Tut #4

#11593

开云体育

Working With Rectangles

Members Tutorial

By ? April Hunt (ACFC)

August 23rd, 2009

Written for?PSP X

Skill Level = Intermediate

Needed????

Tube?of your choice

Pattern:

ACFC?Working With Rectangles?Pattern

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Template:

ACFC?Working With Rectangles?Template

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Mask:

fadededges_small

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Preparation

Open the ACFC Pattern

in your PSP and Minimize

Open the ACFC Template

in your PSP and Minimize

Place the Mask into your Masks

folder in PSP

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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

Okay Let's Get Started!!

1. File > Open

Your Tube

2. Window >?Duplicate (Shift?+ D)

Close original??

3. Dropper Tool
Left click on your tube to?pick?a

light color for your Foreground

Right click to choose a?medium color

for your Background

4. Image >?Resize
Settings:

Resample using?= Smart Size

Lock aspect ratio?= Checked

Resize all layers?= Checked?

Width?= No more than?300 Pixels

Height?= No more than 400 Pixels

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*Optional

5. Adjust > Sharpness > Sharpen

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6.?Activate your ACFC
Working With Rectangles?Pattern

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7. Window >?Duplicate (Shift?+ D)

minimize one copy of the pattern)

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8. Adjust > Color Balance >
Manual Color Correction

Settings:

Manual target color = Checked

Freehand selection = Unchecked

Colors:

Source = #c0c0c0

Target = Foreground

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9. Materials Palette
Change your Foreground to the

ACFC?Working With Rectangles Pattern

we just colorized

Settings:

Angle = 0

Scale = 25

Texture = Unchecked

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10. Activate the Copy we duplicated

of the ACFC Working

With Rectangles Pattern

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11. Adjust > Color Balance >
Manual Color Correction

Settings:

Target = Background

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12. Materials Palette
Change your Background to the

ACFC?Working With Rectangles Pattern

we just colorized

Settings:

Angle = 0

Scale = 50

Texture = Unchecked

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13. Activate your ACFC?Working With

Rectangles?Template

(you may choose to duplicate this

template if you wish to use the

tutorial again)

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14. Layers Palette

Activate the Bottom layer

(Bottom)

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15. Magic Wand Tool

Settings:

Mode = Replace

Match mode = RGB Value

Tolerance = 0

Use all layers = Unchecked

Contiguous = Checked

Feather = 0

Anti-alias = Checked

Outside?= Checked

Select the Bottom Rectangle

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16. Flood Fill Tool
Settings:

Match mode?= None

Use all layers = Unchecked

Blend mode?= Normal

Opacity?= 100

Left?click to fill with Foreground

Pattern

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17. Layers Palette

Activate the second layer from the

bottom

(Above Bottom)

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18. Magic Wand Tool

Select the Above Bottom Rectangle

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19. Flood Fill Tool?

Right click to fill with Background

Pattern

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20.?Layers Palette

Activate the third layer from the bottom

(Block 1)

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21. Magic Wand Tool

Select Block 1

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22. Flood Fill Tool

Left click to fill with Foreground

Pattern

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23. Materials Palette

Change your Background Pattern

Settings

Settings:

Scale = 25

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24. Layers Palette

Activate the Top layer

(Bottom Side Block)

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25. Magic Wand Tool

Select the Bottom Side Block

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26. Flood Fill Tool

Right click to fill with Background

Pattern

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27. Layers Palette

Activate the second layer from the Top

(Top Side Block)

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28. Magic Wand Tool

Select the Top Side Block

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29. Flood Fill Tool

Left?click to fill with Foreground

Pattern

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30. Selections > Select None

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31. Layers Palette

Activate the third layer from the Top

(Block 3)

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32. Adjust > Color Balance >

Manual Color Correction

Settings:

Source = #808080

Target = Background

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33. Layers Palette

Activate the fourth layer from the Top

(Block 2)

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34. Adjust > Color Balance >
Manual Color Correction

Settings:

Target = Foreground

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35. Layers > Merge > Merge Visible

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36. Layers > New Raster Layer

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37. Layers > Arrange > Send to Bottom

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38. Flood Fill Tool

Right click to fill with Background

Pattern

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39. Effects > Image Effects >
Seamless Tiling

Settings:

Corner?= Checked

Vertical?= Checked

Vertical offset?(%) = 0

Transition (%) = 50

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40. Layers > Merge > Merge Visible

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41. Layers > Load/Save Mask >

Load Mask From Disk

Settings:

Mask = fadededges_small

Create mask from = Source luminance

Orientation = Fit to canvas

Invert transparency = Checked

Hide?all mask?= Checked

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42. Layers > Merge > Merge Group

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43.??Image > Canvas Size

Settings:

Lock aspect ratio = Unchecked

Width = 1800?Pixels (or your choice)

Height = 450 Pixels

Placement = Center Left

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44.?Layers > New Raster Layer

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45. Layers > Arrange > Send to Bottom

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46. Flood Fill Tool

Left click to fill with your Foreground

Pattern

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47. Effects > Image Effects >
Seamless Tiling

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48. Layers > New Raster Layer

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49. Materials Palette

Change your Foreground back to

Color

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50. Flood Fill Tool

Left click to fill with Foreground

Color

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51. Layers Palette

Lower Opacity to 40

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52. Activate your Tube

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53. Edit > Copy

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54. Activate your Working Canvas

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55. Edit > Paste As New Layer

(your tube)

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56. Layers > Arrange > Bring to Top

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57. Move Tool

Move your Tube over to the left

side and arrange to your liking

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58. Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow

Settings:

Vertical = 0

Horizontal = 0

Opacity = 80

Blur = 10.00

Color =?Black or your choice

Shadow on new layer =?Unchecked?

*Do not add a drop shadow

to a misted tube*

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*Optional

59.?Add any?text if you choose

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60. Layers > Merge > Merge Visible

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61.?Layers > New Raster Layer

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62.?Add your Watermark

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63. File >?Export > JPEG Optimizer
Settings:

Set Compression value to @ 20-25

OK

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You are now done!

Have fun with your new stationery!

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!

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.

Art Work in Example by

A BIG thank you to my

wonderful testers at ACFC Members Site

Testers!! And they are:

Beverly H, Carol, Cheryl, Crystal,
Diane (Ladibluemoon), Elly, Gayle, Katie,

Lane, LDGraphics(Kathy), LC Letters(Lydia),

Lisa Marie, Melissa aka PspFreak,

PaulaDean,?Paula(KyRed),

Pat W, PeggyM,?Sue F, Wendy?