POSTERIZED CURLICUES TUTORIAL




SKILLS
Beginner with basic knowledge of PSP and Letter Creator

NEEDED
  • tube
  • PSP & Letter Creator

    PREPARING
  • Chose tube: longer then wide, or squaire, height no more then 400 This tutorial works best with a tube with soft colors because otherwise the colors of the tube and the background are too different...
  • Make a copy (shift-D) from tube
  • Close out original
  • Chose a light color from the tube (make it your fore- or background)
  • Edit - Copy
  • Minimize tube

    BACKGROUND IMAGE
  • File � New Image: 1450 x 400
  • Selections � Select all
  • Edit � Paste into Selection
  • Selections � select none
  • Layers � New Raster Layer
  • Floodfill with your chosen color
  • Layers � Arrange � Move down
  • Layers � Merge � Merge visible
  • Effects � Image Effects - Seamless tile at default
  • Effects � Artistic Effects � Posterize at default

  • Effects � Distortion Effects � Curlicues , with the following settings:

    (SETTINGS: number of columns: 16, number of rows: 4, radius: 100, strength: 100, Symmetric and Clockwise NOT checked)
  • Lower Opacity of Layer (20-60) to make it more textfriendly (with a tube of bright colors don�t go too low if you want to keep the colors matching, then you need a light color for text though )
  • Effects � Image effects � Seamless Tiling at default (vertical has less beautiful result)
  • Layers � Merge � Merge all layers

    TUBE IMAGE
    (not necessary if tube is still in the memory)
  • Activate your tube image
  • Edit - Copy

    FINISHING
  • Activate background
  • Edit � Paste as a new Layer
  • Move the tube with your mover tool to the left.
  • Effects � 3d effects � Dropshadow , I used these settings:

    (SETTINGS: V&H: 4, opacity: 45, Blur: 22, Color black, Shadow on new layer not checked)
  • Layers � Merge � Merge all
  • Add new layer
  • Put your Watermark
  • Layers � Merge � Merge all

    LETTER CREATOR>
  • Export with a compression of 20
  • Open in your body, tile
  • Aknowledge credits in Footer
  • Finish letter

    I hope you enjoyed making this letter. I would love to see the results. You can mail them to me at:
    [email protected] My tutorials can be found in my groupfiles:
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cuteIMlettersandtagsbyJetty or on my website: http://www.geocities.com/ladyluna37/index.htm

    With thanks to the brilliant women who have given me lessons in PSP and Incredimail letters. Many of the things I learnt have been used by me in creating my letters.
    Any resemblance to other tutorials is purely coincidental. Special thanks to my testers...

    You are free to share my tutorials. If you want to use them for lessons or a groupshare please ask me and please awknowledge it as my tutorial.

    Hugs
    Jetty

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