HootyTut© by Hooty aka Doyle Allen  1/21/03

Approved by the HootyTutTestersGroup!

See thumbnail results at the bottom!

3 possible result styles from this tutorial:

Needed:

Skill Level: Intermediate

Paint Shop Pro 8

Plugins:

EyeCandy4000…Drip and Jiggle

Vismans VM Filters/Extravaganza/Shoutin’!... 

Texturizer/Sandstone..or others

Preparation: You need to make a header section

1024 x 300 pixels.

Methods of doing this might include:

(a) Cropping a section of a graphic and resizing.

(b)Taking a section of a graphic, resizing to 512x300,

copying, doubling the canvas size width to the right

side, pasting as a new layer, mirroring and using the

mover tool to slide them into position and finally

layers/merge visible.. this is my favorite method at this

time.

(c)You could also just open a 1024x300 canvas , fill with

color, pattern, texture etc and use tubes and text to

create your header.

Tip: One of our testers used a water effect

on the bottom section of her header and

it looked very cool with the drip effect.

You might like to try Almathera puddle

filter or some other effect on a selection

at the bottom of your header for a really

kewl variation.

1 Edit/Copy or (Ctrl + C) … the header that you

have made.

It should be at least 1024 x 300.

Minimize it .

2 Open a New transparent image 1024 x 665

3 Selection Tool/Custom Selection

:

Note:In Paint Shop Pro7 double click the

Settings:

Top = 0, Left = 0, Right = 1024, Bottom = 300

OK

4 Edit/Paste into Selection or (Ctrl + Shift + L)

5 Selections/Select None or (Ctrl + D)

6 Custom Selection again:

Settings:

Top = 285, Left = 0, Right = 1024, Bottom = 300

OK!

7 Effects/Plugins/EyeCandy4000/Jiggle

The object here is to slightly warp the selected

area…various effects could be used as a

substitute.

9 Selections/Select None or (Ctrl + D)

10 Selections/Select All or (Ctrl + A)

11 Magic Wand Tool:

Settings:

Be sure your Mode is “REPLACE”

Left click on your header image. The marching ants

will now surround your header image…drips and all.

12 Effects/3D effects/Inner Bevel

Settings:

Bevel #2, Width = 8

Smooth = 10, Depth = 1

Amb & Shin = ZERO

Color = White, Angle = 315

Intensity = 50, Elevation = 30

Settings:

Vert = 9, Horiz = 0, Opacity = 23,

Blur = 15.00

Color = Black

OK

13 Selections/Select None or (Ctrl + D)

14 Dropper Tool or (E)

Select a color to make your background color .

Keep in mind that this will be the color that text

will be written on & should be a color that goes

nicely with your header.

15 Layers/New Raster Layer

16 Flood Fill Tool: Fill the new layer with

your chosen color.

17 Layers/Duplicate

18 Effects/Plugins/VM Extravaganza/Shoutin’!...

OK !

19 Magic Wand Tool:

20 Select the white area…not the slats!

21 On your keyboard press the Delete Button

This erases the white area around the slats and

leaves that transparent .. what you will see will be

22 Selections/Invert

23 Apply a subtle texture here of your choosing.

From what I have tried less is more. Dramatic

effects will make the text harder to read with the

finished stat. Texturizers Sandstone is one good one.

You decide!

Remember that this will be part of the background

and should not be a focal point visually.. hope this is

clear?!

24 Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel

25 Effects/3D Effects/ Drop Shadow

Settings:

Same as you used in step 12

27 Layers/New Raster Layer

28 (S) Selections Tool/

Custom Selection :

Settings:

Top = 300, Left = 0, Right = 1024, Bottom = 665

29 Now we are going to put the original header that

you made into this selection.

You may or may not have to copy it again to do this.

Anywho……

Edit/Paste into selection or (Ctrl + Shift + L)

30 Selections/Select NONE or (Ctrl + D)

31 Layers/Arrange/Move Down

Now your slats will be showing  on top!

32 On your layers palette slide the opacity bar to the

left until you can just barely see the header you just

pasted.

33 Click on the bottom layer..(The real Header) in your

layers palette and

Layers/Arrange/Bring To Top!

34 This step is optional. Up to you!

 Click where it says Normal on your header layer

and change it to Luminance (L) or Legacy or

another layer mode of your choice.

 Not neccesary but an option.

This will give your stat a unique appearance and will

also lower the load size dramatically since most of the

colors are eliminated.

Note: In some cases depending on the color

combinations of your header the slat outlines

may show through on your header sometimes.

Look for this on light colors schemes. Undo!

Try a different mode possible or just leave it

the original normal mode if this occurs.

35 Layers/New Raster Layer….add your watermark

The kind of water mark I use which is not a clear one

as many use, I like to change the layer mode to

Luminance (L) too so each stat I do like this it blends

36 Layers/Merge Visible

37 Save as a JPEG

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Letter Creator tips:

1 Put this on the Body Page, do not tile.

2 Set the Top Margin at about 320.

3 Use the Dropper tool at the top and select the basic

overall color from your graphic. This will fill in any

gaps such as is sometimes seen in IM at the very top

when you are about to write a letter on your

stationery.

4 Use your Text eyedropper tool and select the same

color , then open the Text color box and on the right

Slide the slider up to make your text color lighter or

down to make it darker. That way your text color will

Match nicely with your stat color.

5 Image Position: I use Center and Top.

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Hope you like this style of mine. WEEeeee!

Hugs

HOOTY