Pretty Scrolling Stationery
This is what we will be making.
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You will need.
Jasc Paint Shop Pro 9
A tube of your choice
Backdrop Pattern and Squares Pattern Zip Here (Unzip to your PSP Textures Folder)
This tutorial is designed for a screen resolution of 1024x768.
To begin.
1. Open a new transparent canvas 1035 wide x 770 high.
2. View/Ruler
3. Using your Selection tool with the settings as shown, starting in the top left corner, drag a selection 50 pixels wide across the top of your canvas.
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4. Repeat the process, starting from the same point and dragging a 50 pixel selection down the side from top to bottom. The two should combine to make one selection.
5. You can now go to View and turn off the ruler.
6. Minimize your image and open your tube. Duplicate twice and close the original.
7. Minimize one copy of your tube and leave the other open in your workspace and complete the following steps.
8. Effects/Image Effects/Seamless Tile at default.
9. Adjust/Blur/Gaussian Blur/Radius 30
10. Effects/Distortion Effects/Displacement Map with the following settings.
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11. Effects/Image Effects/Seamless Tile at default.
12. Layers/Merge/Merge all flatten.
13. In your colour Palette Select Pattern and from the selections locate the pattern you have just created.
14. Minimize the image and maximise your canvas with the selection.
15. Flood fill your selection with the pattern.
16. Selections/Select none.
17. Effects/Distortion Effects/Displacement Map with the following settings.
18.
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19. Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel with the following settings.
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20. Select the Pen Tool with the settings as shown.
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21. We are now going to create the inner border.
22. With your pen tool left click in the top left inner corner of your border. Note the x and y numbers at the bottom right of your screen. The should say something like x:70 and y:70.
23. When you click a little box should appear.
24. Now move your cursor to the top right corner of your inner border and note the numbers again. They should say something like x:1034 or 1035 and you need to move the cursor until you get the y number to 70. The same as the starting point the other side. Left click and your line should join and be filled with your pattern and because you matched the numbers the line will be straight. I have shown this example in black to make it more visible.
25. Layers/Convert to Raster Layer
26. Now we need to repeat the process down the inner side.
27. With your pen tool find the same starting point in the top left inner corner x:70 y:70
28. Left Click.
29. Move to the bottom until you find the x:70 point (your y should be something like 769.)
30. Left click.
31. Layer/Convert to Raster Layer
32. Shut down the bottom layer by clicking on the eye and Layers/Merge/Merge Visible.
33. Re-open your bottom layer.
34. Still working on your merged layer Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel/Same setting as before.
35. Layer/Duplicate
36. Effects/Distortion Effects/Wave at the following settings.
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37. Layers/Arrange/Send to bottom.
38. With the Move Tool move this layer so that most of it is hidden apart from the peaks.
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39. Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow using the following settings
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40. Layers/New Raster Layer.
41. Layers/Arrange/Send to Bottom.
42. Flood fill this layer with your pattern and lower the opacity to around 55 or until you are happy with it.
43. Maximize your tube.
44. Edit/Copy
45. Close your tube.
46. Edit/Paste as New Layer
47. Layers/Arrange/Bring to top.
48. Move your tube to the top left corner of your frame.
49. Resize if necessary so that it fits nicely.
50. Effects/3D Effects/Drop shadow with the same settings as before.
51. Layers/Merge/Merge all flatten.
52. Image/Add Borders/Symmetric Unchecked, using a colour that is not in your border, with the following settings.
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53. Using the Magic Wand Select the border and flood fill with your pattern.
54. Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel using the same settings.
55. Selection/Select None
56. Save as a Jpeg with the compression set at 25.
58. Your Pretty Scrolling Stationery is now complete.
59. Complete in Letter Creator. Do not tile and remember to set the margins if your tube extends into the background area.
I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial.
This tutorial is entirely my own work and any resemblance to any other is purely coincidental.
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