Gold Is Elegant Stationery Tutorial
Gold Is Elegant Stationery Tutorial:
Things Needed:
*Paint Shop Pro (This is done using 9)
*Supplies (Selections and Gold Pattern) Found Here
(Export the selections into your Selections folder in PSP and The Gold Pattern into your Patterns Folder in PSP)
*Tube/Tubes of Your Choice (Should be no bigger than 400 in width or height)
Let's Make Your Header:
1. Open your tube in PSP and choose 2 complimenting colors from it (One lighter and One darker) You can minimize your tube for now....
2. Open a new image 500x500
3. Selections/Load-Save Selection/Load Selection From Disk and choose the BoxByMe1_JM Selection:
4. Layer/New Raster Layer
5. Flood Fill with your Dark Color
6. Effects/Texture Effects/Blinds with the following settings: Width 3, Opacity 45, Horizontal and Light from Left/Top boxes checked, Color Black
5. Flood Fill with your Dark Color
6. Effects/Texture Effects/Blinds with the following settings: Width 3, Opacity 45, Horizontal and Light from Left/Top boxes checked, Color Black
7. Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow with the following Settings: Horizontal and Vertical at 2, Opacity 50, Blur 2
8. Repeat Drop Shadow except change the Horizontal and Vertical to -2
9. Selections/Select None
10. Selections/Load-Save Selections/Load Selection From Disk and choose the VerLineByMe1_JM Selection
11. In your Color Palette, Change your Background to your Gold Pattern Fill:
8. Repeat Drop Shadow except change the Horizontal and Vertical to -2
9. Selections/Select None
10. Selections/Load-Save Selections/Load Selection From Disk and choose the VerLineByMe1_JM Selection
11. In your Color Palette, Change your Background to your Gold Pattern Fill:
12. Layers/New Raster Layer
13. Flood Fill your Selection with your Gold pattern
14. Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow and use these settings: Horizontal and Vertical 2, Opacity 50, Blur 2, Color Black
15. Repeat Drop Shadow but change the Horizontal and Vertical to -2
16. Selections/Select None
17. Selections/Load Save Selections/Load Selections From Disk and choose the HorLinesByMe1_JM Selection
18. Layers/New Raster Layer
19. Flood Fill with your gold pattern
20. Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow with the same settings we used last
21. Repeat Drop Shadow and change the Horizontal and Vertical to 2
22. Selections/Select None
23. Layers/Merge/Merge Visible
24. Edit/Copy
25. Edit/Paste/Paste As A New Image
26. Layers/New Raster Layer
27. Flood Fill with your Gold Pattern
28. Layers/Arrange/Send To Bottom
29. Layers/Merge/Merge Visible
30. Now it's time to use the tube/tubes that you minimized earlier...Open your tube and Edit/Copy
31. Back to your Header and Edit/Paste/Paste as New Layer and using your mover tool, position your tube/tubes where you'd like them.
32. Time to add a drop shadow to your tube (If you use more than one tube, you will have to add this drop shadow to each of them)
Go to Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow and use the following settings: H&V=0, Opacity=100, Blur=12, Color=Black
33. When you have your tubes positoned to where you like them, Add your watermark and text if you'd like. If you add text, you can add a drop shadow of your choosing or use the following settings: H&V=1, Opacity=50, Blur=2, Color=Black
34. Layers/Merge/Merge All (Flatten)
35. Time to save so go to File/Export/JPEG Optimizer and Optimize at 15 or whatever works best for your graphic...Name your Header and Save
Let's Make The Background:
36. Open a new image 100x300
37. Flood Fill with your Light Color
38. Effects/Texture Effects/Blinds and we will be using the same settings as before except make sure the Horizontal box is Not Checked
39. Selections/Load Save Selections/Load Selection From Disk and choose the SideLinesByMe1_JM Selection
40. Layers/New Raster Layer
41. Flood Fill with your Gold Pattern
42. Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow and use the following Settings: Horizontal and Vertical 2, Opacity 50, Blur 2, Color Black
43. Selections/Select None
44. Image/Canvas Size and make your new size 1400x300 and for the placement choose Middle Left Arrow
45. Layers/New Raster Layer
46. Flood Fill with your Dark Color
47. Layers/Arrange/Send To Bottom
48. Layers/Merge/Merge All (Flatten)
49. File/Export to JPEG Optimizer and Optimize at 15...Name it and save it..
50. Arrange in Letter Creator and You are done :0) Please Credit Tutorial back to me at
I hope you enjoyed my tutorial...
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If you are a tutorial writer and you would like to use my selections, masks, tubes or other things please email me at jodimcreations@gmail.com
I do allow it, but I require credit and a link back to me at my website here:
http://www.jmcreationtuts.iwarp.com
Thanks!!
Thanks!!
Jodi M