Framing Vertical Strip Stationery Style Tutorial and Creating a Narrow Secondary Strip

Framing Vertical Strip Stationery Style Tutorial and Creating a Narrow Secondary Strip
The tutorial was written for PSPX2 - but can be done using any of the versions of PSP by Woven
The Bold writing are the keyboard shortcuts for each action.You may or may not need to have the [ F lock ] on your keyboard activated for these to work

Requirements for this tutorial
The Underlined Text are Links to Files or Webpages A graphic Image for your Strip - portrait or landscape orientation will both work fine and a width of between 250 and 400pixels is a good width for the image The image I have used is a Public Domain Image You can use any metallic or any pattern you wish or you can download and save the Pattern 1 and Pattern 2 to My Documents/My PSP Files/Patterns - In PSP7 and earlier versions save to C:ProgramFiles/Jasc Software Inc/Paint Shop Pro/Patterns. I did not make either of these patterns - If I knew who did I would credit him/her with them here

Requirements for this tutorial

The Underlined Text are Links to Files or Webpages

A graphic Image for your Strip - portrait or landscape orientation will both work fine and a width of between 250 and 400pixels is a good width for the image
The image I have used is a Public Domain Image

You can use any metallic or any pattern you wish or you can download and save the Pattern 1 and Pattern 2 to My Documents/My PSP Files/Patterns -
In PSP7 and earlier versions save to C:ProgramFiles/Jasc Software Inc/Paint Shop Pro/Patterns. I did not make either of these patterns - If I knew who did I would credit him/her with them here

Instructions
Open your Image that you are going to use for your strip in PSP and if necessary Increase its color depth to RGB8bit/channel( Ctrl + Shift + 0 )In PSP7 and earlier versions this is 16million(24bit). Image>Add Borders>Symmetric Unchecked; Top, Right and Bottom all 0; Left 3;Left click on the wee colour swatch and select any colour not in your image>OK. I am doing it this way because I want both sides of borders to look identical - and if I do both sides at the same time one looks slightly different to the other due to light angles Select you Floodfill Tool ( F )>Match Mode RGBValue; Use All Layers Checked or Unchecked does not matter as there is only one layer; Blend Mode Normal; Opacitry 100. Materials Palette> Click on the wee button underneath the foreground colour swatch and select pattern; then Left click on the Foreground colour swatch To open the Materials Palette dialogue box> from the drop down menu select the goldenbeads pattern you saved or another small pattern of your choice; Angle 0; Scale for this pattern 100 or to suit to make your pattern choice repeats small scale; Texture Unchecked>OK. Left click inside of the new border to floodfill it with this pattern Image>Add Borders>Change Left to 5 and Right to 0; Rest of settings as before>OK. Select your Magic Wand Tool>Mode Replace; Match Mode RGB Value; Tolerance 0; Use all layers and Contiguous both Checked; Feather 0; Anti-alias Unchecked. Left click inside the new left border to select it. Select you Floodfill Tool ( F )>Same settings as before. Materials Palette> Click on the wee button underneath the background colour swatch and select pattern; then Left click on the Background colour swatch To open the Materials Palette dialogue box> from the drop down menu select the goldlady pattern you saved or another medium sized pattern of your choice; Angle 0 or 45 to have the pattern going corner to corner; Scale for this pattern 100 or to suit to make your pattern choice repeats medium scale; Texture Unchecked>OK. Right click inside the selected border to floodfill it with this 2nd pattern Effects>3dEffect>Inner Bevel>Bevel #1 (Column 1 Row 1); Width and Depth both 3; Smoothness, Ambience and Shininess all 0; Angle 315; Intensity 40; Elevation 33; Right click on the wee colour swatch and select white>OK. Selections>Select None ( Ctrl + D ). Image>Add Borders>Change Left to 8 and Right to 0; Rest of settings as before>OK. Select your Magic Wand Tool>Settings as before. Left click inside the new left border to select it. Select you Floodfill Tool ( F )>Same settings as before. Right click inside the selected border to floodfill it with this 2nd pattern Effects>3dEffect>Inner Bevel>Bevel #6 (Column 2 Row 2); Change width to 8; all other settings as before. Selections>Select None ( Ctrl + D ). Image>Add Borders>Change Left to 13 and Right to 0; Rest of settings as before>OK. Select your Magic Wand Tool>Settings as before. Left click inside the new left border to select it. Select you Floodfill Tool ( F )>Same settings as before. Right click inside the selected border to floodfill it with this 2nd pattern Effects>3dEffect>Inner Bevel>Bevel #12 (Column 4 Row 3); Change width to 11; all other settings as before. Selections>Select None ( Ctrl + D ). Effects>Image Effects>Seamless Tiling>Tiling Method - Edge; Direction - Vertical; width 52; transition 100>OK. Image>Canvas Size>Lock Aspect Ratio Unchecked; Height New Dimension is same as Original Height; Width of New Dimension Add 29pixels(Width of our borders) to the original height; Placement - Click on the left pointing arrow To have the new area to the right side of our image>OK. With Selection Tool ( S ) the active tool - On the Tool settings bar click on the Custom selection button A black dotted square inside a white dotted square>Top and Left both 0; Make the bottom the pixel height of the Image; Right 29pixels Which is the width of all the borders we added>OK. Selections>Promote selection to a layer. Selections>Select None ( Ctrl + D ). Image>Mirror ( Ctrl + M ) Layers>Merge>Merge Visible. Layers> New Raster Layer. Add watermark. Layers>Merge>Merge All(Flatten). NOW LET'S CREATE OUR NARROW STRIP Click on the Selector Tool ( S )>Selection Type - Rectangle; Mode - Replace; Feather 0; Anti-alias Unchecked; Now click on the Custom Seletion button A black dotted square inside a white dotted square> Top 0; Left 10; Right 50; Bottom 239>OK.Note: Settings are only a guideline Edit>Copy ( Ctrl + C ). Edit>Paste as New Image ( Ctrl + Shift+V ) or ( Ctrl + V )Depending on version of PSP. Image>Canvas Size>Losk Aspect Ratio - Unchecked; New Dimensions - Width is double the original width; Height is same as original width; Placement - Click on the Left pointing arrow to have your image sit on the leftside of the new canvas with a transparent area to the right of it Layers>Duplicate. Image>Mirror. Layers>Merge>Merge Visible. Layers> New Raster Layer. Add watermark. Layers>Merge>Merge All(Flatten).

Instructions

Open your Image that you are going to use for your strip in PSP and if necessary Increase its color depth to RGB8bit/channel( Ctrl + Shift + 0 )In PSP7 and earlier versions this is 16million(24bit).
Image>Add Borders>Symmetric Unchecked; Top, Right and Bottom all 0; Left 3;Left click on the wee colour swatch and select any colour not in your image>OK.
I am doing it this way because I want both sides of borders to look identical - and if I do both sides at the same time one looks slightly different to the other due to light angles
Select you Floodfill Tool ( F )>Match Mode RGBValue; Use All Layers Checked or Unchecked does not matter as there is only one layer; Blend Mode Normal; Opacitry 100.
1. Materials Palette> Click on the wee button underneath the foreground colour swatch and select pattern; then Left click on the Foreground colour swatch To open the Materials Palette dialogue box> from the drop down menu select the goldenbeads pattern you saved or another small pattern of your choice; Angle 0; Scale for this pattern 100 or to suit to make your pattern choice repeats small scale; Texture Unchecked>OK.
2. Left click inside of the new border to floodfill it with this pattern
Image>Add Borders>Change Left to 5 and Right to 0; Rest of settings as before>OK.
Select your Magic Wand Tool>Mode Replace; Match Mode RGB Value; Tolerance 0; Use all layers and Contiguous both Checked; Feather 0; Anti-alias Unchecked.
1. Left click inside the new left border to select it.
Select you Floodfill Tool ( F )>Same settings as before.
1. Materials Palette> Click on the wee button underneath the background colour swatch and select pattern; then Left click on the Background colour swatch To open the Materials Palette dialogue box> from the drop down menu select the goldlady pattern you saved or another medium sized pattern of your choice; Angle 0 or 45 to have the pattern going corner to corner; Scale for this pattern 100 or to suit to make your pattern choice repeats medium scale; Texture Unchecked>OK.
2. Right click inside the selected border to floodfill it with this 2nd pattern
3. Effects>3dEffect>Inner Bevel>Bevel #1 (Column 1 Row 1); Width and Depth both 3; Smoothness, Ambience and Shininess all 0; Angle 315; Intensity 40; Elevation 33; Right click on the wee colour swatch and select white>OK.
4. Selections>Select None ( Ctrl + D ).
Image>Add Borders>Change Left to 8 and Right to 0; Rest of settings as before>OK.
Select your Magic Wand Tool>Settings as before.
1. Left click inside the new left border to select it.
Select you Floodfill Tool ( F )>Same settings as before.
1. Right click inside the selected border to floodfill it with this 2nd pattern
2. Effects>3dEffect>Inner Bevel>Bevel #6 (Column 2 Row 2); Change width to 8; all other settings as before.
3. Selections>Select None ( Ctrl + D ).
Image>Add Borders>Change Left to 13 and Right to 0; Rest of settings as before>OK.
Select your Magic Wand Tool>Settings as before.
1. Left click inside the new left border to select it.
Select you Floodfill Tool ( F )>Same settings as before.
1. Right click inside the selected border to floodfill it with this 2nd pattern
2. Effects>3dEffect>Inner Bevel>Bevel #12 (Column 4 Row 3); Change width to 11; all other settings as before.
3. Selections>Select None ( Ctrl + D ).
Effects>Image Effects>Seamless Tiling>Tiling Method - Edge; Direction - Vertical; width 52; transition 100>OK.
Image>Canvas Size>Lock Aspect Ratio Unchecked; Height New Dimension is same as Original Height; Width of New Dimension Add 29pixels(Width of our borders) to the original height; Placement - Click on the left pointing arrow To have the new area to the right side of our image>OK.
With Selection Tool ( S ) the active tool - On the Tool settings bar click on the Custom selection button A black dotted square inside a white dotted square>Top and Left both 0; Make the bottom the pixel height of the Image; Right 29pixels Which is the width of all the borders we added>OK.
1. Selections>Promote selection to a layer.
2. Selections>Select None ( Ctrl + D ).
3. Image>Mirror ( Ctrl + M )
4. Layers>Merge>Merge Visible.
5. Layers> New Raster Layer.
6. Add watermark.
7. Layers>Merge>Merge All(Flatten).
NOW LET'S CREATE OUR NARROW STRIP
Click on the Selector Tool ( S )>Selection Type - Rectangle; Mode - Replace; Feather 0; Anti-alias Unchecked; Now click on the Custom Seletion button A black dotted square inside a white dotted square> Top 0; Left 10; Right 50; Bottom 239>OK.Note: Settings are only a guideline
Edit>Copy ( Ctrl + C ).
Edit>Paste as New Image ( Ctrl + Shift+V ) or ( Ctrl + V )Depending on version of PSP.
Image>Canvas Size>Losk Aspect Ratio - Unchecked; New Dimensions - Width is double the original width; Height is same as original width; Placement - Click on the Left pointing arrow to have your image sit on the leftside of the new canvas with a transparent area to the right of it
Layers>Duplicate.
Image>Mirror.
Layers>Merge>Merge Visible.
Layers> New Raster Layer.
Add watermark.
Layers>Merge>Merge All(Flatten).

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