filters). This? tutorial was written using PSP?version #8.
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Required Supplies:
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Programs:
Paint Shop Pro ()
Incredimail Letter Creator ()
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Plugins:
Neology (Blend Mosaic)?()
Simple?(Zoom Out and Flip) ()
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Materials:
A tube of your choice.?
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Let's begin!
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Part One: Tube Preparation
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1. Open?your tube?of choice in Paint Shop Pro.
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2. Duplicate image and?close original.
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3. Resize duplicate image to a maximum of?300 pixels in width and/or a maximum of?350 pixels in height.
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4. Adjust, Sharpness, Sharpen (if necessary).
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5. Edit, copy.
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6. Using your eye dropper tool, choose two colors of?the?different?tones from your image - a?light color for the foreground and a medium to dark for the the background.?
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7. Set your foreground to gradient:
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Foreground-Background
Angle: 45
Repeats: 3
Invert not checked
Style - Linear
Texture not checked.
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8. With your image active, go to:
Image, Canvas Size:
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Width 1280 pixels (or your choice)?
Height of your tube +?50 pixels
Placement: Left center
Change Left Setting to 15. Allow top, right and bottom to self-adjust.
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Click OK.
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9. Layers, New Raster Layer.?
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10.?Layers, Arrange, Send to Bottom.
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11.?Floodfill your canvas with your gradient.
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12. Effects, Texture Effects, Fur:
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Blur: 10
Density: 90
Length: 25
Transparency: 44
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13. Effects, Plugins, Neology, Blend Mosaic, Tile Size 14.
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14. Effects, Plugins, Simple, Zoom Out and Flip.
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15. Effects, Reflection Effects, Rotating Mirror:
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Horizontal Offset: 20
Vertical Offset: 15
Rotation Angle: 60
Edge Mode: Reflect
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15b. Repeat Rotating Mirror step.
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16. Image Effects, Seamless Tiling, Default.
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17. Layers, New Raster Layer.
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18. Floodfill with your choice of your light or dark color.
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19. Lower the opacity of this layer until your?canvas is text-friendly.
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20. Make your top layer (with your tube) active. ?
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21. Effects, 3D Effects, Inner Bevel:
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Bevel: 2
Width: 8
Smoothness: 40
Depth: 2
Ambience: 0
Shininess: 0
Color: White
Angle: 315
Intensity: 50
Elevation: 30
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Or an inner bevel of your choice.
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22. Effects, 3D Effects, Drop Shadow:
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Vertical: 2
Horizontal: 2?
Opacity: 45
Blur: 12
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Shadow on new layer not checked.
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Or use a drop shadow setting of your choice.?
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22b. Repeat your drop shadow, changing your horizontal and vertical to the negative number (i.e. -2 if you've used my drop shadow example).
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23. If you wish to add text or accents to your side bar image, do so now.
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24. Layers, New Raster Layer. Apply your watermark in a place of your choice.
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25. Layers, Merge, Merge All Flatten.
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26. File, export, jpeg optimizer set at 25. Name file (e.g. "Stat1")?and click save.
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27.?Open Incredimail Letter Creator and create a new stationary using your saved background canvas.
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Notes:
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When making your footer...
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Please remember to give credit to any artist's work which you may have used in your stationary.
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Please also provide a link to my group when using one of my tutorials:?
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Thank You very much to my tutorial testers.
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