This tutorial is suggested for
Intermediate Level and requires a basic
understanding of PSP and Filters
Supplies
PSP 9 Demo Here
Toadies Ommadawn Filter Here
Super Blade Pro Here
You willneed the M_coconutice preset
You can get it Here. Unzip it into SBP's
Environments and textures folder.
Tube of Choice
COMMENT: Tubes that are similar in height
and width work best for this turorial
Tubes that are much wider than they are
tall will not work.
PREPARATION
Open your tube
Duplicate your tube (Shift+D)
Close the original
Step 1.
Image>Resize
SETTINGS:
Height 353
(Make note of the width of your tube for later)
Resample Using Smart Size
Lock Aspect Ratio Checked
Resize All Layers
Step 2.
Duplicate your tube (Shift+D)
Minimize one for use later
Step 3.
Dropper Tool 
Left click to choose a light
foreground color
Right click to choose a darker
background color
Step 4.
Layers>New Raster Layer
Step 5.
Flood Fill Tool 
SETTINGS:
Match Mode - None
Sample Merged - Checked
Blend Mode - Normal
Opacity - 100
Flood fill layer with
background color
Step 6.
Layers>Arrange>Send To Bottom
Step 7.
Layers>Merge>Merge Visible
Step 8.
Effects>Image Effects>Seamless Tiling
SETTINGS:
Default 
Step 9.
Adjust>Blur>Gaussian Blur
SETTINGS:
Radius - 5
Step 10.
Effects>Plugins>Toadies>Ommadawn
SETTINGS:
Cell width - 17
Cell Height - 16
Cell "a" Sharp/Soft - 234
Cell Edges On/Off - 17
Step 11.
Zoom Tool
COMMENT:
Left click twice on
your image to zoom in. The lines
will become clearer and the next step will be
easier to execute.
Step 12.
Magic Wand 
SETTINGS:
Mode - Replace
Match Mode - RGB Value
Tolerance - 20
Contiguous - Checked
Feather - 0
Anti Alias - Checked
Outside
Click on one of the black lines
COMMENT:
You may need to click on more than
one of the lines to make sure that
they are ALL Selected.
Step 13.
Hit the delete key once
Step 14.
Selections>Invert
Step 15.
Effects>Plugins>FlamingPear>Super Blade Pro
Browse to the environments and textures folder
to locate the M_coconutice preset
Step 16.
Selections>Select None
Step 17.
Image>Mirror
Step 18.
Maximize the copy of your tube
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Step 19.
Image>Resize
Resize your tube by 85%
Resample using Smart Size
Lock aspect ratio checked
Resize all layers checked
Ok
Step 20.
Step 21.
Select the background image
Edit>Paste>Paste as a new layer
Step 22.
Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow
Use Drop shadow of preference
Step 23.
Layers>Merge>Merge Visible
Step 24.
Image>Canvas Size
SETTINGS:
Width - 1024
Height - 353
Placement - Center Left
Step 25.
Layers>New Raster Layer
Step 26.
Flood Fill Tool
SETTINGS:
Already set in step 4
Flood fill with the light
foreground color
Step 27.
Layers>Arrange>Send To Bottom
Step 28.
Effects>Texture Effects>Texture
Texture and settings of choice
Step 29.
Effects>Image Effects>Seamless Tiling
SETTINGS:
Default
Step 30.
Make the merged layer the
active layer.
Step 31.
Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow
Settings:
Vertical - 0
Horizontal - 3
Opacity - 40
Blur - 5
Color - Black
OK
Step 32.
Layers>Merge>Merge Visible
Step 33.
Layers>New Raster Layer
Step 34.
Add your watermark and Artist
Information
Step 35.
JPEG Optimizer
Settings:
Set Compression Value - 20
Save As border to a folder of choice.
Letter Creator
Step 1.
Open Letter Creator and make sure
you are on the body tab.
Step 2.
In the Background section
left click on image
and find saved sideborder file
Step 3.
In the background section left click
on Tile
Step 4.
In the Text section,
choose a font,
font size, font color,
link color and
signature color, all to
compliment your
stationery.
Step 5.
In the Margins section set your left
margin so that the text is about 10
pixels to the right of your image, set
your top margin to 10.
Step 6.
On the Finish Tab name your
stationery and save it to Incredimail.
I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial, and enjoy using the stationery.
This tutorial is solely the product of my imagination. Any resemblance
to an other tutorials is purely coincidental. Please give proper credit
and provide a link to this tutorial.
Written on October 15, 2005
By Sheila
