Strong Ice Stationery Set Tutorial
Strong Ice Stationery Set Tutorial
Things Needed
**Paint Shop Pro (this was done using v.9)
**Silver or Gold Pattern Fill found Here
**MezzoForce Ice (Strong Ice) Plugin Found Here
**Graphic of choice (One that is wider than tall) Graphic needs to be at least 450 pixels wide
Please note that graphics with white or really light edge colors will not work correctly with the BorderMania Plugin
Please install plugin and extract silver or gold pattern to your "Patterns" folder in PSP before opening Paint Shop Pro
Please note that all settings remain the same unless otherwise noted throughout tutorial...
Let's Get Started
1. Open your graphic in Paint Shop Pro.
Please resize it to 450 pixels in width if it isn't already. Do this by going to Image/Resize....Height will self adjust.
If you have resized go to Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen
Edit/Copy your graphic and then Edit/Paste/Paste as a new image and minimize...
2. Choose a Medium to Darker color from your graphic and set it as your background color. Set your foreground color to the Gold Pattern...
3. Open a new raster image 100x100 and flood fill with the color you have chosen and set it aside on your workspace (Top left hand corner is a good place)
We are saving your color choice incase it should disappear from your color palette
4. Image/Add Borders and add a 2 pixel symetric border in your medium/dark color
5. Image/Add Borders and add a 2 pixel border in white
6. Select white border with your magic wand:
Mode=Replace, Match Mode=RGB Value, Tolerance=0, Sample Merged and Contiguous both checked, Feather=0, Anti-Alias is Not checked
7. Flood fill with the gold pattern and select none
8. Add a 2 pixel border in your medium/dark color
9. Add a 10 pixel border in white and select with magic wand
10. Edit/Paste/Paste into selection
11. Effects/Distortion Effects/Wind:
From Left and Strength=40
12. Effects/Plugins/2Manenkenai/Mezzoforce Ice/ Strong Ice
13. Image/Flip
14. Effects/Plugins/BorderMania/Frame #2 (If you have the non English Version, it is Cadre relief n2) and use the following settings:
and select none
15. Add a 2 pixel border in your medium/dark color
16. Add a 2 pixel border in white. Select with magic wand and flood fill with gold. Select None
17. Add a 2 pixel border in your medium/dark color
18. Add a 20 pixel white border. Select border with magic wand and go to edit/paste/paste into selection
19. Effects/Distortion Effects/Wind:
From Right and Strength=40
20. Effects/Plugins/2Manenkenai/Mezzoforce Ice/Strong Ice
21. Image/Mirror
22. Effects/Plugins/BorderMania/Frame 2 (using same settings)
23. Selections/Select None
24. Add a 2 pixel border in your medium/dark color
25. Add a 2 pixel white border. Select with magic wand and flood fill with gold. Select None
26. Add a 2 pixel border in your medium/dark color
You can add text if you'd like to now along with your watermark if you use one...
When you are all finished go to File/Export/Export to JPEG Optimizer and Optimize at 15 or whatever your preference is (Do Not Close Out though!)
We still need this image open and active to do our background :)
The Background:
1. With your header still open and active go to your selection tool and then custom selection:
And set your custom selection to the following settings:
Left=0, Top=55, Right=47, Bottom=350
**For beginners, you find your custom selection by clicking on your selection tool. This tool is found with your Magic Wand. You may need to click on the arrow to pull down the little menu where your Magic Wand is (there should be 3 there. The Magic Wand, Selection, and your Freehand or Lasso Tool). Once you click on your Selection Tool, look at the top in PSP and you will see the Custom Selection box. Click on this and enter the numbers I have given**
2. Edit/Copy and then Edit/Paste/Paste as a new image
3. Image/Canvas Size 1400x295
~Please note if your screen resolution is wider than 1400, you can adjust to suit your preferences~
4. Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow:
V&H=0, Opacity=100, Blur=12, Color=Black
5. Effects/Image Effects/Seamless tile using Corner and Vertical
6. Layers/New Raster layer/Send to the bottom and flood fill with your medium/dark color
7. Layers/New Raster Layer
~Bring up the copy of your graphic that you minimized in the beginning of the tutorial and go to Edit/Copy (You can now close this graphic out)~
8. Selections/Select all and then Edit/Paste/Paste into Selection and Select none
9. Adjust/Blur/Gaussian Blur at 20
10. Effects/Plugins/Mezzoforce Ice/Strong Ice
11. Effects/Image Effects/Seamless Tile using Default Settings
12. Reduce the Opacity of this layer to anywhere between 20-25. Settings will depend on what looks best for you...
13. Layers/Merge/Merge All Flatten and export to the JPEG Optimizer and optimize at 15 or whatever your preference is....
Arrange in Letter Creator and please link tutorial back to me at
http://www.jmcreationtuts.iwarp.com
Please feel free to snag and share my tutorials after they have been released but please credit back to me in the footer..
If you are a tutorial writer and you would like to use my selections, masks, or other things please email me at
jodim@norwaymi.com
I do allow it, but I require a link back in your tutorial to my website here:
http://www.jmcreationtuts.iwarp.com