Pinwheel SB Tutorial
Pinwheel SB Tutorial
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All images used have been obtained through yahoo groups. If you know the artist/copyright information please let me know so I can give proper credit
Pinwheel Side Border
Level - This is for those that have a working knowledge of PSP.
Items Needed:
Tube of Choice
Graphics Plus - Pinwheel
Preparation:
1. Open tube - resize to no higher than 250 pixels. Duplicate twice.
Minimize one. Close original.
2. Pick a light and medium color from tube.
Background:
1. Use second duplicated image. Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling
2. Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur
3. Layers - New Raster Layer
4. Flood fill with light/medium color. Layers - Arrange - Send to bottom.
5. Layers - Merge - Merge Visible.
6. Effects - Plugins - Graphics Plus - Pinwheel
7. Apply Pinwheel again.
8. Layers - New Raster Layer
9. Flood fill with light color. Lower opacity to around 40, give or take, to make text friendly.
10. Layers - Merge - Merge All.
11. Apply the same Seamless Tiling as before.
12. Minimize.
Side Border:
1. Open new image 1024 X 350 pixels.
2. Change foreground to pattern and find the image we just created (Angle - 0, Scale - 100) Flood fill with pattern. Apply seamless tile with default settings.
3. Restore minimized tube. Edit - Copy. Minimize. Resize tube height to no higher than 325 pixels.
4. Edit - Paste as New Layer.
5. Move to left side (see my image for placement).
6. Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow
You may use any drop shadow you choose
to, but I used the following:
7. Apply Drop Shadow again but use - 2 for Vertical and Horizontal. (If you used
your own drop shadow, be sure to do the negative for your vertical and horizontal.)
8. Layers - Merge - Merge All.
9. Apply text as desired under tube. I used Brandyscript and applied same drop shadow as tube.
10. Layers - Merge - Merge All.
11. Put watermark info on image.
12. File - Export - JPEG Optimizer.
13. Save.
14. Assemble in Letter Creator and your done!
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