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SB OVAL Header
GOAL:
Hooty-tut© aka Doyle Allen
Approved by the HootyTutTestersGroup!
Skill Level: Intermediate
Needed: PaintShopPro, 2-3 graphics
and a theme
in mind.
1. Open a transparent Image
550x414
2. Selection Tool:
Settings: Ellipse, feather=0 Antialias checked!
3. Draw an Ellipse shape starting
at 275x207 to 407x375
4. Flood
the inside of the Ellipse with black.
5. Selections/modify/Contract = 5
6. Flood
with white
7. Selections/Modify/Contract = 10
8. Flood
with black
9. Selections/modify/Contract = 5
10. Delete on Keyboard
11. Layers/New Raster Layer
12. Selection tool
Shape Rectangle
13. Double Click on selection icon
Note:
Keep Custom Size and
Position Checked throughout the rest of the steps.
**Double
Click on the selection icon to enter
each of the following coordinates.
14. Left=17 Right=120
Top=40 Bottom=370
15. Flood
with Black
16.
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L-21
R-114
T-55
B-354
17. Flood
with White
18.**
L-25
R-111
T-62
B-347
19. Flood
with Black
20.
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L-25
R-111
T-69
B-342
21. Flood
with White
22.
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L-30 R-105
T-77 B-334
23. Delete on Keyboard and
CTRL + D (de-select)
24. Layers/Duplicate
25. Image/Mirror
26. Layers/Merge/Merge Visible
27.
Magic
Wand Hold shift and select all the
White Borders
28. Select a fill. Such as SBP,
EyeCandy or another.
NOTE: I used Textures from my Color
Palette
and filled the white with a light
wood texture (Rosiewood3) and the black areas with a similar wood texture
(Rosiewood6) but a little darker.
This
was to simulate an old look like I used to
see on my grandmothers wall.
29. If what you used did not put an
inner bevel then
put one in it now.
Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel
30.
Magic
Wand: Hold your shift key and activate
all 8 Black areas of what you have
drawn.
31. Selections/Modify/Expand 2
32. Flood
with another fill
33. Inner bevel if needed.
Use same settings as before except
change these 2
settings:
Width 2, Depth 1
Hot Tip!
Want to save your frame for future
in PSP?
File/Save as/Name it, I named mine HootySBOval.pfr
(be
sure your name ends in .pfr)
Save in, C/Program Files/Jasc
Software Inc/ PaintShopPro 7/Frames/Save
Now whenever you want to use it
just go to
Image/Picture Frame/scan the drop
down list to
your selection and open it!
TIPS:
Now you need 3
graphics that will complete a
theme of some
sort.
Suggestions
might be an Ocean scene for the Ellipse or oval and fish in the SB shapes.
Maybe a country
scene and then birds in the SB.
You use your
creativity and resources.
For the SB
parts you can just Image/Mirror the
same image to
put it in the other side instead of
hunting for
another image.
For all 3
frames, the graphic for the oval frame
will look best
if it was originally higher than wider.
The SB pics
will look the best if Tall and Narrow.
You can Crop
either of your original graphics to
a more desired
shape before pasting into selection
for the best
finished appearance.
34.
Magic
wand: Select the middle of the oval frame
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35. Selections/Modify/expand by 2
36. Edit/Copy your main graphic
37. Edit/Paste into Selection.
38. Effects/Sharpen/Sharpen
39. Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow
Settings: V=2 H=2 O=50 B=4.9 Color=Black
40. Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow
Settings: V= -2 H= -2 O=50 B=4.9 Color=Black
CTRL+ D (de-select)
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41.
Magic
wand: Select the middle of the Left SB frame.
42. Repeat all the above steps that are in the
green color.
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43.
Magic
wand: Select the middle of the Right SB frame.
44. Repeat all the above steps that are in the
green color.
(Don’t forget to Image/Mirror if you are
going to use the same image for both SB frames).
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45. Layers/New Raster Layer
46. Ctrl + A (select
all)
47. Flood
fill with something that might look like
a wall or wallpaper etc.
48. Selections/Modify/contract = 10
49. Selections/Invert
50. Effects/3D effects/Inner Bevel
Use the same settings.
They should be the same as what you used last.
51. Selections/Modify/Contract 3
52. Effects/3D effects/Inner Bevel
Use the same settings.
They should be the same as what you used last.
53. Ctrl + D
(de-selects)
54. Layers/Arrange/Move Down
55. Click on the glasses 
on your fill layer that you
just moved down.
It
should have an X on it now.
56. Click on the Merged Layer in your layers palette
to make it the active one. This is the one will your
frames and should be visible .
57.
Magic
Wand: Select the transparent area
58. Selections/Invert
59. Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow
Settings: V=2 H=2 O=50 B=4.9 Color=Black
60. Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow
Settings: V= -2 H= -2 O=50 B=4.9 Color=Black
61. Click on the glasses on your fill layer
to re-activate it on your layers palette.
62. Layers/Layers Merge Visible
63. Save as a JPG. (Did you watermark it?)
TaDa!
You are done with the header and have made and
saved a frame that will be ready to use
anytime you want to use it to do another one!
Note:
You may want to make a tile for your background out
of one of your fills to make your
stationary be consistent.
This might be the wall paper-ish fill you used or
maybe one of the border fills you used.
Hope you liked this tut?! This will be a different
style in your repertoire.
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Study, Learn, Create &
HAVE FUN!
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Approved by the
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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.
Special thanks to all the testers: Lei, Everam, Pam, Kynda, Mary, Vinda, Fiddle
Samantha
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