Triple Treat Stationery Set Part 3 ©
The Top Border
The beautiful Rose Tube is by Patries
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 136 x 136 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 134 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 dark rust from the rose. 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.
34. Selection Tool/Magic Wand/Same settings as previously used/Select the two white blocks at the top and bottom of your image.
35. Layer Palette/Highlight your Background layer
36. Materials Palette/Right Click on Block Colour in your swatches to bring it into your background box.
37. Flood Fill Tool/Flood fill the selections with your block colour.
38. Effects/Plugins/Mezzy/Dusty same settings as before
39. Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow using the following settings. Vertical 0/Horizontal 0/Opacity 40/Blur 20/Colour Black/Shadow on new layer not checked.
40. Deselect
41. Layer Palette/Highlight your top layer.
42. Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow using the same settings.
43. Layers/Merge/Merge All Flatten.
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. Effects/Image Effects/Seamless Tiling/Corner/Vertical/Vertical Offset 0 /Transition 100
54. Image/Free Rotate using the following settings:- Left Checked/90 Checked/All Layers not checked/Rotate Single Layer around canvas centre Checked.
55. Layers/Promote Background Layer
56. Image/Canvas Size/Increase the width of the canvas to 512 pixels/Height 256/Placement click the centre left button.
57. Highlight your top layer.
58. Layer/Duplicate
59. Image/Mirror
60. Close your bottom layer by clicking on the eye in your layer palette.
61. Layers/Merge/Merge Visible.
62. Close the top layer by clicking on the eye in your Layer Palette.
63. Open and Highlight your bottom layer.
64. Layer/Duplicate
65. Image/Mirror
66. Layers/Merge/Merge Visible
67. Re-open and highlight your top layer
68. Selection Tool/Magic Wand/Same settings as before/select all of the white blocks.
69. Highlight your bottom layer
70. Flood Fill Tool/Flood fill the white blocks with your block colour.
71. Effects/Plugins/Mezzy/Dusty/Same Settings as previously used.
72. Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow/using the same settings as before.
73. Deselect
74. Highlight your top layer.
75. Effects/Image Effects/Seamless Tiling/Corner/Horizontal/Horizontal Offset 0/Transition 50
76. Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow/using the same settings as before
77. Layers/Merge/Merge Visible.
78. Image/Canvas Size/Increase the canvas width to 1024 leaving all other settings the same.
79. Layers/Duplicate
80. Image/Mirror
81. Layers/Merge/Merge Visible
82. Layers/New Raster Layer
83. Layers/Arrange/Send to Bottom
84. Image/Canvas Size/Increase the height of the canvas to 800 pixels leaving width as it is. Image Placement/Centre Top.
85. Flood Fill Tool/Flood fill the new layer with your block colour.
86. Effects/Plugins/Mezzy/Dusty/Same settings as before
87. Highlight your top layer.
88. Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow using the following settings: Vertical 8/Horizontal 0/Opacity 40/Blur 25/Colour Black/Shadow on New Layer NOT checked.
89. Layers/New Raster Layer/Add your watermark if desired.
90. Layers/Merge/Merge all Flatten
Save as a Jpeg with the compression at 25.
Complete in Letter Creator by placing the image in the Body Section. Do not Tile. Image Placement Centre/Top. Select your font. colour, size and link etc. and set the Top text box to 266. Add your details in the Footer Section and finalise.
I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial. Click here to let me know!
Tricia ©
Tricia December 30th 2005 ©