GOLD EDGED DECKLE
PSP7

This tutorial was written by Jemima ~ April 2004
Copyright © 2004 ~ Jemima ~ All rights reserved

********************************

You will need the following to complete this tutorial


TUBES (leaves, Oriental Lady, corner)
HERE
Download and extract to a folder on your computer.

The 'Deckle Mask'
HERE
This is a .psp image because I found the edges were clearer
than when saved as a .jpg image
Download and extract to a folder on your computer.


'LinenPOP.bmp' texture
HERE
Download and extract to your PSP Textures folder.

'GoldFoil' pattern
download
Download and extract to your PSP Patterns folder.


Right click and save this 'Glass1' pattern to a folder on your computer.






********************************


Open the TUBES provided in your PSP workspace
and minimise.

Open the "Glass1" pattern in your PSP workspace
and minimise.


On your COLOUR PALETTE
Load solid GREY (#E2E2E2) in the (upper) foreground box
and
the GOLDFOIL Pattern in the (lower) background box
Angle = 0
Scale = 100





Open up the 'DeckleMask.jpg'
in your PSP workspace


Open up a new image 350 x 425
Transparent background

Go to LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER

Go to MASKS >>> NEW >>> FROM IMAGE
Select the 'DeckleMask.jpg'



Click OK


Go to MASKS >>> VIEW MASK



Flood fill the centre of the Mask with the GREY foreground colour

Go to MASKS >>> DELETE
Click YES




GO to EFFECTS >>> TEXTURE EFFECTS >>> TEXTURE
Locate the 'LinenPOP' texture and use these settings




With your MAGIC WAND
Match Mode = RGB Value
Tolerance = 0
Feather = 0
Sample Merged = UNCHECKED
Select the transparent area surrounding your image

Go to your LAYER PALETTE
Close Layer 2
and click on Layer 1 to activate



Go to SELECTIONS >>> INVERT
Flood fill with the GREY foreground colour
DESELECT

Go to your LAYER PALETTE
OPEN Layer 2

Go to LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE VISIBLE
DESELECT




With your MAGIC WAND
Same settings
Select the transparent area surrounding your image

Go to SELECTIONS >>> INVERT
Go to SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> CONTRACT = 2
Go to SELECTIONS >>> INVERT
Go to EDIT >>> CLEAR
Flood fill with the GOLDFOIL


Go to SELECTIONS >>> INVERT
Go to SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> EXPAND = 2
Go to SELECTIONS >>> INVERT
Go to EDIT >>> CLEAR

DESELECT




This would be a good time to save this as a .psp image for future use.

Go to WINDOW >>> DUPLICATE
Close your saved image.





NEXT


Page designed by



for



http://www.artistrypsp.com/

Copyright © 2000-2004 Artistry In PSP / PSP Artistry
All rights reserved.
Unless specifically made available for download,
no graphics or text may be removed from this site for any reason
without written permission from Artistry In PSP / PSP Artistry