Fritillary/Brush Tutorial

by

Donna Ann

2004

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Needed for this Tutorial:

 

PSP8

Filter:  Xero/Fruitillary

A Tube that you like.

Open PSP8 and your selected tube in to PSP8. 

Window/Duplicate.  Close your original.

With your Eyedropper tool  pick a light color and a dark color from your tube image.

 

 With your tube still open, File/Export/Custom Brush   *a window will open if your tube is too large

 and tell you to resize it so nither the width or height is more than 500 pixels. 

Resize if necessary. 

The "Create Brush Tip" box will open. 

Name your new brush and click OK.  Minimize your tube for now.

 Open a New transparant image 1280 X 750

 Flood fill  with your lighter color.

Click on the Brush button .  Select your new brush (your tube image).

Make your dark color your foreground color.

On your new flood filled image, make a single brush image. 

Place it about 600 pixels X 425.  It is a little off center of your background image but that's ok. 

Effects/Plugins/Xero/Fritillary. 

Click the arrow  on your tool bar to deselect the Brush tool.

 

 

Activate your tube image. 

 Edit/Copy

On your background image, Edit/Paste as a new selection. 

 If your tube is too large, resize it to about 75% or your brush image. 

This is a personal choice.  I try to keep my tubes so they don't spread past 350 pixels

 in to the background image from the left side, in order to allow sufficient text space when you use the letter.

 Effects/3D Effets/Drop Shadow. 

 Selections/Select none

 

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TEXT:  This step is optional

 Add a New Raster Layer

Open your Text Box   type the text you wish to add to your letter.

Create as "floating"/size 30 (approx.)/Anti Alias CHECKED, Line Style default / Warp Text CHECKED/ Meter Length 10

Move your text into position, then with the Deformation Tool , angle into desired position. 

When the box appears that says "selection must be promoted to full layer" click OK. 

 Click the arrow  on your tool bar to deselect the deformation tool.

If desired, add the same drop shadow to your text that you used above on your tube image.

Layers/Merge/Merge all flatten

 Add your watermark or signature and save as a jpg for assembly in Letter Creator.

Download

IMF File

 

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