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Translated with permission from the creator, Violette at Violettegraphic tutorial site.
 


See the original tutorial here for PSP in French
This is not my tutorial, it belongs to Violette. If you would like to translate into another language, you must ask her permission.
You can contact her here.

 They will both open in a new window and print out on standard 8½" X 11" paper

For information about which fonts, programs, etc I used to construct my pages and my headers, click here.
For this tutorial you will need:
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I've done this tutorial in PSP 9 and PSP XI.
I believe it can be done in most versions.
You may have to look around for the commands but it's likely they are there.

Filters and materials needed
Filters Unlimited 2, available here
Supplies in zip file here.
The tube is both in pspimage format and also psd format for older programs.
The tube was made by Suzy and shared here with her permission to Violette.
Suzy shares her tubes in her groups
The gold gradient I used is supplied but you can use any gold gradient you like.
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I am assuming you know the basics of Paint Shop Pro and where the tools can be located.
Here are some arrows and bars you can drag and drop where you need to mark or underline where you are. .
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 the tube, duplicate (shift-D) and close the original. Put the gradient into your gradient folder.
2. Color palette: #d6e7e7 in foreground and the dark color #617f7e in background
3. Change foreground to gradient, click on color box, pick foreground-background,
linear style, angle: 45°, repeats 1, invert checked.
4 - Open a new transparent canvas 400 X500 pixels
Using your bucket tool, fill with gradient.
5 - Activate the tube SS_86.pspimage (face)
Image/resize 85% bicubic


Edit/copy (control-C); Edit/Paste as new layer (control-L)
Blend Mode of the layer: Luminance (Legacy)
6 - Right click in layer palette>duplicate-click on eye to turn this layer off
7 - Highlight the layer with the original tube
resize image to 120% twice, resize all layers not checked


Effects>Distortion Effects/Twirl: 720 degrees




Layer Opacity: 50%
8 - click on the eye in the top layer to turn it on, stay in this layer
Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow, settings: 0/0/60/25 color #617f7e
9 - duplicate this layer
Blend Mode of this layer: Luminance
10 - Layers>Merge all
11 - Selections>select all
Effects/3D Effects/Cutout: 0/0/100/40/#395958



Deselect
12 - Image>Add Borders: 3 pixels black, Symmetric checked.

Select with the magic wand, tolerance at 0

Fill with gold gradient, angle 45, repeat 8, linear, invert checked



Deselect
13 - Image>Add Borders: 2 pixels color #395958
14 - Image>Add Borders: 3 pixels black
Select with the magic wand, tolerance at 0
Fill with gold gradient as before, angle 45, repeat 8, linear, invert checked

Deselect
15 - Image>Add Borders: 25 pixels color #617f7e


Select with the magic wand, tolerance at 0
Fill with the greyish-blue linear gradient as in step 4, foreground-background, colors angle 45°,
repeats 7, invert checked, #d6e7e7 in foreground and the dark color #617f7e in background
16 - Effects>Texture Effects>Weave: gap size 5, width 1, opacity 10,
weave color white, gap color #D4E8EA (light blue), fill gaps checked.



Deselect
17 - Image>Add Borders: 3 pixels black
Select with the magic wand, tolerance at 0
Fill with gold gradient as before, angle 45, repeat 8, linear, invert checked
Selections>Invert
18 - Repeat the cutout effect:
Effects/3D Effects/Cutout: 0/0/100/40/#395958



Deselect
19 -Image>Add Borders: 2 pixels color #395958
Image>Add Borders: 3 pixels black
Select with the magic wand, tolerance at 0
Fill with gold gradient, angle 45, repeat 8, linear, invert checked

Deselect
20 - Image>Add Borders: 50 pixels color #d6e7e7 (light grey blue)
Select with the magic wand
21 - Effects>Filters Unlimited 2>Special Effects 1/Shiver at default settings 27-22




Effects>Edge Effects>Enhance more


Repeat the shiver effect one more time


Effects>Edge Effects>Enhance

Deselect
22 - Repeat as in steps 12, 13 and 14:
Image>Add Borders: 3 pixels black, Symmetric checked.
Select with the magic wand, tolerance at 0
Fill with gold gradient, angle 45, repeat 8, linear, invert checked
Deselect
Image>Add Borders: 2 pixels color #395958
Image>Add Borders: 3 pixels black
Select with the magic wand, tolerance at 0
Fill with gold gradient, angle 45, repeat 8, linear, invert checked


Deselect
23 - With the magic wand, tolerance set at 18/select the corners
(hold down the shift key while selecting each corner to select both corners)
Selections>modify>Expand 1 pixel
Fill with color #617f7e


I found that after filling, for some reason there were little lighter smudges in the corners
even though the selections were completely around the corner. I just left them selected,
added a new layer and filled with the color again and the smudges were gone.
24 - Effects>Texture Effects>Blinds, settings:
2-50-light blue #D0EBE6-light from left/top checked
25 - Effects>3D Effects>Inner Bevel, settings:
Bevel 2-5-40-2-0-10-315-67-21-color white



Deselect
If you added a second layer for the corners like I did, right click in layer palette and merge all.
26 - Image>Add borders: 20 pixels color #617f7e

Effects/Textures Effects>Blinds: as with step 24 but check the horizontal box as well.


Repeat the inner bevel, same settings as before:
Bevel 2-5-40-2-0-10-315-67-21-color white
27 -Repeat same steps as in 12, 13 and 14:
Image>Add Borders: 3 pixels black, Symmetric checked.
Select with the magic wand, tolerance at 0
Fill with gold gradient, angle 45, repeat 1, linear, invert not checked
Deselect
Image>Add Borders: 2 pixels color #395958
Image>Add Borders: 3 pixels black
Select with the magic wand, tolerance at 0
Fill with gold gradient, angle 45, repeat 1, linear, invert not checked

Deselect
29 - Watermark and save
File>Export>Jpeg optimizer - compression of about 20.
l hope you had fun!
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ANOTHER VERSION

Here's one made by my good friend Bobbi of RamblinRoots.

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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 all of the text on the buttons is BrockScript
The font I used for the "Priscilla" tutorial header is PaladinFLF.
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.