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Hearts Aboard?SB
Members Tutorial
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By ? April Hunt (ACFC)
February 5th, 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?Hearts Aboard?Pattern
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Template:
ACFC?Hearts Aboard 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
Medium color?for
your Foreground
Right click to pick a Lighter
color from the same Hue
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?300 Pixels

Height?= No more than?425 Pixels

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*Optional

5. Adjust > Sharpness > Sharpen

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6. Activate your

ACFC?Hearts Aboard?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 = #bababa or #c0c0c0
(choose which one you like best)
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?Hearts Aboard 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. Layers Palette
Activate your Top Layer
(SB)
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13. Adjust > Color Balance >
Manual Color Correction
Settings:
Colors:
Source = #808080
Target = Foreground
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14. Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow
Settings:
Vertical?& Horizontal = 0
Opacity = 70
Blur = 10.00
Color = Black
Shadow on new layer =?Unchecked
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15. Layers Palette
Activate your Bottom Layer
(Hearts)
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16. Adjust > Color Balance >
Manual Color Correction
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17. Layers > Merge > Merge Visible
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18. Image > Canvas Size
Settings:
Lock aspect ratio = NOT Checked
Width =?1800 Pixels (or your choice)
Height = 500 Pixels
Placement =?Center Left
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19.?Layers > New Raster Layer
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20. Layers > Arrange > Send to Bottom
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21. 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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*Optional Steps 22 - 24
Do ONLY if your background is
NOT text friendly
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22. Layers > New Raster Layer
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23. Flood Fill Tool
Right click to fill with your Background
color
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24. 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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25. Layers > Merge > Merge Visible
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26. Activate your Tube
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27. Edit > Copy
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28. Edit > Paste As New Layer
(back on your working canvas)
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29. Move Tool
Arrange to your liking on the
Left hand side
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30. Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow
Settings:
Opacity = 65
Blur = 12.00
Color = Black or your choice
*Do not add a drop shadow

to a misted tube*

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?*Optional

31.?Add any Accents now

(Arrange as you choose &?add a
drop shadow if you choose)
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32. Layers > Merge > Merge Visible
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*Optional
33. Add any text and a
drop shadow to your text
if you choose
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34. Layers > New Raster Layer
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35. Add your Watermark
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36. 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)
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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???????
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A BIG thank you to my
wonderful testers at
ACFC Members Site Testers!!
And they are:
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You may contact me at
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If you know someone who might
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)
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ACFC Hearts Aboard Pattern.jpg
ACFC Hearts Aboard Template.pspimage

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