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| This Tutorial is copyrighted to the Tut Writer, © Designs By Rhonda 2014 This Tutorial may not be forwarded, shared or otherwise placed on any Web Site without written permission from RhondaS. "SSTPSP may, with my permission, use this tutorial." |
| Supplies: The image used is from http://twinkydezines.blogspot.com/search/label/Free%20Kits And is used according to their TOU's The scrapbook kit is "Happiness" and can be found under her Free Kits section Or use one of your own. She does have some Slight Adult Content No External Filters are needed |
| Preparation: Use the tube from Twinky or a tube of your choice Borders: All borders are Symmetric Magic Wand Settings: Mode: Add(Shift), Match Mode: RGB Value Tolerance: 0, Contiguous: Checked, Feather: 0 |
| Notes: You will need some knowledge of Corel PSP A free trial can be found Here Please keep original watermarks for images intact when saving. This Tutorial was done using Corel PSP X4 but can be made with version 8 or above. If using your own graphic, remember to change the Foreground and Background Colors. Instructions for Matching Incredimail Stastionary is in Step 6 |
| Lets Begin Step 1 Open the image in PSP Image>Resize to 300 on longest side Edit>Copy Edit>Paste as New Image Do this Twice Close original image without saving. Step 2 First let's make our background pattern Open one of the image copies Effects>Image Effects>Seamless Tiling With default settings Corner, Bidirectional, Horizontal offset 0, Vertical offset 0, Transition 50, Linear 50 Adjust>Blur>Gaussian Blur Settings: 20 New Raster Layer Layer>arrange>Move to bottom Flood fill with white Highlight top layer Layers>Properties Lower Opacity to 50% Layers>Merge Visible Effects>Reflection Effects>Pattern With these settings Horizontal offset: 0, Vertical offset: 0 Rotation angle: 40, Scale Factor: 0 Number of Columns: 10, Number of Rows: 10 Horizontal shift: 0 Vertical shift: 10 Effects>Image Effects>Seamless Tiling With these settings Edge, Vertical Width and Transition both set to 50 Step 3 New Transparent Image 500 x 500 Find the pattern you just made and put it in your Foreground Settings: Angle 0, and 100% Flood fill with foreground pattern color Maximize your other tube Edit>Copy Go back to your working image Edit>Paste as a New Layer Move this image to the upper Left corner. See example for placement Step 4 Pick a Dark Color from your tube or a contrasting color I have used #b96f9d Activate your Text tool Pick a font of your choice, I have used Allura With these settings: size 48 and Stroke width 0, Bold You may have to adjust if using a different font Type the words as shown in example Or choose your own saying A Little Bird Told Me it was your Convert to Raster Change your font size to 150 and type Birthday Convert to Raster Arrange the wording and placement to your liking. See example for my placement choice Highlight Top Layer (Birthday) Layers>Merge>Merge Down All text will now be in one layer Highlight text layer Effects>3D Effects>Inner Bevel With these settings Bevel 2, Width: 8, Smoothness: 44, Depth: 4 Ambience: 50, Elevation: 30 |
| You can add a drop shadow if you want. I didn't use one on the example. Highlight the Tube and add a drop shadow of your choice. I used the following settings. Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow Vertical: 0. Horizontal: 0, Opacity: 50, Blur: 25, Color: Black Layers>Merge>Merge Visible Step 5 Now lets add some borders Image>Add Borders Symmetric always checked 1 with Black Selections>Select All Selections>Modify>Contract by 1 Effects>3D Effects>Cut Out With these settings Vertical: 4, Horizontal: 4 , Opacity: 80, Blur: 20, Color: Use your Dark Color Repeat but change the Vertical and Horizontal to both -4 Selections>Select None Image>Add Borders 20 with White Activate your Magic Wand Make sure the Feather is at 0 Click on White border Effects>Reflection Effects>Kaleidoscope With these settings Horizontal: -43, Vertical: -94, Rotation: 7, Scale Factor: -18, Radial Suction: 90, Edge mode: Reflect |
| You made change the settings to suit when using a different graphic Keep Selected Effects>3D Effects>Outer Bevel With these settings Bevel 1 Width: 3. Smoothness: 4, Depth: 8, Ambience: 2, Shininess: 2, Color: White, Angle: 315, Intensity: 50, Elevation: 30 |
| Select None New Raster Layer Add your Watermark Layers>Merge All You can resize to desired size. Finished size of example is 542 x 542 Step 6 Incredimail Stationary Resize the image that you just made to no more than 300 on longest side Edit>Copy Open a new image 1280 x 300 Flood Fill with the Pattern you made for the Tag with the same settings (Angle 9 and 100%) Edit>Paste as new layer Move image to the far left side Centering it horizontally Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow With the same settings as before Layers>Merge>Merge All Save as JPG Assemble in Letter Creator |
