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Barb Heart?SB
Members Tutorial
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By ? April Hunt (ACFC)
May 25th, 2010
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Written for?PSP X
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Skill Level = Advanced Beginner
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Needed????
Tube?of your choice
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Accent Tubes (optional)
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Pattern:
ACFC?Barb Heart?Pattern
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Template:
ACFC?Barb Heart?SB?Template
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Preparation
Open the ACFC Pattern
in your PSP and Minimize
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Open the ACFC Template
in your PSP and Minimize
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Open any Accents in 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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1. File > Open
Your Tube
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2. Window >?Duplicate (Shift?+ D)
Close original
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3. Dropper Tool
Left click on?your tube to?pick?a
Dark/Medium color?for?your Foreground
Right click to pick a 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?250 Pixels

Height?= No more than?370 Pixels

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*Optional

Adjust > Sharpness > Sharpen

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5. Edit > Copy

(your tube)

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6. Activate your

ACFC?Barb Heart?Pattern

(you may choose to duplicate this
pattern if you wish to use the
tutorial again)
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7. Adjust > Color Balance >

Manual Color Correction
Settings:
Manual target color = Checked
Freehand selection = Unchecked
Colors:
Source = #c0c0c0
Target =?Background
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8. Materials Palette
Change your Foreground to the
Pattern we just colorized
Settings:
Angle = 0
Scale = 100
Texture = Unchecked
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9. Activate your

ACFC?Barb Heart SB Template

(you may choose to duplicate this
template if you wish to use the
tutorial again)
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10. Layers Palette
Activate your?Top Layer
(Credits)
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11. Layers > Delete
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12. Adjust > Color Balance >
Manual Color Correction
Settings:
Colors:
Source = #808080 or #c0c0c0
(choose which one looks best)
Target =?Foreground
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13. Layers > New Raster Layer
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14. Layers > Arrange > Send to Bottom
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15. Flood Fill Tool
Settings:

Match mode?= None

Use all layers?= Not checked

Blend mode?= Normal

Opacity?= 100

Left?click to fill with Pattern
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16. Image > Add Borders
Settings:
Symmetric = Unchecked
Top = 0
Left = 2
Right = 2
Bottom = 0
Color = Foreground
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17. Image > Add Borders
Settings:
Color = Background
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18. Image > Add Borders
Settings:
Left = 0
Right = 3
Color = Foreground
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19. Image > Add Borders
Settings:
Color = Background
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20. Image > Add Borders
Settings:
Right = 2
Color = Foreground
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21. Layers > Promote Background Layer
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22.?Image > Canvas Size
Settings:
Lock aspect ratio = NOT Checked
Width =?2000 Pixels (Or your choice)
Height = 400 Pixels
Placement =?Center Left
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23. Layers > New Raster Layer
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24. Layers > Arrange > Send to Bottom
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25. Flood Fill Tool

Left?click to fill with Pattern
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26. Layers > New Raster Layer
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27. Flood Fill Tool
Right click to fill?with your Background
color
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28. Layers Palette
Lower opacity to a text friendly
amount
We want to clearly see the Pattern
below--yet keep it text friendly
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29. Layers > Merge > Merge Visible
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30. Edit > Paste As New Layer
(your tube)
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31. Move Tool
Arrange to your liking on the
Left side
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32. Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow
Settings:
Vertical?& Horizontal = 0
Opacity = 60
Blur = 8.00
Color = Black
Shadow on new layer =?Unchecked
*Do not add a drop shadow
to a misted tube*
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?*Optional

33. Add any Accents now

(Arrange as you choose &?add a
drop shadow if you choose)
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34. Layers > Merge > Merge Visible
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*Optional
35. Add any text and a
drop shadow to your text
if you choose
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36. Layers > New Raster Layer
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37. Add your Watermark
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38. File >?Export > JPEG Optimizer
Settings:
Set Compression value to @ 20-25
OK
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Letter Creator Tips!!
In Body
Image Position = Top Left
Margins:
Left?= (set left margin so text starts to
the right of the image on your side border)
*In the Footer remember to add a link
back to this tutorial so others can try it!
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You are now done!
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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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.
Tube in Example Purchased & by
Trina Clark ??
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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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You may contact me at
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enjoy these tutorials and the Members Site
advantages--I am offering Gift Certificates
More information at
Come drop by ACFC Shop for more deals!
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Thank you and God bless
April (ACFC)



acfcmembersitebackground111.jpg
ACFC Barb Heart SB Template.pspimage
ACFC Barb Heart Pattern.jpg

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