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For this tutorial you will need: ULead PhotoImpact - available for purchase here FM Tile Tools - available for purchase here My plugin windows may look different from yours as I use Filters Unlimited to manage my plugins. You can purchase it here. I am assuming you know the basics of PhotoImpact and where the tools can be located. |
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| 1. Open up the image you would like to use. Duplicate it by hitting control-D and close the original. Resize it if needed, so the height is no more than about 250 pixels. Crop if there is any white (or any other color) border around the image, so the picture will flow seamlessly across the top. |
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| 2. Go to Effect>FM Tile Tools>Seamless Tile, use these settings: both border width and stretch control set to the default of .250, vertical unchecked. |
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| It will now look like this. Sometimes the change is hard to see, but it is there and allows the graphic to flow seamlessly. |
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| 3. Open the mask you want to use, duplicate and close the original (click here for a list of sites that have masks available. Many more available on the web). If it is meant for a left border, rotate it 90 degrees right. |
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4. Resize the mask to
fit the picture, using the transform tool
set to resize. Go to Edit>Copy. |
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5. Make your graphic
active by clicking on it. Change colors in palette to Black and
White. Click on mask tool
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Paste as object your mask over top of the graphic., toggle off
the mask tool. You will see marching ants around the mask
selection. |
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| 6. Right click on graphic and Convert to Object. Edit>Copy. |
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7. Open a new canvas,
the width of the masked graphic X 2000 pixels. Choose a color
from your graphic with the eyedropper tool
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or pick a color you like. Leave it the way it is or apply a
texture. Paste the copied graphic to the strip and move it to
the top, making sure it is in the center. Switch to the pick
tool
and click on the box, shown at right, in the toolbar, to center it. |
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| 8. Apply a drop shadow to the mask by clicking on it to select it, right-click on it, check the shadow box, make sure the far left shadow type is checked and change the x and y offsets to 5. Leave the rest of the settings at default. Merge all and save as jpg. |
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You're done! I
cropped the bottom out of mine to make it smaller for viewing
here. It should be much longer! LOL To learn how to make an Incredimail stationery with this in Letter Creator, click here. |
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If you have any questions or suggestions, click on the email button below to contact me. Have a wonderful day! |
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