CIRCLES AND STRIPES TUTORIAL




    PREPARING
  1. Open tube, height/width maximum: 400 pixels or resize to maximum 400
  2. Duplicate tube twice (Shift D) and close original
  3. Choose a light color from tube and select it as foreground color in the
    materialbox
  4. Choose a dark color from tube and select is as background color in the
    materialbox
  5. Edit - Copy
  6. Minimize Tube

    BACKGROUND TILE
  7. File � New Image (200x200, transparent)
  8. In your materials box in your background box chose gradient
  9. In your materials propriety box chose foreground-background gradient with
    the following settings: angle 90, repeats: 3, lineair style, not inverted
  10. Floodfill layer with gradient
  11. Effects � Filter Factory Gallery C � Tilemix: with the following settings


    settings: Mixing: 192, Radius: 160
  12. In your tools box chose Selection Tool.
  13. Chose Circle, replace, feather: 0
  14. Activate your tube image
  15. With your circle selection draw a circle of about 150 x 150
  16. Image - Crop to selection
  17. Edit � Copy
  18. You can now close this down
  19. Activate your Image of 200 x 200
  20. Edit � Paste � Paste as a new layer
  21. Lower opacity of this new layer with your circle to 10 � 20. Your circle
    selection must just be visible
  22. Layers � Merge � Merge visible
  23. Your background pattern is now ready
  24. Minimize

    BACKGROUND
  25. File � New Image (transparent) of 1280 x 400
  26. Choose in your materials box for pattern



  27. Select here your newly made background pattern
  28. Choose angel: 0. scale 100
  29. Floodfill your background with this pattern
  30. Your background is ready for now
  31. Minimize



    TUBE IMAGE
  32. Activate your second tube copy
  33. Image � Canvas Size: Width: 600, Height: 600 pixels, placement middle/center
  34. Layers � New raster layer
  35. Floodfill with your light foreground color
  36. Layers � Arrange � Send to bottom
  37. Optional: Adjust � Add/remove noise � Add noise: Gaussian of 08,
    monochrome or Effects � Texture effects (chose your texture)
  38. Activate tube layer
  39. Effects � 3d effects � Dropshadow to your liking: I used: H&V:3,
    Opacity: 45, Blur: 12
  40. Layers � Merge � Merge visible
  41. In your tools box chose Selection Tool.
  42. Choose Circle, replace, feather: 0
  43. Draw a circle starting from the center of your tube image, just have
    the tube image all covered
  44. Image - Crop to selection
  45. Selections � Select all
  46. Selections � Float
  47. Selections � Defloat
  48. Effects � 3d Effects � Inner Bevel: with the following settings:
    Bevel: 2, Width: 6, Smoothness: 0, Depth: 6, Ambience: 0, Shininess: 0,
    Angle: 315, Intensity: 50, Elevation: 30
  49. Selections � Select none
  50. Image � Resize: resize to 375 pixels width and height, bicubic
  51. Edit - Copy
  52. You can then close this tube image (Tip: you can use this as your tag,
    resize and add your name and effects, then export as gif)

    BACKGROUND
  53. Activate your background
  54. Edit � Paste � Paste as a new Layer
  55. Move with your mover tool to the left end (keep a little
    place open from top, bottom and left end)
  56. Effects � 3dEffects � dropshadow: to your likings (same as before)
  57. Activate bottom layer (with pattern)
  58. Layers � new raster layer
  59. Floodfill layer with your light color. Lower opacity. You must see the
    pattern layer easily through it, but it will have now a good matching color
    and you can easily put and read text on it
  60. Layers � new raster layer: add your watermark
  61. Layers � Merge � Merge all (flatten)

    FINISHING
  62. File � Export � JPEG Optimizer (between 20 - 25)
  63. In Letter Creator open your background
  64. In body don�t forget to tile
  65. Choose a matching color for your text
  66. Don�t forget your credits in your footer
  67. Finish




I hope you enjoyed making this letter. I would love to see the results.
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With thanks to the brilliant women who have given me
lessons in PSP and Incredimail.
Many things I learnt have been used by me in creating.
Any resemblance with other tutorials is purely coincidental.
And special thanks my testers for their testing.

You are free to share my tutorials. If you want to use them for
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as my tutorial.

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