Skill Level: Intermediate

Needed: Paint Shop Pro8,9 or even 7 if you know

1 This tutorial was written with a lot of

room for your own skill creativity  to be

expressed in the variations of the steps.

2 If you do not have Paint Shop Pro8 then use Simple Filters

in the place of the Seamless Tiling.

3 If you are new and need settings to Effects then

click on the presets button at the top and try

one of those.

4 For the more experienced Creator I invite you

to take any creative avenues on any steps once

you are familiar with the basic concept!

Have fun and express yourself!

5 Note:  With the right color and large text you can

resize your Header results for a TAG!

2 You can make a background and use tubes

to make a substitute for a graphic if you

would like.

     If you do that then when you are finished

Layers / Merge / Merge Visible and continue

with step (7 then 9)

explain it using a graphic to keep it simpler.

Open a graphic and using the selection

tool with a rectangle shape select a section

about the same size as the transparent image.

3 Edit / Copy

4 Close your graphic

5 Selections / Select All

8 Selections / Select None

10  Image / Canvas Size

Width = 550, Height = 400

Lock aspect Ratio = Unchecked

In the Placement box click the arrow that

points to the left.

Your new transparent image addition will

be placed to the right.

11 (S) Selection Tool / Custom Selection

Left = 375,

Top = 0

Bottom = 400

Right = 550…. OK

Note: An alternative to these next 4 steps

would be to just select a text friendly color

from your graphic and fill the selected area.

Hopefully a dominant color.

If you are braver and more skilled continue:

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12  Edit / Paste / Paste into selection 

13  Selections / Promote Selection to Layer

14  What we are going to try to do here is

to make an almost solid color background

that will be text friendly but will still match

the dominant color theme of your images

on the left..

Effects / Artistic Effects / Topography

Settings:

Width = 50, Density = 50

Angle = 315, Color = White

15  Adjust / Blur / Gaussian Blur

17  Edit / Paste / Paste as New Image

18  Rename this BG and Minimize it for now.

19 Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel

Suggested Settings:

(These are my TubePuffing settings)

Bevel = #2, Width = 8, Smoothness = 0

Depth = 1, Ambience = 0, Shininess = 0

Color = White,

Angle = 315, Intensity = 50, Elevation = 30

20 Apply Inner Bevel a second time.

21  Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow

Settings:

Vertical = 0, Horizontal = (minus)- 5

Opacity = 40, Blur = 5, Color = Black

22  Apply an Eye Candy effect if you

would like here..  maybe a Matte Cutout

or Glass effect.

You might like to use Bevel Boss.

If you do not have EC you can simply

apply the Inner bevel that comes with

Paint Shop Pro.

Apply the same EC effect that you just

did to the right, now to the left side.

Both side will then show the same effect.

26  Image / Add Borders = 10 symmetric checked.

Note: You can choose to add any border size and

creation that you would like here. I am keeping it

simple for purposes of this tutorial.

27 Magic Wand:  Select your new border

Settings:

28 (F) Fill your border with what you would like and

add such as Texture, bevel or EC Effect to it.

You decide. Just remember that text is about to be

written on it.

Note: Remember what you did. You may want

to duplicate the same thing when we make

the Side Bar so they will be a matching set!

29  Selections / Select None

30  (T) Add text to your text area on the right.

Settings:

Vector is checked and used.

Pull on the vector handles to make your text

fit the area.

31  You may choose to add the Inner Bevel

and a slight drop shadow or other effect to it.

  You might like to use a cutout effect instead

if you know how to do that.

32  Add little tubes extras to adorn your message

area around the text.

Tip: It is always a good idea to put each tube on

a new raster layer so you can move them, resize

them , enhance them individually.

33  Layers / Merge / Merge All

Note:  With the right color and large text you can

resize your Header results for a TAG!

34  Add your watermark and save either at low

compression (20 as Jpg) or as a gif.

35 Close your header

1 Restore up your (BG) narrow image that we

minimized earlier  in this tut.

2  Effects / Artistic Effects / Topography

Same settings we used before.

Remember, you can be as creative as you

would like to be.. You may choose any effect

other than topography if your heart desires!

3  Effects / Image Effects / Seamless Tiling

Settings:

Check and Use any tiling method

Bidirectional MUST be checked.

4 Save as your background tile.

1 Image Resize = 90 x 450

Be sure Lock aspect ratio is unchecked.

2   Effects / Artistic Effects / Topography

3   Effects / Image Effects / Seamless Tiling

Settings:

Use the same as you used with your Background.

4  If you used an EC Effect on your Header you

can use the same on this so it will match.

If you just used an Inner Bevel then use that.

5  Layers / New Raster Layer

6  (i) Remember the tubes that you used to

dress your text area up with?..

Use one or more of them to add a little pizzazz

or special touch to your side bar.

Note: Sometimes I like to change the tube layer

mode to Luminance L so the overall color scheme

is the same.

7  Save as either your left or right Side bar,

Image / Mirror

Save as the other side bar for the opposite side

of your stationery.