by BeetleCraft

This tutorial is written for Paint Shop Pro 8.

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Any floral tube should work.
Plugins needed:
Simple
Greg's Factory Output Vol. II

 

1.  Resize tube to no larger than 380 on longest side. Shift/D and set copy aside.
2.  Select a light color and a dark color from your tube.
3.  Layers/New Raster Layer
4.  Flood fill with light color
5.  Effects/Texture - use the settings you see below.

6.  Layers/Arrange/Send to Bottom.
7.  Click on tube layer which should now be the top layer -
Selections/Select All - Selections/Float and it should put marching ants around the tube.
8.  Selections/Modify/Contract by 5
9.  Selections/Modify/Feather by 5
10.  Selections/Invert and then hit the delete key
(you may have to adjust the contract and feather depending on the tube.)
11.  Selections/Invert
12.  Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow using settings below.

13. Merge/Merge All Flatten
14.  Selections/Select All
15.  Effects/3D Effects/CutOut using the settings below.

16.  Image/Add borders - 2 - symmetric checked - dark color
17.  Image/Add borders - 4 - symmetric checked - light color
18.  Selections/Select All - Selections/Modify/Contract 4 - Selections/Invert
19.  Effects/Plugins/Greg's Factory Output Vol. II/Pool Shadow/default settings
20.  Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel using the settings below.

21.  Image/Add borders - 2 - symmetric checked - dark color
22.  Image/Add borders - 20 - symmetric checked - light color
23.  Selections/Select All - Selections/Modify/Contract 20 - Selections/Invert
24.  Effects/Plugins/Simple/Blintz
25.  Effects/Texture - (same as step #5)
26.  Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel - (same settings as step #20)
27.  Image/Add borders - 2 - symmetric checked - dark color
28.  Image/Add borders - 4 - symmetric checked - light color
29.  Selections/Select All - Selections/Modify/Contract 4 - Selections/Invert
30.  Effects/Plugins/Greg's Factory Output Vol. II/Pool Shadow/default settings
31.  Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel - same settings as step #20
32.  Image/Add borders - 2 - symmetric checked - dark color
33.  Add watermark if you want then save as .jpg. 
34.  Image/Image Information and make note of the height of this framed image - see example below.

35.  Set aside.

 

1.  New Image - transparent - 150 x 150
2.  Selections/Select All
3.  Go to the copy of the tube you have setting aside. Edit/Copy
4.  Back to your new transparent image and Edit/Paste/Paste Into Selection - Selections/Select none.
5.  Effects/Plugins/Simple/Pizza Slice Mirror
6.  Layers/New Raster Layer and flood fill with your light color
7.  Lower opacity to about 80
8.  Layers/Merge/All Flatten
9.  Effects/Texture  - use the settings below.

10.  Save as .jpg

 

1.  New image - transparent - 25 x 25
2.  Selections/Select All
3.  Go again to the tube you have setting aside, Edit/Copy
4.  Back to your new image and Edit/Paste/Paste Into Selection - Selections/Select None.
5.  Effects/Plugins/Simple/Pizza Slice Mirror
6. Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel

7.  Save as transparent .gif - Set aside

 

1.  Selections Tool/Rectangle -
Select bottom of framed image from left side to right side and up till the first set of borders meets the image.
See example below.

2.  Edit/Copy - Edit/Paste/Paste As New Image.
3.  Image/Canvas Size - keep the same width but double the height .. make sure you hit the
down arrow toggle. See example below.

4.  Layers/Duplicate
5.  Image/Flip
6. Layers/Merge/Merge All Fatten
7.  Resize : 75% Bicubic - all layers unchecked - do this twice - See example below. 

8.  Edit/Copy
9. Image/Image Information and make note of the width of this bar - see example below.

10. Set aside.

 

1.  New image - transparent - make the width the same as the bar width you noted (see #9 of SIDEBAR:Part B)
and make the height the same as the framed image height you noted. (see #34 of FRAME: above.) 
See example below.

2.  Edit/Paste/Paste As New Layer - 2 times
(this should paste your sidebar you just made two different layers) or you can Ctrl+L two times.
3. Highlight layer #3 -
Image/Rotate/Free Rotate - check right - 90 degrees .. all layers unchecked .. Rotate single layer around canvas center checked. 
See example below.

4.  Edit/Paste/Paste As New Layer - this should paste your bar again on a new layer.
5.  Image/Rotate/Free Rotate - check right - 45 degrees .. all layers unchecked .. Rotate single layer around canvas center checked. 
See example below.

6.  Layers/Duplicate - Image/Mirror
7.  Go to your icon image you created - Edit/Copy -
back to the bar you're working on
8.  Edit/Paste/Paste As New Layer - it puts the icon directly in the center - See example.

9.  Layers/Duplicate - this will make a second icon layer directly on top of the first icon. 
Copy of Raster 5 should be the top layer.
10.  Select the move tool - take the top icon and move it to the top of the verticle bar,
with just a slight bit of space between showing.  See example.

11.  Layers/Duplicate - Image/Flip -
this will add another icon layer and will flip it to the bottom of the verticle bar. See example.

12.  Layers/Duplicate (Copy (3) of Raster 5 should be the top layer) -
Select the Move tool and move icon so the corner of it is almost touching the diagonal icon to the
left of the bottom one. See example.

13. Layers/Duplicate -Image/Flip
14.  Layers/Duplicate - Image/Mirror
15.  Layers/Duplicate - Image/Flip - your bar should now look like example below.

16.  Layers/Merge/Merge Visible
17. Save As transparent .gif

 

Put together in Incredimail's Letter Creator or any other stationary program you use.

 

 

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