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Digital Scrapbooking with PSP9

Tutorial: Making a Ribbon Out of Patterned Paper

How to make a ribbon for digital scrapbooking using Paint Shop Pro 9 PSP.

digital scrapbooking tutorial ribbon

1.) New image, settings at:

    Width: 3400 pixels
    Height: 200 pixels
    Resolution 200 dpi
    Raster background
    16 million color depth
    Transparent
2.) Open pattern image

3.) Choose the selection tool and then hit the custom selection. Settings:
    Top 25
    Bottom 175
    Left 0
    Right 3400

digital scrapbooking tutorial ribbon

digital scrapbooking tutorial ribbon

4.) Select the pattern image and fill the selection with it. Settings:

    Angle 0
    Scale 150
    Texture not checked

5.) Selections > Modify > Contract Number of pixels: 15

6.) Selections > Invert

7.) Effects > Texture effects > Blinds Settings:
    Width 15
    Opacity 25
    Color black

digital scrapbooking tutorial ribbon

8.) Choose selection tool and then hit custom selection. Settings:

    Top 0
    Bottom 200
    Left 25
    Right 3375

9.) Image > Crop to selection

Enjoy your ribbon!

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