How to make a Satin Edge on a Nameplate

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I have had a lot of requests for this tut so I hope it will help.

The DOWNLOAD file contains the following files...

angeldeer.jpg

frpeel.tex

Download and unzip to any file. Open Explorer and go to where you unzipped the files to and cut the file frpeel.tex and go to PROGRAM FILES>PSP>PAPERS and paste it there. You may not need to do that because some PSP programs comes with the frpeel.tex file, mine did.

Open PSP. Open the pic named angeldeer.jpg which looks like this...

Go to IMAGE>EFFECTS>BUTTONIZE I used these settings...

Height: 10

Width: 10

Opacity: 87

Check Transparent Edge

Click ok. Now we need to pick a color for the satin. Click the background color box and select a color. I picked a light purple . Now go to IMAGE>ADD BORDERS check Symmetric and put 10 in the first box that will put it in all the boxes and click ok. Click the magic wand and click on the border we just added. Now go to IMAGE>PLUG-IN FILTERS>FILTER FACTORY GALLERY A>POOL SHADOW, now when the dialog box comes up it will show the pool shadow on the whole pic but don't worry it will only put it on the part that is selected which is the border. You can leave the settings as they are and just click ok or you can play around with them. I used the following...

Control 1: 151

Control 2: 192

Control 3: 182

Control 4: 160

Control 5: 79

Control 6: 192

Shadow Intensity: 108

Brightness: 126

Click ok. Now it looks like this...

You can stop here and buttonize the border or leave it the way it is but I learned something from another tut that I'm going to show you. Go to SELECTIONS>SELECT NONE. Now for your background color you want to pick a color that is darker than your first color. I picked black. Now let's add another border exactly the same size as before. Click the magic wand and click on the new border to select it. Click on the air brush . Ok, bring up the control palette by clicking the tool . On the Tools Control tab under Paper texture click the little arrow and select Fruit Peel. Click the Brush Tip tab and use these settings...

Shape: Round

Size: 200

Hardness: 0

Opacity: 100

Density: 55

Step: 25

Now make sure your foreground color is white and spray around the border. I did mine about 3 times around. Ok, now go to SELECTIONS>SELECT NONE. Make sure you have white for your background color and go to IMAGE>EFFECTS>BUTTONIZE I used these settings this time...

Height: 10

Width: 10

Opacity: 66

Check Transparent Edge

Click ok. I added my name and this is what it looks like...

Here's another one I made but on this one after I sprayed the white on the black border I did a wax coating then sprayed a bunch of different colors on it...

If you have any questions please just ask...