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EMBROIDERY WAVES TUTORIAL
Tutorial written by
Cheryl of Frogkid Creations
9 May 2009
This tutorial is from my
own ideas while playing in PSP.
Any similarity to another
tutorial is purely by coincidence, and no copyright
infringement is intended.
Please do not remove this
tutorial from my website, or upload to any other site or
group without my written permission.
This tutorial was written
in PSP9, but could easily be done in any other version
of PSP. You will need to have a knowledge of the program
and its tools.
Supplies:
Tube and Accents of choice
Mask - 85MaskkelsWWA.jpg (at
bottom of tutorial)
Filters:
Birgits Chaos - Embroidery
*Install your filter
before opening PSP
Import your two brushes into PSP
*All settings will remain
the same unless stated otherwise*
HEADER
1. Open your tube of choice.
Duplicate (Shift D) and close the original.
Open your 85MasskelsWWA.jpg and your accents in psp and
minimize.
2. Resize your tube to 380 pixels
in height - width will self adjust
Resize using Smart Size; Lock Aspect Ratio Checked;
All Layers Checked
Edit> Copy your tube and minimize
for later.
3. Select a medium/dark
color for your foreground and a light color for your
background.
4. File> New 700 x 550 pixels.
5. Flood fill with your light color.
6. Adjust> Add/Remove Noise> Add
Noise
Uniform 5% Monochrome Selected
7. Effects> Texture Effects>
Texture> Paper Fine
Size 25% Smoothness 0 Depth 1
Ambience 0 Shininess 0 Angle 315 Intensity 50 Elevation
30 Color White
8. Effects> Image Effects>
Seamless Tiling (Default).
9. Layers> New Raster Layer
Flood Fill with your dark color.
10. Adjust> Add/Remove Noise.
11. Layers> New Mask Layer> From
Image
Select 85MaskkelsWWA.jpg
Source luminance checked. OK
12. Layers> Merge Layer Group.
13. Effects> 3D Effects>
Drop Shadow
V/H 0 Opacity 60 Blur 3.00
14. Edit> Paste as a New Layer
(your tube)
Arrange to your liking.
15. Effects> 3D Effects> Drop
Shadow
Apply a Drop Shadow of your choice
or use the same as last used.
16. Layers> New Raster Layer
Apply your Watermark and any
accents you like.
17. Layers> Merge> Merge Visible.
**You may now resize your image if
you like.
18. File> Export at 20-25% jpg
compression and save.
You can now close your header out
as we are finished with it.
BACKGROUND
1. File> New> 40 x 400 pixels.
2. Flood fill with your dark color.
3. Selections> Select All
Edit> Paste into selection (your
tube)
Select None.
4. Effects> Image Effects>
Seamless Tiling (Default).
5. Adjust> Add/Remove Noise> Add
Noise
Uniform 5% Monochrome Selected.
6. Effects> Plugins> Birgits
Chaos> Embroidery
Controls 1-4 on 255 Stripes or
Pattern 255
7. Image> Add Borders (Symmetric
Unchecked)
Top, Left, Bottom - 0, Right 2
using your dark color.
8. Image> Add Borders your light
color.
9. Layers> Promote Background Layer.
10. Image> Canvas Size 88 x 400
Lock Aspect Ratio Unchecked,
Placement Left Center
11. Layers> Duplicate
Image> Mirror
Layers> Merge> Merge Visible.
12. Image> Add Borders
Left/Right 2 - your light color
13. Image> Add Borders - your dark
color
14. Effects> Image Effects>
Seamless Tiling
Corner/Vertical 0/50
15. Image> Canvas Size 1700 (or
your preferred width) x 400
16. Effects> 3D Effects> Drop
Shadow
Vertical 0, Horizontal 3,
Opacity 60, Blur 10.00, Shadow on new layer checked,
color black
17. Effects> Image Effects>
Seamless Tiling
18. Layers> Merge> Merge Visible
19. Layers> New Raster Layer
Arrange> Send to Bottom
20. Flood fill with your light
color
21. Adjust> Add/Remove Noise> Add
Noise
Uniform 5% Monochrome Selected
22. Effects> Texture Effects>
Texture> Paper Fine
Size 25% Smoothness 0 Depth 1
Ambience 0 Shininess 0 Angle 315 Intensity 50 Elevation
30 Color White
23. Effects> Image Effects>
Seamless Tiling (Default).
*Optional> Add any text
and accents at this point
24. File> Export at 20-25%
jpg compression and save
Run through Letter
Creator and you have a new stationery
Please link this tutorial
back to
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/FrogkidCreations/
Thank you for trying my
tutorial.
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