DA-Ribbon Brush Background
by
©Donna Ann
November 25, 2006
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Needed for this Tutorial:
PSP
A tube image of your choice
Open PSP
Open your tube in PSP
Window/Duplicate (*close your original)
With your tube activated, Export/Custom Brush (*you will be asked to name your custom brush)
Use your eye dropper button and select 2 colors from your tube---save them in your Materials Box. It will say "add to swatches," click "OK" Do this for both of the colors. You will need them in a minute. Make one a lighter color to be used as your background.
Open a new transparent image, 300 X 300 pixels
Flood fill with your background color.
Layers/new Raster layer
Click on your selection tool , the tool box will open. Click on "custom select"
When the box opens, make the following selections:
this will leave your background image with marching ants in a column to the left side, indented. Flood fill with one of your colors.
Layers Duplicate/Image Mirror
Layers/Merge/merge all flatten
Select your new brush
Click your selected brush in the middle of your mirrored image
Reduce the Opacity of the mirrored image to 30%
Effects/Image effects/Seamless tiling
This is your new background
Image/resize 50%
In your Materials box, select this new pattern
Activate your tube image.
Image/resize your tube to approximately 350 pixels wide
Image/Canvas size
By having your height more than the height of your tube, it makes it so your image is not too close together when it repeats the pattern of the tube in your final letter.
Layers/add new raster layer
Flood fill this new layer with your pattern image
Layers/arrange/send to bottom
Save to assemble in Letter Creator
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