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Full Page Stationery Tutorial for PSP7 |
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First I would like to give
credit to both Carissa(tuts unfortunately not available, she is one of the most wonderful artist around) and Jacinda at Jacinda's Place for the original Idea. Both had tutorials for earlier versions of PSP for this. |
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Lets Get Started and remember to have fun |
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Use the Image below it is my own and Royalty Free |
 right click on image, choose
copy, go to PSP7 , edit, paste, choose Paste as New Image (be sure to save it) |
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Now go to the square selection tool
and select an area of interest. Be
sure to leave plenty of room around the selection since PSP needs it. |
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Go to Selection choose: Convert to Seamless Pattern. Now a little window will open with the new seamless tile. Go to Image, Image information and make yourself a note of the Width and Height of the Seamless Image. You will need this later. You may now minimize the original image. |
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Create New Image Dimensions: 1024wx800h Transparent Background |
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click ok |
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Now we will make the selection for the Border fill.
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Activate your Square Selection Tool in the
main Tool Bar and Double Click on it. This will bring up a window to enter your Selection Dimensions in |
 The number for Left would be the Width of the
Seamless Tile The number for Right the full Width of the Transparent Stationery Tile The Number for Top the Height of your Seamless Tile The Number for Bottom the full Height of the Transparent Stationery Tile. |
 This is what you should see. Go to Selections and choose Invert this will give you the selection for the Outside Border. |
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To flood fill your border click on the Flood Fill Tool (Bucket) Click on the little triangle in the Styles Color Swatch and Choose the Pattern Style. Then click on the Swatch itself to open the Pattern Selection Dialogue Window |
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Click on the bar beside the image that
will show in the Dialogue Window and scroll to the
top of the image displays. At the top it will show
the images currently open in PSP. Now click on the
one that is the seamless image you created. Click Ok. Click on the inside of the selected border of your background
strip. |
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Now is the time to apply any Filters that you
wish to apply. I used: Effects, Artistic Effects, Brush Strokes with the following Settings |
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Click Ok. Lets add a nice framing to your Border. |
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Use your Magic Wand and click on the
transparent(checkered) Area of your Background
Strip. Flood fill with the color of your
choice (Don't forget to reset your style to plain
color) |
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Go to Selection, Float. Go to Effects, 3D, choose Cut-out Use the
following Settings: |
 Make sure the shadow color is different
enough from the filled border to select later with the Magic Wand. Click ok. Now select the border with your Magic Wand, Tolerance 0. If you don't like the border color change it with flood fill. Texturize with Effects, Textures Effects, Fine Leather, with these settings.(Change the Color by clicking on the Color Swatch) |
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Click Ok. With the border still selected, go to Effects, 3D, Inner Bevel, and use the following settings: |
 Click ok. All that is left is to use the magic wand on the plain color text area and apply a texture. I used the Texturizer Plugin with the Sandstone Texture (Texturizer available at: Bearz Cave) |
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The next step is purely
optional Invert selection, go to Effects, 3D add drop shadow |
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So there you are. All done, Hope you
enjoyed. If you have any questions please e-mail me at Tigger or drop by the Beginner's Group at Annexcafe |
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If you would like to use the Scrolling
Text Code for this Stationery Continue on
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