Corner Bordered

Corner Bordered

Diamond

Background

Tutorial

Donna Ann

2004

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Needed:

PSP8

Tube of your choice:

Filters: Xero/Art Grain-Set 2

Here

Simple: Quick Tile/4-Way Average/Diamonds

Here

Instructions:

Open your chosen tube in PSP.

With the eyedropper , pick two (2) colors.

One WHITE and one darker color to be used for your borders.

Layers/add new Raster Layer.

Flood Fill with white.

Layers/Arrange/Send to bottom.

Layers/Merge/Merge all flatten.

Layers/Promote background to Layer.

Image/Resize and resize the newly made graphic

to approximately 250 wide or a size you wish.

Select your darker color and add this color to the color swatches.

Effects/Plugins/Simple/Quick Tile.

Effects/Plugins/Simple/4-way Average.

Reduce the opacity to about 40% -50% depending

on the faded look you wish to have.

Layers/Merge/Merge all flatten.

Image/Add Borders.

If a box comes up asking to flatten image, check OK.

Click on the color box and find the color swatch you just added. Click OK

Add Borders/2 pixils, Symmetric CHECKED.

Promote background to Layer.

Effects/Plugins/Diamonds.

In the Materials Box, find your new pattern, make it active and click OK.

Open a new Image, 1024 X 1600.

Flood Fill this image with your new Pattern.

With the selection tool , set the selection to rounded rectangle.

Begin in the top left corner.

Start at about 180 horizontal and 180 vertical.

Draw your selection down the entire image.

Selections/Invert.

While still selected, Layers/add new Raster Layer.

Flood fill with your chosen background color.

Effects/Plugins/Xero/Art Grain with the default settings of 127/30/127

Effects/3-D Effects/Drop Shadow.

Selections/Select none.

Image/Add Borders.

Select the darker color you chose in the color box.

10-Pixils TOP and LEFT. The Right and Bottom set to 0.

With the Magic Wand , select this new border.

Effects/3-D Effects/Drop Shadow as you did before.

Selections/Select none.

Layers/Promote background to Layer.

**NOTE: This is optional, but if desired, you may now run this

through the JPG Optimizer to make it a smaller size file,

save it then re-open it in PSP to continue.

Activate your tube/Edit/Copy.

Edit/Paste as a new selection in the upper left corner.

Effects/3-D Effects/Drop Shadow as before.

Selections/Select none.

Add your watermark.

Layers/Merge/Merge all flatten.

Save and assemble in Letter Creator.

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