Tutorial - off setting a Border/bkgrd w/MS Paint

 CONTINUING FROM THE ALLPOETRY BKGRD CLASS

http://allpoetry.com/class/show/Basic%20bordered%20backgrounds%20using%20MS%20Paint

THIS TUTORAIL WILL SHOW

HOW TO OFF-SET THE BODY OF A BACKGROUND FROM IT'S BORDER USING MS PAINT.

GIVING THE BORDERED BKGRD A MORE PROFESSIONAL/TIDY LOOK... [OPINIONS VARY]

THE BKGRD DOES NOT HAVE TO BE MADE WITH MS PAINT FOR THIS/

AND, IT WILL WORK WITH ANY BACKGROUND THAT HAS A BORDER

WITH THE SAME LIGHTER MATCHING BODY...

HERE IS AN EXAMPLE:

BEFORE: [BORDER BKGRD AT HALF LENGTH FOR THIS TUTORIAL]

  [BORDER]                                       [BODY]

AFTER: [BORDER BKGRD AT HALF LENGTH FOR THIS TUTORIAL]

   [BORDER]                                       [BODY]

STEP 1:

OPEN MS PAINT

CLICK FILE - PASTE FROM

FIND THE BKGRD THAT YOU WANT TO EDIT

HIGHLIGHT IT & CLICK OPEN

ONCE YOU HAVE YOUR BKRGD IN PLACE

1. CLICK ON EDIT - SELECT ALL

2. CLICK ON EDIT - COPY

3. CLICK ON EDIT - CUT

4. CLICK EDIT - PASTE

NOW

LEFT CLICK AND HOLD ONTO THE BKGRD

DRAG THE BKGRD DOWN TO HALF WAY (JUST GUESS AT IT)

LET GO OF THE BKGRD AND CLICK ANYWHERE OFF THE BKGRD TO DE-SELECT [SEE BELOW]

CLICK EDIT - PASTE AGAIN

MOVING THE BKGRD UP [ON TOP] OF THE OTHER [SEE BELOW] LINE THEM UP

NOW YOU SHOULD HAVE THIS BELOW:

OPEN A NEW MS WINDOW [YOU WILL HAVE 2 OPEN WINDOWS]

STEP 2

OPEN A NEW MS PAINT WINDOW

CLICK FILE - PASTE FROM

FIND THE SAME BKGRD YOU HAVE OPEN ALREADY

HIGHLIGHT IT & CLICK OPEN

[YOU SHOULD NOW HAVE TWO WINDOWS OF THE SAME BKGRD OPEN]

CLICK ON THE RECTANGLE SELECTION TOOL  

LEFT CLICK ON THE BORDER AT A CORNER STARTING POINT

AND DRAG THE - - - LINES TO COVER THE ENTIRE BORDER PART

LET GO - CLICK EDIT - COPY

NOW

CLICK BACK OVER TO THE OTHER MS PAINT WINDOW WHERE YOU'VE BEEN EDITING

CLICK EDIT - PASTE

NOW YOU SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS BELOW

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CLICK ON IMAGE [WHILE IT IS STILL HIGHLIGHTED] AND FLIP/ROTATE

                                                              TICK FLIP HORIZONAL AND CLICK OK

.

HERE IS THE FINISHED BORDERED BACKGROUND

CLICK FILE - SAVE

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THERE IS A SHORTER WAY BUT FOR THIS TUTORIAL I CHOSE THE LONGER ONE.

To give a better understanding...

The other way would be to work with the BORDER only...

it would end up looking like this

That will be included in a Bkgrd shortcuts tutorial coming soon...