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7th Dimension Set
Hooty-Tut© by Doyle Allen 3/14/04
Approved by the HootyTutTestersGroup!
Needed:
PSP I used 8, settings maybe different if you use 7.
If you do this with PSP7 then replace the
Seamless Tiling steps with Simple Filters Quicktile
Click underlined areas to download.
Unpaid version will not have all the
effects… Not required but nice to have.
If you do not have this then skip the steps that use
this plugin filter.
1 Preparation
Select a graphic to use.
Do not select a graphic with a lot of black on the outer edges since this will destroy the shadow effects that are needed for the effect were are trying for.
Duplicate your graphic twice and close out your original.
(Shift + D to duplicate)
Minimize one of them.
Image/Resize to no wider than 450 and the height should not be more than 390 pixels.
Note: Settings for all effects stay the same unless new settings are shown.
FRAME
2 Edit/Copy
3 Image/Add Border = 30
4 Magic Wand Tool:
Select the new border
Settings:
5 Edit/Paste/Paste into Selection
6 Selections/Invert
7 Layers/New Raster Layer
8 Effects/3D Effects/Cutout
Vert = -6 , Hor = -9…note both are minus!
Opacity = 90, Blur = 90
Shadow color = Black
Fill interior UNCHECKED.
OK
9 Selections/Modify/Expand Selection = 10
10 Layers/New Raster Layer
11 Effects/3D Effects/Cutout
12 Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow
Vert & Hor both = 1
Opacity = 50, Blur = 5
Color = White
13 Selections/Modify/Expand Selection = 10
14 Layers/New Raster Layer
15 Effects/3D Effects/Cutout
16 Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow
17 Selections/Invert
18 Make your Background or bottom layer active
19 Selections/Promote Selection to Layer
20 Layers/Duplicate
21 Selections/Select None
22 Make your 2nd layer from the bottom active on
your layers palette.
23 Effects/Reflection Effects/Kaleidoscope
Settings:
All settings are at Zero = 0
Except # of Petals = 10
Reflect is checked
24 Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel
Bevel #2, Width = 8, Smoothness = 2, Depth = 1
Ambience = 0, Shininess = 11,
Color = White, Angle = 315, Intensity = 50, Elevation = 30
Note: Repeat if you think it looks better.
25 Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow
Vert & Hor both = 5
Opacity = 50, Blur = 5
Color = Black
26 Make the 3rd Layer from the bottom
active on your Layers Palette
27 Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow
28 Image/Add Border = 20
29 Magic Wand Tool: Select the new border
30 Edit/Paste/Paste into Selection
31 Selections/Invert
32 Effects/3D Effects/Cutout
33 Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow
Vert & Hor both = 1
Opacity = 50, Blur = 5
Color = White
34 Selections/Modify/Expand = 10
35 Effects/3D Effects/Cutout
36 Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow
37 Selections/Invert
38 Selections/Promote Selection to Layer
39 Layers/Duplicate
40 Make the Middle layer on your layers
palette the active layer.
41 Selections/Select None
42 Effects/Reflection Effects/Kaleidoscope
43 Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel
Note: Repeat if you think it looks better.
44 Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow
H & V = 5, Opacity = 50, Blur = 5, Color = Black
45 Select your top layer on your layers palette
46 Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel
Same settings.
Note: Repeat if you think it looks better.
47 Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow
48 Layers/Merge/Merge All (flatten)
49 Effects/Plugins/FM Tile Tools/Saturation Emboss
Default settings
This can enhance the illusion of depth.
You may want to use Blend Emboss instead depending on the colors and effect on your graphic.
Sharpening may also improve the appearance as
an alternative.
50 Now you can add a new raster layer and add your
watermark.
51 Layers/Merge/Merge All (flatten)
Save your framed header now but do not close it out.
52 Minimize it
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BACKGROUND
1 Maximize your minimized unframed image.
2 Image/Resize Lock aspect ratio UNCHECKED!
300 x 300 pixels.
3 Effects/Image Effects/Seamless Tiling
(Example 2)
Settings:
Corner, Bidirectional,
Hor. and Vert. both at Zero
Transition% = 50, Linear checked!
4 Layers/Promote Background Layer
(if needed)
5 Layers/New Raster Layer
6 Layers/Arrange/Send to bottom
7 Dropper Tool:
Select a dark or light color from your graphic
Keep in mind that this will be the color that
your text will have to be written on later.
8 Flood Fill Tool: Fill the bottom transparent layer
100% Opacity.
9 Adjust/Add-Remove Noise
Suggested Settings:
Gaussian, Monochrome – Checked, Noise = 30%
10 Click on the top layer to make it active
11 On your layers palette click and drag the Opacity slider
to the left until you can just barely see the image.
You just do not want the visible image to be so
visible that it will make your text hard to read when
you use it later. (example 3)
12 Effects/Plugins/FM Tile Tools ..If you have this plug in choose between Blend or Saturation Emboss at the default setting.
13 Layers/Merge All ( Flatten)
14? Optional: (example 4 if you are going dark)
Shift + B Adjust Brightness
I like mine dark so I go deep into the –‘s.
Use +’s if you are a fan of light backgrounds.
The object is to make it test friendly and look good
with what you have made.
My preference is to make the image just barely
visible….almost indistinguishable (dang? I knew
that word?) or not quite recognizable.
15 Resize and sharpen to your judgment.
16 Save it for your background tile but do not close it out yet!
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MIRROR SB ICONS
1 Maximize your Framed Image
2 Edit/Copy ( the framed image )
3 Edit/Paste/Paste as new Image
4 (Now you can close out your large framed image that you have already saved!)
5 Image/Resize proportionately to a width of 100 pixels.
Lock aspect ratio checked!
(Layers/Promote Background to Layer if it is a
background layer)
6 Adjust/Sharpness/Sharpen only if this improves your image appearance.
7 Image/Canvas Size
At the top you see the Original Dimensions
In the New Dimensions box:
Lock aspect ratio UNCHECKED
Type in the original width (100)
Type in twice the original height amount.
In the Placement Box click the top middle arrow .
You should see “Bottom” fill with that number and
all the rest will be zero’s on the right side.
Click OK! (example 1)
8 Layers/Duplicate
9 Image/Flip (example 2)
10 Layers/New Raster Layer
11 Layers/Arrange/Send to Bottom
12 On your Foreground color box in your materials palette select pattern and find your background tile…
Angle = 0, Scale = 100
13 Flood Fill Tool:
Flood the bottom layer with your background
tile
14 On your Layers Pallet slide the opacity slider back to about 30-50% on the top layer by clicking on the triangle and dragging to the middle. (example 3)
15 Layers/Merge/Merge All (flatten)
16 Save (jpg) as one of your side border icons
17 Image/Mirror
18 Save as another SB icon for the other side with a different name of course.
19 Close both of them out after saving them.
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Afterthoughts:
I like to put 3 SB icons on each side in Letter Creator.
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Remember to Watermark your creations!
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Thanks to all the great testers that help me to
make these tutorials as good as they are!
The testers are always a vital part of the end
results of what you end up using.
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