Hootytut by Doyle Allen aka Hooty  7/11/04

Approved by the HootyTutTesters!

Needed: PSP8 , 7 If you are familiar and

Intermediate level you should be able to

adapt.

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Files > Accessories for HootyTuts /Templates folder

Note:

All Settings for effects, once they are used

will stay the same unless otherwise stated.

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1  Open your TripleFrameSBTemplate.psp

in your PSP.

You should see the top layer that has an

active selection already.

Shift / D to duplicate, close out the original

template for safe keeping.

2  Open the graphic that you want to use.

It should be be a little taller than it is wide.

3 (E) Eye Dropper

Left click on a light color from your graphic

Right click on a darker color from your graphic.

I think a lighter and darker shade of the

same color ends up looking nice.

 Use your own judgement.

Be sure your Material Palette is set to colors.

4  (Ctrl + C) Edit / Copy

You can closeout your graphic if you like.

We are done with it.

5  (F)  Flood Fill Tool:

Left click on your Selected Side Frame

image selection.

Zoom in and be sure it is completely filled.

Left click on any of the selected areas that

do not fill completely.

Settings:

Match Mode = None, Sample merged = checked,

Blend Mode = Normal, Opacity = 100

6  Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel

Suggested Settings:

Bevel #6, Width = 2, Smoothness = 40, Depth = 2

Ambience = 10, Shininess = 10, Color = White

Angle = 315, Intensity = 70, Elevation = 20

You may choose to apply bevel more than

once.

7  (Ctrl +D) Selections / Select None

8  Magic Wand Tool:

Settings:

Left Click inside the little frame in the

transparent area.

9  (Ctrl + Shift + L)

or Edit / Paste / Paste into Selection

10  At this point you can Adjust / Sharpness /

Sharpen if needed or wanted.

11   (Ctrl +D) Selections / Select None

12  Effects / Plugins / Lokas Software /

13  Layers / Duplicate

14  (Ctrl + M)  Image / Mirror

15  (M) Mover Tool:

Move the duplicate over next to the original

for now.

16  On your layers palette turn off both

Side Frame Layers.

17   Turn on the Main Frame and make that

layer the active one. (No X)

18  (Ctrl + A)  Selections / Select All

19  Magic Wand Tool:

Left Click on the Black frame itself.

20  (F) Flood Fill Tool:

Fill the frame with the same color that you

did your little frame.

21  Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel

22  (Ctrl + D)  Selections / Select None

23  Magic Wand Tool: 

28  Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow

Settings:

Vertical and Horizontal both = (minus) -18

Opacity = 30, Blur = 30, Color = Black

29  Turn off your Main Frame Layer

30  Turn on the Backdrop Layer and make

it the active layer.

31  Magic Wand Tool:

Click on the white area

32  (F)  Flood Fill Tool:

Fill the area with your chosen color.

   At this point exercise your creativity and

add any textures or effects that you think

would compliment your frames. Remember

you are making a backdrop for the frames.

  I have EyeCandy5 and like to fill with an

effect from that changing the Foreground

color and background colors on the Basic

page to the colors that I selected earlier from

the graphic.. and clicking on the seamless

option!

33  If you have not made this seamless you

will need to do that now..

Use any method you choose, one method

in PSP8 is to use:

Effects / Image Effects / Seamless Tiling

Settings:

Mirror, Vertical

34  (Ctrl + C)  Edit / Copy

35  (Ctrl + D) Selections / Select None

36  Magic Wand:

Click on the Green area

37 Selections / Modify / Expand = 1

38  (Ctrl + Shift + L)

Edit / Paste / Paste into Selection

39  Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel

40  (D) Deform Tool

Layers / Convert to Raster Layer (if needed)

Because of the Inner bevel at the top and

bottom , to get the seamless effect you need

to stretch the top and bottom so the beveled

parts at the top and bottom go past the edges a bit.

  Click on the little square in the middle 

and drag upwards just a bit.

Click on the little square in the middle in the

bottom part and pull down just a bit.

41  Effects / Image Effects / Seamless Tiling

Settings:

Mirror, Vertical

42 Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow

Settings:

Vertical and Horizontal both = 3

Opacity = 30, Blur = 3, Color = Black

43  (A) Pan Tool

This is just to remove the deformation tool

43  Turn off any active layers and turn on

the (BG) background layer. Make it the active

layer

44  (F) Flood Fill Tool:

Fill with either of your matching colors that

you selected from your graphic. This will

be the  color that the text will be written on.

45   Adjust / Add-Remove Noise / Add Noise

Settings:

Gaussian and Monochrome checked

Noise = 10

46  Turn all the layers back on and let's see

what you've got!

47  (M) Mover Tool:

Arrange the 3 frames in a manner that is

pleasing to your eye.

Do not allow the dropshadows to touch or

overrun the edges. It will look bad.

 You can go over the beveled edge but not

over the edge on the right side where the

text will be going.

48 At this point you can add layers of tubes

or text to dress up your creation and put

your personal touch on it.  You would be

surprised how that can improve the

appearance of your creation!

49  Make any last minute changes then

Layers / Merge / Merge All Layers

50 Add a layer if you'd like and add your

watermark.

51  Save as a jpg.. You can be more lenient

with your compression level and go for better

quality since this will be tiled.

Note:  When you put this in Letter Creator

set your left text margin at 408 on the body

page.