Framed Canvas Stationery Tutorial

By Sheila

Supplies Needed

Paint Shop Pro Demo Here
Filters Unlimited 2.0 Demo Here
jb-gold Gradient Here
Tube of choice
Comment:
You may use the Texture Effects included in
PSP if you don't have Filters Unlimited 2.0

Settings for tools used more than
once will remain the same unless
otherwise noted

Preparation

Open your tube in PSP
Duplicate your image Shift+D
Close the original

Step 1 Image>Resize
Settings:
Height: 175
Width will automatically set
Resample using: Smart Size
Lock Aspect Ratio: Checked
Resize All Layers: Checked

Step 2 Adjust>Sharpness>Sharpen

Step 3 Dropper Tool

Left click to choose a very light
color from your tube as your
foreground color

Step 4 Left click on the background
Material Palette. Click the Gradient
tab. Choose the jb-gold gradient
Settings:
Angle: 45
Repeats: 0
Invert: Unchecked
Style: Linear
OK

Step 5 Edit>Copy
Minimize your tube for later use

Step 6 File>New
Width: 1024
Height: 768
Resolution: 72.000
Raster Background
16 Million Colors
OK

Step 7 Selections>Select All

Step 8 Edit>Paste>Paste Into Selection

Step 9 Selections>Select None

Step 10 Layers>New Raster Layer

Step 11 Flood Fill Tool

Settings:
Match Mode: None
Sample Merged: Checked
Blend Mode: Normal
Opacity: 100
Flood fill the new raster layer with
your light foreground color

Step 12 Lower the opacity of this
layer to 90

Step 13 Layers>Merge>Merge All/Flatten

Step 14 Effects>Plugins>I C Net Software>Filters Unlimited>Paper Textures
Canvas, Fine
Settings:
Intensity: 156
Lightness: 87
OK

Step 15 Layers>New Raster Layer

Step 16 Selection Tool

Settings:
Selection Type: Rectangle
Mode: Replace
Feather: 0
Anti Alias: Checked
Custom Selection

Settings

Step 17 Flood Fill Tool

Right click in the selected area to fill
with the gold gradient

Step 18 Selection Tool

Custom Selection
Settings:
Top: 35
Left: 10
Right: 35
Bottom: 768
OK

Step 19 Flood Fill Tool

Right click in the selected area to fill
with the gold gradient

Step 20 Selection Tool

Custom Selection
Settings:
Top: 45
Left: 45
Right: 1024
Bottom: 768
OK

Step 21 Flood Fill Tool

Right click in the selected area to fill
with the gold gradient

Step 22 Selection Tool

Custom Selection
Settings:
Top: 75
Left: 45
Right: 75
Bottom: 768
OK

Step 23 Flood Fill Tool

Right click in the selected area to fill
with the gold gradient

Step 24 Selection Tool

Custom Selection
Settings:
Top: 85
Left: 85
Right: 1024
Bottom: 120
OK

Step 25 Flood Fill Tool

Right click in the selected area to fill
with the gold gradient

Step 26 Selection Tool

Custom Selection
Settings:
Top: 120
Left: 85
Right: 120
Bottom: 768
OK

Step 27 Flood Fill Tool

Right click in the selected area to fill
with the gold gradient

Step 28 Selections>Select None

Step 29 Effects>3D Effects>Inner Bevel
Settings

OK

Step 30 Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow
Settings

OK

Step 31 Edit>Paste>Paste as a new layer

Step 32 Mover Tool

Use the mover tool to place your
tube over the corners of your frame
Comment:
The placement of the tube is entirely up
to the preference of the creator. Feel
free to take liberties with the accents
on this stationery.

Step 33 Effects>3D Effects>Dropshadow
Settings:
Vertical: 2
Horizontal: 2
Opacity: 50
Blur: 5.00
Color: Black
Shadow on new layer: Unchecked
OK

Step 34 Layers>New Raster Layer
Add your watermark

Step 35 File>Export>JPEG Optimizer
Set Compression Value between 25-30
Comment: This is a rather heavy
stationery. You may even set the
compression value to 35. This
stationery has very littl detail, and
setting the compression value this high
will not affect the quality too very much

Letter Creator

Step 1 Open Letter Creator

Step 2 On the body tab in the
Background section, click on Image.

Step 3 Browse to where you saved
the background image from PSP

Step 4 In the Text section, choose
a font, font size and font color to
compliment your stationery

Step 5 In the Margins section, set
your top and left margins so that the
text is about 10 pixels to the
left of the horizontal frame side
and about 10 pixels from the bottom
of the vertical frame top

I hope you enjoy your stationery and
use it often!!

Sheila

Framed Canvas Stationery Tutorial written by Sheila of Stuff By She. January 6, 2006. Any resemblance to another tutorial is purely coincidental. When using this tutorial please give credit to Stuff By She and please provide a link. http://www.stuffbyshe.com