La Grande Expectation
Full Set Stationery
Hootytut© by Doyle Allen aka Hooty 5/01/04
Needed: (Click on name to go to the download)
I used PSP8 to do this.
Filter Factory Gallery D / Ring Tile
Join HootytutResources and get all
the FilterFactory (8bf converted for your
convenience) in the Files/Plugins Folder.
VM Experimental = Needles and Pins
A gold fill of your own choosing.
Gold Foil.bmp for your patterns folder is
available at HootytutResources in the files
section.
Put it in your PSP Patterns folder.
PREPARATION:
Select a very colorful graphic with very little
if any dark colors for the best results.
Resize your graphic with a width no wider
than 400 pixels and a height no taller than 340.
Duplicate your image and close out the original.
Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen if need.
1 Image/Add Borders
(Select a color that is not on the edge of your
graphic) = 3
(All will be with symmetric checked every time)
2 Magic Wand = Select the new border
3 (F) Flood bucket :
Fill border with Gold Foil pattern or alternative.
Note: I am using the gold foil pattern.
Use what you like.
If you like silver ..use that instead etc. Just be
consistent and use the same fill each time the
gold fill is mentioned. LOL
Some testers even used a Gradient! Kewl!
4 Ctrl + Shift + i (Selections / Invert)
5 Effects / 3D Effects / Cutout
Settings:
Horizontal and Vertical both at +2
Opacity = 100, Blur = 15, Color Black
Fill interior = unchecked!
6 Repeat Cutout = Same settings but change
H & V to (minus) – 2
7 Ctrl + D (Selections / Select None)
8 Image/Add Borders = 20
Magic Wand = Select the new border
(F) Flood bucket:
Fill border with Gold pattern fill or an
alternative of your choosing.
Again a gradient might be your
choice, pattern etc.
9 (Still Selected)
Image / Rotate / Rotate Counter Clockwise 90°
Note:This will rotate the whole frame,
selection and all! Reason..we can not
change the direction of the effect in the
next step so we do this instead.
10 Effects/Plugins/VM Experimental =
Needles and Pins
Settings…Top to bottom
92, 32, 32, 32, 255
11 Image / Rotate / Rotate Clockwise 90°
12 Ctrl + D (Selections / Select None)
13 Image/Add Borders
(Select a color that is not on the edges) = 2
(F) Flood bucket :
Fill border with Gold pattern fill.
14 Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow
Horizontal and Vertical both at = 6
Opacity = 50, Blur = 5, Color = Black
15 Repeat Drop Shadow
Settings are the same but change the
H & V = (minus) – 6
16 Ctrl + Shift + i (Selections / Invert)
17 Effects / 3D Effects / Cutout
18 Repeat Cutout = Same settings but change
19 Ctrl + D (Selections / Select None)
20 Image/Add Borders
(Select the Black color in the Add Borders Box) = 2
21 Image/Add Borders
(Choose a different color this time.) = 2
22 Magic Wand
Select the new border
(F) Flood bucket
Fill border with Gold pattern fill or alternative.
23 Ctrl + Shift + i (Selections / Invert)
24 Effects / 3D Effects / Cutout
25 Repeat Cutout = Same settings but change
26 Ctrl + D (Selections / Select None)
27 Image/Add Borders
(Select a "very dark color" in the Add
Borders Box) =35
If you are not good at matching color then
black works all the time.
28 Magic Wand = Select the new border
Note: Fill with an alternative that will
compliment your graphic colors or leave
black...up to your!
A Foreground/Background Gradient
might be to your liking?!
29 Effects / Plugins / Filter Factory Gallery D /
Ring Tile
Settings Top to bottom = 13, 2, 2
30 Effects / 3D Effects / Cutout
31 Repeat Cutout = Same settings
but change H & V to (minus) – 2
32 Selections / Invert
33 Ctrl + C (Edit / Copy)
34 Ctrl + D (Selections / Select None)
35 Image / Add Borders
Select a color that is not on the edge
of the adjacent border = 11
36 Magic Wand = Select the new border
37 Ctrl + Shift + L or
(Edit / Paste / Paste into Selection)
38 Ctrl + D (Selections / Select None)
39 Ctrl + C (Edit / Copy)
40 Add your watermark and
save as a Jpg!
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The SideBars
1 Edit / Paste as New Image..
Minimize this one.
We will use it for our background in
a minute.
2 Edit / Paste as New Image
3 Close out the original framed image
that you saved.
4 Image / Resize
Pixel Dimensions = Width =100,
Height = 245 pixels
Resample checked / Bicubic
Maintain = Unchecked
Lock aspect Ration = Unchecked
Resize all Layers = Checked.
Double check your Pixel dimensions
again at the top.
5 Adjust / Sharpness / Sharpen
If desired.
6 Save as a jpg..and close it out.
Whew…that was a real knuckle buster
wasn’t it! LOL
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The Background
1 Maximize your minimized image.
2 Image / Resize = 300 x 300 pixels
3 Effects / Image Effects / Seamless Tiling
Edge, Bidirectional,
Width & Transition both at 50.
OK!
4 Effects / Image Effects / Seamless Tiling
Corner, Bidirectional, Linear
Default
5 Optional:
Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance
You might want to try FMTileTools Blend
Emboss effect if you have that plugin.
6 Layers / New Raster Layer
7 E (Dropper Tool) = Select a very dark
color again...almost black or black itself!
8 F (Fill Bucket) = Fill the layer with the
color of your choosing.
9 Cut the opacity down on the fill layer in
the layer palette till you can barely see the
image.
The object is to make this text friendly.
10 Layers / Merge / Merge All
11 Effects/Edge Effects / Enhance
You might want to use FMTileTools
Blend Emboss or not do either instead.
12 Save it as your background tile.
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Now that wasn't so bad eh'? WEEeee!
Remember to Watermark your creations!
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Approved by the HootyTutTestersGroup!
Thanks to all the great testers that help me to
make these tutorials as good as they are!
The testers are always a vital part of the end
results of what you end up using.
Special thanks to all the testers:
Adrienne, Meshi Michelle, Cal, Pat, KMRA,
Jacqueline, Evelyn, Maria Rosa, Sue, Janet,
and Diane
