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Translated into French here
Thanks Val

For information about which fonts, programs, etc I used to construct my pages and my headers, click here.
For this tutorial you will need:
Corel Paint Shop Pro - available for purchase and trial version here
(or Jasc previous versions)
Since I rely heavily on third party filters, this tutorial can probably be done in any version.
You may have to look around your menus for the menu commands but they will be there.
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Filters and materials needed
 FM Tile Tools - available free here (many of the filters are still useable after the trial period is over)
A tube, psd file, object or graphic
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I use a little program called the The Image Tiler to preview my tiles to see if they're seamless.
It's license says it's free to be redistributed and all of the links I found for it are dead, so I've uploaded it.
Download it here: http://www.ellies-treasures.com/files/plugins/The%20Image%20Tiler%20v3.0.zip
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My plugin windows may look different from yours as I use Filters Unlimited 2 to manage my plugins - available for purchase here
 http://www.icnet.de/filters_unlimited/


I am assuming you know the basics of Paint Shop Pro and where the tools can be located.

Here are some arrows you can drag and drop where you need to mark your spots.
Just left click and drag to where you want it then let go.
They will stay where you put them until you close your browser.
           

1. Open up the image you would like to use. Duplicate it by hitting shift-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.
Sharpen if you have resized it (Adjust>Sharpen>Sharpen or use the Unsharp Mask at 1-64-4).

Graphic by Ruth Morehead 
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.

It will now look like this. Sometimes the change is hard to see,
but it is there and allows the graphic to flow seamlessly.
3. Right click on layer palette, background layer, and promote background layer.
4. 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 clockwise (Image>Rotate>Rotate Clockwise 90).
5. Resize the mask to fit the picture, using the deform tool with the mode set to scale.
If it is not high enough, go to Image>Expand Canvas and add white to the top of the mask by
changing the height in the box to the correct height, in the numbers listed at the bottom right,
make sure that all of the expansion is in the box labeled top and the bottom, left and right boxes all say 0.
Make sure the color box labeled background is white. Click ok.
6. Go to your main graphic, go to Layer>New Mask Layer>From Image, and pick your mask from the list
(your opened mask will be in the list), make sure source luminance is checked. Click ok.

7. Go to layer palette, right-click on mask layer and click on delete.
A window will come up asking if you want to merge into the layer below, click yes.



It will now look like this.
8. Open a new canvas, the width of the masked graphic X 2000 pixels height.
Choose a color from your graphic with the eyedropper tool , 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. Merge all and save as jpg.

You're done! I cropped the bottom out of mine to make it smaller for viewing here. It should be much longer! LOL
Merge all, watermark and save, you're done!
To learn how to make an Incredimail stationery with this in Letter Creator, click here.
l hope you had fun!
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If you have any questions or suggestions, click on the email button below to contact me. Have a wonderful day!
These tutorials are all my own creations.
Any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental and unintentional.
Feel free to share any of my tutorials on this site by a link back to my site,
but do not copy and send the entire tutorial to anyone or any group.
You may also save it to your hard drive (go to File>Save As, and save as an mht file-
this will save the pictures with the page in one single file and will open in a browser)
or print it out for your own personal use.
©2003-2007 Ellie's Treasures


Mask sources  - back to tutorial

 http://www.jumbo-psp.com/PSP-masks.htm
tons of links to all types of masks
http://luciddreamcreations.freeservers.com//mask.html
http://www.a-b-z.net/extras/categories.php
http://www.gardendaledesigns.com/Masks1.html
http://dehaan6.fol.nl/maskers.htm
http://tubes.ominix.com/art/masks/index.html
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Edge Mask sources

 http://graphicssoft.about.com/library/free/blfree_frames.htm
over 100 edge masks here
http://www.fortunecity.com/skyscraper/millenit/1716/pitutorials/tuts/masks/newbiesmsk.html
http://www.fortunecity.com/skyscraper/millenit/1716/pitutorials/tuts/masks/edgemasks.html

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Webpage Design Information
This webpage background was made in PhotoImpact with a tutorial by Deb DeHaven
 Sadly, she passed away but her tutorials just came back online, thanks to PIRCNet.
You can find the tutorial here.
 The font I used for the text on the buttons is BrockScript
The font I used for the tutorial header is Argos.
 Click on the font name to download the font.
I use PhotoImpact to make all of my headers due to the amazing
3D text it has and the wonderful presets available free online
 Most of the presets I use are either the ones that come with PhotoImpact, usually the Gel ones,
or from Deb's PI Tutorials and More (see below) or Carol Oyl's site
 This is the address to Deb's old pages
 http://www.fortunecity.com/skyscraper/millenit/1716/pitutorials/objects/presets/presets1.html
 I can't find any links to her new pages but the presets are still on this page for download.
 For more sites to find PI Presets, take a look at my Great Beginnings page.