| :: Noisy Sideborder Tut

Noisy Sideborder Tut © Made by Lysa™
Written: October 13, 2005
Updated: July 21, 2011

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This is what we are making today:

Today I'm using the beautiful artwork of Misticheskaya. View and purchase her artwork HERE. Please do not use her artwork without purchasing a license to do so.

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Noisy Sideborder Tut © Made by Lysa™

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Special thanks to Terri Hopkin for inspiring this design. :)

Skill Level:
Intermediate/Beginner

Supplies Needed:
A Graphic taller than wide
A gold or silver fill of your choice (Whichever looks best for your chosen image.)
PSP XI (Can be done in earlier and later versions.)

To make this easier, I've broken it down into 3 steps:

Part 1: Preparation
Part 2: Making the Frame
Part 3: Making the sideborder

NOTE: All settings will remain the same unless otherwise specified.

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Part 1: Preparation

1. File > Open
Open your image of choice.

2. Window > Duplicate (Shift + D)
Close your original

3. Image > Resize
Settings:
Resample Using = Bicubic
Resize All Layers = Checked
Lock Aspect Ratio = Checked
Width = 400
Height = Let it self-adjust

4. Adjust > Sharpness > Unsharp Mask
Settings:
Radius = 1.00
Strength = 47
Clipping = 5
Luminance only = Checked

5. Set your Foreground to black.

6. Set your Background to your gold or silver fill.
Settings:
Angle = 0
Scale = 100

Part 2: Making the Frame

1. Image > Add Borders
Settings:
Symmetric = Checked
Size in pixels = 1
Color = Black

2. Image > Add Borders
Settings:
Color = White

3. Image > Add Borders
Settings:
Color = Black

4. Image > Add Borders
Settings:
Color = White

5. Image > Add Borders
Settings:
Color = Black

6. In your Overview Palette, change your zoom to 300 so you can select your white borders easier.

7. Magic Wand Tool
Settings:
Mode = Add (Shift)
Match Mode = RGB Value
Tolerance = 0
Sample Merged (Use all layers) = Unchecked
Contiguous = Checked
Feather = 0
Anti-Alias = Checked
Inside = Checked
Select your new white borders.

8. Flood Fill Tool (F)
Settings:
Match mode = RGB Value
Tolerance = 0
Use all layers = Unchecked
Blend mode = Normal
Opacity = 100
Fill your white borders with your gold or silver pattern.

9. In your Overview Palette, change your zoom back to 100.

TIP: The third magnifying glass in the window will instantly change the zoom back to 100.

10. Selections > Select None

11. Selections > Select All

12. Selections > Modify > Contract
Settings:
Number of pixels = 5

13. Effects > 3D Effects > Cutout
Settings:
V&H = 0
Opacity = 100
Blur = 12
Color = Black
Fill interior with color = Unchecked

14. Selections > Invert

15. Effects > 3D Effects > Inner Bevel
Settings:
Bevel # 2
Width = 6
Smoothness = 24
Depth = 3
Ambience = 17
Shininess = 31
Color = White
Angle = 0
Intensity = 32
Elevation = 40

16. Selections > Select None

17. Select 2 coordinating colors from your image, one light and one dark. Left click to make your dark color your Foreground. Right click to make your light color your Background.

18. Image > Add Borders
Settings:
Size in pixels = 25
Color = Light Color

19. Selections > Select All

20. Selections > Modify > Contract
Settings:
Number of pixels = 25

21. Selections > Invert

22. Adjust > Add/Remove Noise > Add Noise
Settings:
Gaussian = Checked
Monochrome = Checked
Noise = 25%

23. Adjust > Add/Remove Noise > Salt and Pepper Filter:
Settings:
Speck size (pixels) = 3
Sensitivity to specks = 4
Include all lower speck sizes = Checked
Aggressive action = Checked

24. Effects > 3D Effects > Cutout

25. Selections > Select None

26. Image > Add Borders
Settings:
Size in pixels = 1
Color = Black

27. Image > Add Borders
Settings:
Color = White

28. Image > Add Borders
Settings:
Color = Black

29. Image > Add Borders
Settings:
Color = White

30. Image > Add Borders
Settings:
Color = Black

31. In your Overview Palette, change your zoom to 300 so you can select your white borders easier.

32. Magic Wand Tool
Select your new white borders.

33. Flood Fill Tool (F)
Fill your new white borders with your gold or silver pattern.

34. In your Overview Palette, change your zoom back to 100.

35. Selections > Select None

36. Selections > Select All

37. Selections > Modify > Contract
Settings:
Number of pixels = 5

38. Selections > Invert

39. Effects > 3D Effects > Inner Bevel

40. Selections > Select None

41. Image > Resize

42. Adjust > Sharpness > Unsharp Mask

Part 3: Making the sideborder

1. Layers > Promote Background Layer

2. Image > Canvas Size
Settings:
Width = 2500
Height = Your Height + 20
Placement = Left Middle Arrow
Top = 10 (Will self-adjust)
Bottom = 10 (Will self-adjust)
Left = 30
Right = 2070 (Will self-adjust after you set the Left margin.)

3. Your Foreground color should be your dark color. Your Background color should be your light color.

4. Selection Tool (S)
Click on your custom selection tool and choose the following settings:
Left = 230 (Half your image width + the 30 we indented the image.)
Top = 0
Right = 2500 (Slide it all the way to the right)
Bottom = Number will vary according to the size of your image. (Slide it all the way to the right)

NOTE: If your image is thinner/wider than 400 pixels, take your width and divide it by 2. Then add 30. (Width / 2) + 30. Use this figure for your left number. Otherwise your image won't be lined up correctly.

5. Layers > New Raster Layer

6. Layers > Arrange > Send to Bottom

7. Flood Fill Tool (F)
Fill your selection with either your light or dark color. This color will be the main part of your background.

8. Layers > New Raster Layer

9. Selections > Invert

10. Flood Fill Tool (F)
Fill this selection with your other color.

11. Selections > Select None

12. Your Layer Palette should have the following layers in order:
Raster 1 - Your framed image.
Raster 3 - Your narrow background edge.
Raster 2 - Your wide background edge.

Your middle layer, Raster 3, should be selected.

13. Layers > Merge > Merge Down

14. Adjust > Add/Remove Noise > Add Noise
Settings:
Noise = 15%

15. Adjust > Add Remove Noise > Salt and Pepper Filter

16. Layers > New Raster Layer

17. Change your Foreground color to black. Change your Background color to your gold or silver pattern.

NOTE: The following steps we will be filling in very thin sections so you will want to zoom in. In your overview palette change your zoom to 500. Make sure you are looking at the part of your image where your two colors meet. We will be making 10 little lines, 5 of each color. This will become a divider to cover where the 2 background colors meet. Don't worry if it's not in the right spot, we'll move it later (see directions in my next note after step 37). :)

18. Selection Tool (S)
Use your custom selection tool.
Settings:
Left = 225
Right = 226

19. Flood Fill Tool (F)
Fill your new selection with black.

20. Selection Tool (S)
Use your custom selection tool.
Settings:
Left = 226
Right = 227

21. Flood Fill Tool (F)
Fill your new selection with your gold or silver pattern.

22. Selection Tool (S)
Use your custom selection tool.
Settings:
Left = 227
Right = 228

23. Flood Fill Tool (F)
Fill your new selection with black.

24. Selection Tool (S)
Use your custom selection tool.
Settings:
Left = 228
Right: 229

25. Flood Fill Tool (F)
Fill your new selection with your gold or silver pattern.

26. Selection Tool (S)
Use your custom selection tool.
Settings:
Left: 229
Right: 230

27. Flood Fill Tool (F)
Fill your new selection with black.

28. Selection Tool (S)
Use your custom selection tool.
Settings:
Left: 230
Right: 231

29. Flood Fill Tool (F)
Fill your new selection with your gold or silver pattern.

30. Selection Tool (S)
Use your custom selection tool.
Settings:
Left: 231
Right: 232

31. Flood Fill Tool (F)
Fill your new selection with black.

32. Selection Tool (S)
Use your custom selection tool.
Settings:
Left: 232
Right: 233

33. Flood Fill Tool (F)
Fill your new selection with your gold or silver pattern.

34. Selection Tool (S)
Use your custom selection tool.
Settings:
Left: 233
Right: 234

35. Flood Fill Tool (F)
Fill your new selection with black.

36. Selection Tool (S)
Use your custom selection tool.
Settings:
Left: 234
Right: 235

37. Flood Fill Tool (F)
Fill your new selection with your gold or silver pattern.

NOTE: We are done with the filling in of tiny sections. You can change your zoom to your preference. I have mine set at 100 and in the overview palette I have the left part of my image selected. Also, if at this point your new stripes are not centered over the part where your two background colors meet use your Mover Tool (M) and move it so it's centered over that part.

38. Selections > Select None

39. Effects > Image Effects > Seamless Tiling
Settings:
Tiling Method = Edge
Direction = Vertical
Width = 26
Transition = 100

40. On your image layer.
Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow
Settings:
V&H = 2
Opacity = 64
Blur = 6
Color = Black
Shadow on a new layer = Unchecked

41. Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow
Settings:
V&H = -2 (minus 2).

42. Layers > New Raster Layer

43. Apply the artist's watermark.

44. Layers > New Raster Layer

45. Apply your watermark.

46. Save your image and export it as a jpg.

You are done! You can put it together in Letter Creator. :)

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Thank you for taking the time to try my tutorial. I hope you had as much fun trying it as I did writing it. :)

Thank you to the Tenacious Tut Testers for testing this tutorial for me.

Any similarity to other tutorials is completely coincidental.
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