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Circle Square Graphic?Frame
Members Tutorial
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By ? April Hunt (ACFC)
May 14th, 2010
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Written for?PSP X
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Skill Level = Intermediate
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Needed??
Graphic of your choice
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Template:
ACFC Circle Square Graphic Frame
()
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Plugins:
xero-xl -
Fritillary / Serious Fog / Porcelain
() or ()
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Preparation
Install the filter(s), if necessary
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Open your ACFC Template in
your PSP and Minimize
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Notes
Do Not Share this tutorial!
It is for PAID MEMBERS only
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All settings will remain
the same unless specified
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Okay Let's Get Started!!
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Frame
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1. File > Open
Your graphic
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2. Window >?Duplicate (Shift?+ D)
Close original??
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3. Dropper Tool
Left click on your?graphic to?pick?a Dark
color for your Foreground
Right click on your?graphic to pick a
Medium/Light?color for your Background
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4. Image >?Resize
Settings:

Resample using?= Smart Size

Lock aspect ratio?= Checked

Resize all layers?= Checked?

Width?= No more than?750 Pixels

Height?= No more than?650 Pixels

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*Optional

5. Adjust > Sharpness > Sharpen

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6. Edit > Copy

(and minimize your

graphic for later use)

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7. Activate your

ACFC?Circle Square Graphic Frame Template

(you may choose to duplicate this
template if you wish to use the
tutorial again)

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8. Layers Palette

Activate your?Top Layer
(Credits)
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9. Layers > Delete
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10. Activate your Bottom Layer
(Graphic BG)
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11. Selections > Select All
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12. Selections > Float
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13. Selections > Defloat
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14. Edit > Paste Into Selection
(your graphic)
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15. Adjust > Blur > Gaussian Blur
Settings:
Radius = 5
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16. Effects > Plugins > xero >
Fritillary
Settings:
Granularity = 34
Aggression = 30
Tesselation = 100
Variation = 10
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17. Effects > Plugins > xero >
Serious Fog
Settings:
Severity = 136
Whiteout = 68
Bias = Uniform
Definition = 7
Strength = 6
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18. Adjust > Softness > Soften
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19. Selections > Select None
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20. Layers Palette
Activate your Blur SB Layer
(Second layer from the top)
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21. Adjust > Color Balance >
Manual Color Correction
Settings:
Manual target color = Checked
Freehand selection = Unchecked
Colors:
Source = #c0c0c0
Target = Background
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22. Selections > Select All
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23. Selections > Float
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24. Selections > Defloat
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25. Edit > Paste Into Selection
(your graphic)
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26. Adjust > Blur > Gaussian Blur
Settings:
Radius = 10
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27. Effects > Plugins > xero >
Serious Fog
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28. Selections > Select None
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29. Adjust > Softness > Soften
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30. Layers Palette
Activate your Top Layer
(Graphic Circles)
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31. Selections > Select All
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32. Selections > Float
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33. Selections > Defloat
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34. Selections > Modify > Expand
Settings:
Number of pixels = 2
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35. Edit > Paste Into Selection
(your graphic)
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36. Adjust > Blur > Gaussian Blur
Settings:
Radius = 5
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37. Selections > Select None
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38. Effects > Plugins > xero >
Porcelain
Settings:
Softness = 19
Strength = 53
Red = 2
Green = 8
Blue = 77
Exposure = 19
Contrast = 9
Saturation = 6
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39. Adjust > Softness > Soften
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*Optional
40. Edit > Repeat Soften
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41.?Adjust > Blur > Gaussian Blur
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42. Layers Palette
Activate your Graphic Layer
(Second layer from the bottom)
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43. Selections > Select All
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44. Selections > Float
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45. Selections > Defloat
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46. Selections > Modify > Expand
Settings:
Number of pixels = 5
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47. Edit > Paste Into Selection
(your graphic)
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48. Selections > Select None
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49. Layers > Duplicate
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50. Effects > Plugins > xero >
Serious Fog
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51. Effects > Plugins > xero >
Porcelain
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52. Effects > Plugins > xero >
Fritillary
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53. Layers Palette
Lower opacity to 50
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54. Layers > Merge > Merge Down
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55. Layers Palette
Activate your Bottom Layer
(Graphic BG)
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56.?Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow
Settings:
Vertical?& Horizontal = 0
Opacity = 70
Blur = 20.00
Color = Black
Shadow on new layer =?Unchecked?
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57. Layers Palette
Activate your Graphic Circles Layer
(Top Layer)
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58. Layers > Merge > Merge Down
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59. Edit > Copy
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60. Edit > Paste As New Image
(Minimize for your Side Border)
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61. Layers > Merge > Merge Visible
(your graphic template)
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*Optional
62. Add any text and a
drop shadow to your text
if you choose
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63. Layers > Merge > Merge Visible?
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*Optional
64. Image > Resize
Settings:
Width =?750 Pixels
(or your choice)
Height = Will self adjust
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*Optional

65. Adjust > Sharpness > Sharpen

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66. Layers > New Raster Layer

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67. Add your Watermark and/or Artist credits

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68. Layers > Merge > Merge Visible
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*Optional
69. Crop Tool
You may choose to snap crop to
Layer Opaque to get rid of any
empty space around your header
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70. File > Export > PNG Optimizer
Settings:
Colors Tab:
16.7 Million Colors (24 Bit)
Transparency Tab:
Alpha channel transparency and
Existing image or layer transparency
Gamma Tab:
Gamma = 45455
Format Tab:
Non-Interlaced
Download Times Tab:
Just leave these numbers as-is
OK
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Save:
Name your?Image and
press Save
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Side Border
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1. Activate the Side Border image
we minimized earlier
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2. Image > Resize
Settings:
Width = Will self adjust
Height = 400 Pixels
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3. Adjust > Sharpness > Sharpen
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4. Image > Canvas Size
Settings:
Lock aspect ratio = Unchecked
Width = 2000 Pixels (or your choice)
Height =?400 Pixels
Placement = Center Left
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5. Layers > New Raster Layer
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6. Layers > Arrange > Send to Bottom
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7. Activate your Graphic we
minimized earlier
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8. Edit > Copy
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9. Activate your Side border canvas
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10. Selections > Select All
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11. Edit > Paste Into Selection
(your graphic)
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12. Selections > Select None
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13. Adjust > Blur > Gaussian Blur
Settings:
Radius = 20
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14. Effects > Plugins > xero >
Fritillary
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15. Effects > Plugins > xero >
Serious Fog
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16. Effects > Plugins > xero >
Porcelain
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17. Adjust > Softness > Soften
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18. Layers > New Raster Layer
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19.?Flood Fill Tool
Settings:

Match mode?= None

Use all layers?= Not checked

Blend mode?= Normal

Opacity?= 100

Fill with your choice of

Background or Foreground

color

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20. Layers Palette
Lower Opacity to a text friendly
amount
(I used 65)
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21. Layers > Merge > Merge Down
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22. Effects > Image Effects >
Seamless Tiling
Settings:
Mirror = Checked
Vertical = Checked
Vertical offset (%) = 0
Width (%) = 50
Transition = 50
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23. File >?Export > JPEG Optimizer
Settings:
Set Compression value to @ 20-25
OK
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You are now done!
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Have fun with your new stationery!
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This is a MEMBERS ONLY SITE Tutorial
Remember to link it back to
With the Wording ACFC Members Only Tutorial
Do not share this tutorial with anyone!
This tutorial is for PAID members only!
Anyone caught sharing them will be removed
from the members site without refund!
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Letter Creator Tips!
* Place your Side Border in your
Body
Left Margin set to?250-300
* Place your?Header in the Header
(Center Frame)
*HINT* Use drop down box and choose PNG
*In the Footer remember to add a link
back to this tutorial so others can try it!
*In the Footer remember to add a link
back to this tutorial so others can try it!
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Thank you for trying my tutorial.
All ideas are my own.
Any similarity to any other tutorials
is purely coincidental and unintentional.
No Copyright infringements intended.
I do not claim any graphics
or tubes as my own unless noted.????
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Want to share your results of this tutorial
or any of my other Member's Tutorials?
Join my *NEW* ACFC Sharing Results Group
You can share the stat's/Letters you create
using my tutorials with other members
Join
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A BIG thank you to my
Trusted friends and testers?
And they are:
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Thank you and God bless
April (ACFC)



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