Silk Ribbon Top Border

Silk Ribbon Top Border

Satin Ribbon Top Border.

Misted Tube (here) Or use your own
dsb flux filter
FM Tile Tools Filter

Open your graphic in PSP.
Duplicate the graphic twice. Close the original
Minimize one of the copies.

Using the active graphic:

Image - resize - Using Pixels (Not Percent)
Lock aspect ratio UNCHECKED.
Resize All layers CHECKED
Resize the image to 1024 x 400 pixels.

Effects - Image Effects -Seamless Tiling - Default settings.
Corner/Bidirectional; H and V = 0; transition % 50.

Adjust - Blur - Gaussian blur at radius 50.

Effects - Plugins - dsb flux- Linear Transmission
with these settings:

Effects - Plugins - FM File Tools - Blend Emboss at Default.

Selection Tool - Custom Selection set to
Top and Left set to 0; Right set to 1024; Bottom set to 355
OK (You have selected the entire image except the bottom
is 45 pixels short.)

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop shadow
H & V =1; O = 93; blur = 16.

DO NOT DESELECT

Selections - Modify - Expand by 15
Apply the same drop shadow

Selections - Modify - Expand by 15
Apply the same drop shadow.

Selections - Modify- Expand by 15
Apply the same drop shadow.

Selections - Select none.
(Thanks to Kirsten for these settings.)

Restore the minimized tube

Resize the tube to a height of 350.
With Lock Aspect Ratio and Resize All Layers CHECKED

Right click on the title bar of your tube - Copy
Right click on the title bar of your background image - Paste
As A New Layer. It will attach itself in the center of the image.
Lower the opacity on the tube layer to soften it.
I lowered mine to 50%

Layer - New Raster Layer - Add your mark.

Layers - Merge -MERGE VISIBLE.

Image - Canvas Size. 1024 X 1800
with top center selected for placement.

Layers - New Raster Layer
Layers - Arrange- Send to bottom.

Flood fill the bottom layer with a color of your choice.
I used #63B5CD.

Layers - Merge - Merge All (flatten)
Export through the .JPEG Optimizer and save as a .jpg

When you open Letter Creator, choose the image.
Choose TILE, then choose image placement as CENTER.

(I set my left margin to 20 and my top margin to 390.)

Have fun.

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I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. Any resemblance to another tutorial is
purely coincidental. It is a result of my own playing in PSP 8. I use
a blank background for easier reading and printing.