Triple Treat Stationery Set Part 2 ©
The Side Border
Giving the optical illusion of a gentle curve this side border looks stunning in shimmering gold.
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The beautiful tube I used is by Brigitte
I have completed this tutorial in PSP X but it should work fine in PSP 9 and possibly 8
You will need:-
PSP X or 9
A tube
IC Net Software Filters Unlimited 2
RCS Filter Pack 1.0
Mezzy Filters (Freeware available Here)
Simple Filters
Let's Begin!
1. We are going to start by creating our gradient so you need to select the following colours in your materials palette:-
a) Click on your Foreground Colour Box in your Materials Palette and select colour #d29c46
b) Once the colour is selected click on the 'Add to Swatches' Button
c) Name your swatch Gold 1 and click OK.
d) Now click on your Background Colour Box in your Materials Palette.
e) Select Colour #fdf3ad
f) Add to your swatches in the same way and name it Gold 2.
g) Select your Swatch Tab in your Materials Palette and your two colours should be there ready for use. We do this because we will be switching colours throughout the tutorial and it just makes them easier to find and use.
h) With your two colours selected in your Materials Palette click on your foreground colour and select the Gradient Tab
i) Click on Edit and select Foreground/Background
j) Select the following settings for your gradient. Angle 45/ Repeats 5/ Invert NOT Checked
k) OK this selection and you should now have a gold gradient in your foreground box.
2. Select and Open your tube in your workspace. Duplicate twice and close the original. (Don't worry about size for the moment)
3. Minimize one copy and with the other copy open in your workspace select Layers/New Raster Layer.
4. In your swatches RIGHT click on White. This will bring it into your background colour box.
5. Flood Fill Tool/Flood fill your new layer with white.
6. Layers/Arrange/Send to Bottom
7. Layers/Merge/Merge all Flatten.
8. Image/Resize/Resize your image to 140 x 140 using the following settings making sure that Lock Aspect Ratio is UNCHECKED. Don't worry about distortion this is going to be the background for our other copy of the tube.
9. Effects/Image Effects/Seamless Tiling at default.
10. Adjust/Blur/Gaussian Blur/Radius 25.
11. Effects/Plugins/IC Net. Software Filters Unlimited 2/Tile and Mirror/Radial Tile at default.
12. Effects/Plugins/Mezzy/Dusty using the following settings. Intensity 60. Contrast 0.
13. Maximize the other copy of your tube and Image/Resize making sure that Lock Aspect Ratio is CHECKED resize your image so that it is 138 pixels on it's longest side.
14. Edit/Copy and close this image.
15. Edit/Paste as New Layer onto your prepared Background Image
16. Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow using the following settings:- Vertical 2/Horizontal 2/Opacity 40/Blur 10/Colour Black/Shadow on New Layer Not checked.
17. Layers/Merge/Merge all flatten
18. Image/Add Borders/Symmetric/30 Pixels/In white
19. Selection Tool/Magic Wand/with the following settings:- Add (shift)/RGB Value/Tolerance 0/Use all layers and Contiguous checked/Feather 0/Anti Alias Checked/Select your newly created border.
20. Selections/Invert.
21. Effects/3D Effects/Cutout using the following settings: Vertical 0/Horizontal 0/Opacity 35/Blur 20/Colour Black/Fill interior with Colour not checked.
22. Selections/Invert
23. Selections/Promote Selection To Layer
24. In your materials Palette/Swatches/Right Click on Gold 2 and this should bring your gold gradient in your foreground box back to the one we created earlier.
25. Flood Fill Tool/Flood fill your border with the gold gradient.
26. At this point you need to choose a colour from your tube as the overlay to your borders. Select your colour into your background (bottom) colour box in your materials palette. It is worth noting at this point that some colours work better than others. Most browns work well allowing the gold to shine through. Heavy reds and blues will drown the gold and produce a different effect. Also remember the colour you choose will be the background colour for your finished letter. I have chosen the mid lilac from the girls robe. Add this to your swatches naming it block colour. Make a note of the # number of this colour and then return your background colour to Gold 2 by right clicking on your swatch. This is done because the next effect will differ depending on the colour in your palette.
27. Effects/Texture Effects/Weave using the following settings. Click on the Weave Colour box and enter the # number of the colour you have just chosen. Do the same for the Gap Colour entering the same # number so both boxes are showing the same colour. CHECK the fill gaps box. Gap Size 1/Width 1/Opacity 100./ OK.
28. Your border should now look like this depending of course on your chosen colour.
29. Effects/Plugins/RCS Filter Pack 1/Triple Exposure/Separation 145
30. Effects/Plugins/Simple Filters/Top Left Mirror
31. Effects/Plugins/Simple Filters/Top Bottom Wrap
32. Deselect.
33. Selection Tool/Magic Wand/Same settings as previously used/Select the two white blocks on the top and bottom of your image
34. Layer Palette/Highlight your Background layer
35. Materials Palette/Right Click on Block Colour in your swatches to bring it into your background box.
36. Flood Fill Tool/Flood fill the selections with your block colour.
37. Effects/Plugins/Mezzy/Dusty same settings as before
38. Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow using the following settings:- Vertical 0/Horizontal 0/Opacity 40/Blur 20/Colour Black/Shadow on New Layer unchecked.
39. Deselect
40. Layer Palette/Highlight your top layer.
41. Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow using the same settings.
42. Layers/Merge/Merge All Flatten
43. That is the first part of our frame created. The rest of it is basically repetition with just a few changes.
44. Image/Add Borders/30 Pixels/Symmetric/White
45. Selection Tool/Magic Wand/Same settings as previously used/Select the border.
46. Selections/Promote Selection to Layer
47. Flood Fill Tool/Flood fill the border with your gold gradient
48. Effects/Texture Effects/Weave using the same settings as before
49. Effects/Plugins/RCS Filter Pack 1/Triple Exposure/Separation 145
50. Effects/Plugins/Simple Filters/Top Left Mirror
51. Effects/Plugins/Simple Filters/Top Bottom Wrap
52. Deselect.
53. Image/Free Rotate using the following settings:- Left Checked/90 Checked/All Layers not checked/Rotate Single Layer around canvas centre Checked.
54. Selection Tool/Magic Wand/Same settings as previously used/Select the two white blocks on both sides of your image.
55. Layer Palette/Highlight your Background layer
56. Materials Palette/Right Click on Block Colour in your swatches to bring it into your background box.
57. Flood Fill Tool/Flood fill the selections with your block colour.
58. Effects/Plugins/Mezzy/Dusty same settings as before
59. Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow using same settings as previously used
60. Deselect
61. Layer Palette/Highlight your top layer.
62. Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow using the same settings.
63. Layers/Merge/Merge All Flatten.
64. Image/Add Borders/30 Pixels/Symmetric/White
65. Selection Tool/Magic Wand/Same settings as previously used/Select the border.
66. Selections/Promote Selection to Layer
67. Flood Fill Tool/Flood fill the border with your gold gradient
68. Effects/Texture Effects/Weave using the same settings as before
69. Effects/Plugins/RCS Filter Pack 1/Triple Exposure/Separation 145
70. Effects/Plugins/Simple Filters/Top Left Mirror
71. Effects/Plugins/Simple Filters/Top Bottom Wrap
72. Deselect.
73. Effects/Image Effects/Seamless Tiling/Corner/Vertical/Vertical Offset -4 (Minus 4)/Transition 100
74. Selection Tool/Magic Wand/Same settings as previously used/Select the two white blocks on the top and bottom of your image
75. Layer Palette/Highlight your Background layer
76. Materials Palette/Right Click on Block Colour in your swatches to bring it into your background box.
77. Flood Fill Tool/Flood fill the selections with your block colour.
78. Effects/Plugins/Mezzy/Dusty same settings as before
79. Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow using the same settings as before.
80. Deselect
81. Layer Palette/Highlight your top layer.
82. Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow using the following settings:- Vertical 0/ Horizontal 3/Opacity 40/Blur 20/Colour Black/Shadow on New Layer CHECKED.
83. Your Shadow layer should now be highlighted. Effects/Image Effects/Seamless Tile using the following settings. Edge/Vertical/Width 50/Transition 50
84. Highlight your top layer and repeat the drop shadow changing the Horizontal setting to Minus 3.
85. Your Shadow layer should now be highlighted. Effects/Image Effects/Seamless Tile using the same settings
86. Layers/Merge/Merge Visible.
87. Image/Canvas Size. Increase the width of the canvas to 1024 and the height to the height of your image which should be 320. Click on the Centre Left button to place your image.
88. Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow using the following settings:- Vertical 0/Horizontal 5/Opacity 40/Blur 20/ Colour Black/Shadow on new Layer CHECKED.
89. Your Shadow layer should now be highlighted. Effects/Image Effects/Seamless Tile using the same settings as before.
90. Layers/Merge/Merge Visible.
91. Layers/New Raster Layer.
92. Layers/Arrange/Send to Bottom.
93. Flood Fill Tool/Flood fill this layer with your block colour
94. Effects/Plugins/Mezzy/Dusty using the same settings as before
95. Layers/New Raster Layer. Use this layer to add your watermark if desired.
96. Layers/Merge/Merge all Flatten
Save as a Jpeg with the compression at 25.
Complete in Letter Creator placing the image in the Body section and tiling. Adjust the left text button to 330. Complete your font choice and colour, link colour etc., footer details and finish.
I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial. Click here and let me know!
Tricia ©
Tricia December 30th 2005 ©