NOISE SIDE BORDER



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Tools needed to complete this tutorial:-

Corel XI

Filter Factory J
Filter Factory filters need to be converted to be used in Paint Shop Pro. You will need a program called Plugin Commander. A link for this program is found at the site above.

A graphic of your choice.
The artwork used in this tutorial is used with the written permission of the very talented Derek McCrea.


For the German translation of this tutorial please click on the banner below.


If you have everything you need, let’s begin.

  1. Open your graphic and resize to no wider than 350 pixels on the longest side.

  2. In your layer palette, right click on your background layer, promote to layer.

  3. Click on your selection tool, custom selection and use the following settings:-

    • Top:      0
    • Left:     25
    • Right:     50
    • Bottom:     Total length of your graphic.

  4. Adjust, Add/Remove noise, Add noise and use a number of 45 random and monochrome checked.

  5. Effects, 3D Effects, Inner Bevel and use the following settings:-

    • Pie Bevel
    • Smoothness:     2
    • Depth:     1
    • Ambience:     0
    • Shininess:     50
    • Color:     White
    • Angle:     315
    • Intensity:     50
    • Elevation:     30

  6. Effects, 3D Effects, Chisel and use the following settings:-

    • Size:     10
    • Transparent:     Checked

  7. Deselect.

  8. Click on your custom selection again with these settings:-

    • Top:     0
    • Left:     50 pixels less than the total width of your graphic.
    • Right:     25 pixels less than the total width of your graphic.
    • Bottom:     Total length of your graphic.

  9. Adjust, Add/Remove noise. Add noise and use the same settings as before.

  10. Effects, 3D effects, Inner Bevel and use the same settings as before.

  11. Effects, 3D effects, Chisel and use the same settings as before.

  12. Deselect.

  13. Shift + D to duplicate your image.

  14. Effects, Image Effects, Seamless Tiling and use the following settings:-

    • Corner Checked
    • Bidirectional Checked
    • Horizontal offset:     0
    • Vertical offset:      44
    • Transition:     15
    • Curved Checked

  15. Effects, Plugins, Filter Factory Gallery J, Drink to Me, and use an overdose of 15.

  16. Depending on the colours in your graphic, you may want to lower the opacity of this layer to around the 35% mark.

  17. Merge all flatten.

  18. Minimize this background image.

  19. In your colour palette, change your foreground to pattern and using your drop down menu, find the background that we’ve just made and set the angle to 0 and your scale to 100.

  20. Back to our original graphic.

  21. Image, canvas size and use the following settings:-

    • Width:     1250
    • Length:     Total length of your graphic.
    • Placement:     Left middle arrow

  22. Add a new layer, and flood fill this with your pattern. Layers, arrange, send to bottom.

  23. Making sure layer 1 is the active layer, go to Effects, 3D effects, Drop shadow and add thefollowing:-

    • Vertical:     0
    • Horizontal:     5
    • Opacity:     65
    • Blur:     15
    • Color:     Black
    • Shadow on new layer Uncheck.

  24. Merge visible.

  25. Selections, select all.

  26. Selections, Modify, Contract and contract by 3.

  27. Image, Crop to Selection.

  28. Effects, Image Effects, Seamless tiling and use the following settings:-

    • Edge checked
    • Vertical checked
    • Width & Transition:     25%

  29. Add a new layer for your watermark.

  30. Merge all flatten.



    You can now take it along to Letter Creator. A program that comes with IncrediMail



    © An Aushorty Creation - October 2004 - Rewritten February 2008