1. Download and save the mask above somewhere on your hard
drive.
2. Open a new single color canvas
1152 by 300.
3. Go to selection/import
selection. Click the circle beside file, and click ok. This will
allow you to browse to select the mask you saved. Click open. You
now should have a selection on your canvas. Right click/convert to
object. |
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4. Click the stamp
tool,  and the down
arrow beside the deer. Select the silver ball.ufo
stamp.
5. Set the scale to 53, and the
spacing to 76.
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6. Go to effect/paint on edges. This will paint all
around the edges.
Don't
worry about the pearls at the top and bottom. We'll cover them
up later. 7. Use pick tool to click on
background. click on the border. Now only the scallop shaped obect
is selected, not the pearl edging.
8. Click on the
arrow in the corner of the paintbrush tool. You will see different
types of brushes to use. Choose the Airbrush tool. |
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8. Change the size to 40
and the color to a darker shade than the background color you chose.
Right click on the color box in the attribute bar, click color on
screen, click on your background color.
9.
Right click again, and click windows color picker. Choose a darker
shade of the same color. Go to effect/paint on
edges. |
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10. Use layer manager to
select both pearl edging and scalloped border.
11.
Right click/group.
12. Right click/duplicate. Use
layer manager to select bottom group. Click on the transform
tool,  and pull
the sides out so the one in back is slightly wider than the one in
front.
13. Right click/Select all
objects.
14. Click on the pick tool then the
Center horizontally button. |
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while clicking on the group in back. Right click/merge as a single
object. |
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axis 0, transparency 70. Right click, 17. Merge all. |
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18. Use selection tool. O
soft edge, shape rectangle, fixed size NOT checked.
19.
Outline a rectangle around two of the scallops. Go from one dip to
the one after the next.
In other
words, two complete scallops should be in the selection,
including the
shadow. 20. Right click
copy. |
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21. Right click
none.
22. Go to Web/shift image/150
pixels vertically.
You will see
a very evident seam. 23. Right click/paste. Move the
pasted object to cover the seam. Be very careful to put it just in
the right place to cover the seam.
Remember you
can use the arrow keys to align items precisely. When you think it
is ok, go to file/preview in browser/as tiled background. You will
be able to see if it is seamless. If it is not seamless you can
close the browser window and try
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24. Click on the path
tool. Click the rectangle under shape, and then custom shape. Select
diamond 3 from the shape library. Choose a color for your diamond
several shades darker than your background. Make sure mode is 2D
Object. Click and drag to draw a shape.
25.
Use transform tool to resize your diamond so that it fits within
your pearl edges. |
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26. Click again on the
stamp tool. Go to effect. paint on edges. Your silver ball stamp
should still be active with the same settings as above.
Now you have
a diamond shape, and a pearl
outline. |
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Arrange in the proper
place on your border. Right click and merge as a single object.
Right click and add a shadow. | Open rosefortut.ufo and drag
the image from its canvas and place it on top of your border. Merge all
and save your strip.
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