Missing You Border

Graphic of your choice
Mask By Kreations & Font (here)


Open your graphic in PSP. Duplicate. Close the Original
Open your mask and minimize.

Open a transparent image 400 X 400
Selections- Select All
Layers - New Raster Layer.

Right click on the title bar of your graphic - Copy

Right click on the title bar of your transparent image
Paste - Into Selection.

Selections - Select None. 

Effects - Texture Effects - Blinds
Use these settings. Adjust Color to
what looks good with your graphic.


Minimize your graphic.

Layers - New Mask Layer
From Image.
Scroll to the Mask8_Kreation.msk
Check Source luminance 
Click ok. 

Layers - Delete - YES.
Layers - Merge - MERGE GROUP

In your layers palette, lower the 
opacity to 70 or whatever works for
your graphic

You may close your mask.

With your Selections tool, click on
Customize and use these settings.


Right click on the title bar of the masked image
and Paste - Into Selection.

Selections - Select None

Adjust - Hue and Saturation - Colorize.
Choose a color you like.
I choose Hue-162 Saturation- 252
because I thought "blue" went with
my text message.

I used the same blue by right clicking
on the image with my eye dropper.

Layer - New Raster Layer

With the Text tool selected,
Choose the color you want in your
bg materials box.
Choose your font and size.
(I used Carpenter Script at 35)
Add your text to the image.

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow
with these settings.
V & H = 1
O= 100
Blur=0
Color black. (Choose a color that
makes your text show well on your image.)

Layers - Merge- Merge Visible

Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow
Us the same settings as above, but
choose a light color from your masked image.

Image - Resize- 85% 
Bicubic resampling
All Layers Checked.

Image - Canvas Size
1024 X 400 with the
Left Center box checked.

Layers - New Raster Layer
Layers - Arrange -Send to Bottom
Flood fill the background with a light
color from your original graphic

Layers - New Raster Layer

Selections - Select All

Right click on the title bar of your original
graphic. Copy

Right click on the title bar of your new image-
Paste - Into Selection.
Selections - Select none.
In your layer palette, lower the opacity to 10.

Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tiling
Use these settings.
Edge - Vertical.
Width 20%
Transition 100%

Make your top layer active.

Layer - New Raster Layer
Add your mark.

Layers - Merge - Merge All (flatten)

File - Export - JPEG Optimizer.
Compress and Save.

Open Letter Creator and make
an incredible IncrediLetter.
The Letter without texture should
be very small, so add texture to the 
background if you like.

Hope you had fun.
See what you can do with creating your own patterns and using other tubes.

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