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Tutorial; Designer Border

Tutorial; Designer Border

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This tutorial is done in PSP9 but can be altered to work with most paint programs that support PNG images.

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OPEN A NEW IMAGE;

 

Click FILE - NEW

 

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Fill in as seen below;

 

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You now have this;

 

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Click on the PAINTBRUSH

 

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SIZE 160 & fill in as below;

 

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Choose a color, I chose pale yellow

 

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PAINT the LEFT side of the new window all the way down (see below)

 

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Click on the WARP BRUSH

 

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FILL IN as below;

 

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Warp the right edge until you see a design you like, being careful not to disturb the top and bottom {unless you have the plugin “top bottom wrap}

 

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Now open the AIRBRUSH

 

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Choose a complimenting color to go with the main color you’ve chosen

 

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AIRBRUSH settings below…

Airbrush the border in any way you like, be creative…

 

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Click on EFFECTS – 3D EFFECTS - CHISEL

 

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SETTINGS BELOW

 

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Now you’ll have something like this (use the paint brush to paint any area that was missed)

 

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Now click on EFFECTS – ARTISTIC EFFECTS – COLORED FOIL

 

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FILL IN setting as below;

 

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Now you’ll have something like this below

Use your BACKGROUND ERASER or WARP BRUSH to clean up

 

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Now it is time to make it SEAMLESS

 

Click on EFFECTS - IMAGE EFFECTS - OFFSET

 

 

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FILL IN as below;

 

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You’ll now have this;

 

 

 

Use the CLONE BRUSH or WARP BRUSH to disguise the seam;

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Now it is SEAMLESS

 

 

You can add a shadow if you wish at this point…

SAVE AS “PNG” to use later on a bkgrd that is the same pixel length

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Here it is after using the standard INNER BEVEL and adding a few TUBE graphics, shadow and text…

 

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The techniques in this tutorial can be altered a thousand + ways to create unique original borders. Step out of the box and experiment – create, design and most of all have fun painting the web one page at a time…

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Even more possibilities when using FILTER PLUGINGS

 

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