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Open the picture,
and size it appropriately. I'd say 250 pixels wide or less. It is necessary
to use a narrow width to keep the image from taking up all the room for
writing when used as stationery. If you want to keep your copy of the original,
click Ctrl D to open a duplicate of your image, and close the original.
For this example,
I used the Standard Selection tool, Mode rectangle, and fixed size checked.
The dimensions were 225 pixels wide and 300 pixels in height. The soft
edge was 0. Then I clicked on the image to select the portion of the image
showing the sun on the water.
If you click in the
wrong place, remember you can use the arrow keys for precise positioning.
After the portion of
your graphic is selected and the selection is positioned correctly, click
the crop button in the attribute tool bar or press CTRL R. |
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Go to selection and
make sure there is a check mark beside "Preserve base image."
Beginning
of repeated steps
Press the space bar.
Click on edit /expand.
Type in 15.
The expand color should
be a color that is not around the edges of your graphic. For this example,
I used white since it is a good contrasting color to the dark colors of
the image. |
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Click the selection
tool and hold down on it until the other choices pop out. Click on magic
wand. You should not have a problem with the selection bleeding into the
image if you used a color that contrasts to the colors around the outside
of your image. However, if you do, it may be because your similarity is
set too high. Try reducing the similarity in the attribute tool bar if
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Now click on the expanded
region with the magic wand.
Chick edit/fill.
fill with your desired
background color.
You can right click
the color box and click on eyedropper to use a matching color from your
image. I clicked on the cloud to the left side of the sun streak to get
this color of
R 181
G 127
B 36
You can enter these
numbers in the boxes to the right side of the eyedropper dialog box if
you wish to follow along exactly.
Click ok. |
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Remember to use the
color tool bar to get the colors as you like them. You may want to make
some minor adjustments at this point.
At this point, it is
wise to click the eyedropper tool, and right click on the color you filled
your expanded region with, to set it as the background color, because when
you buttonize an object, PI borrows the color of the background to fill
in the edges. If you don't, you will get the wrong color around the edges. |
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Click web/button designer/any
shape.
Change the bevel size
to 5, and the smoothness to 0.
Light angle 135,
Light elevation 50.
Click in the box in
front of outer to place a check mark there.
Click the bevel tab,
and click the second button.
Click ok.
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Your expanded region
is now an object.For the second and third frames only, do this:
Change to the pick
tool (the arrow) and click the bring to front button. You will not be able
to do this the first time, because then it will already be on top. |
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Right click, and click
shadow.
Your color should
already be set on black, and the first shadow type on the left should be
selected.
Change x offset and
y offset to 2.
Change transparency
to 15.
change soft edge to
4.
Click ok. |
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Right click, split
shadow.
Right click again,
and click shadow.
Change the color to
white.
For the shadow type,
click the third button from the left.
Change x and y offset
to 1.
Change transparency
to 10.
Change soft edge to
2.
click ok.
Press space to select
the background. |
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Now go
back to the first part where you expand, and repeat the previous steps
2 more times. |
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Right click and merge
all.
Copy your image.
Press CTRL N to make
a new image for your strip. Click the circle in front of active image.
Add 20 pixels to the height, and change the width to 1152. Right click
in the box beside canvas, and click background color.
Click ok.
Right click and paste
into new canvas.
Arrange the piece
as you want it, and right click to merge all. |
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If you want to add
texture, Use the selection tool, still set on fixed size to select the
image part of your piece. Use the arrow keys to arrange it correctly.
Right click and invert. |
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Click effect, texture/texturizer
to open the dialog box for the texturizer. If you want to use a different
texture than what comes with the texturizer, you can click load texture
and browse the the folder where you have stored your psd files. Click here
to see the full size example. |
