Climbing the Eiger SB Tutorial

By ©LismibaebisCreations
12 November 2006

Skill Level Advanced Beginner
No outside Filters used

Please do not script my tutorials
This tutorial is my own creation; any resemblance to another tutorial is purely coincidental

Needed

Paint Shop Pro 9 (Tutorial should also work with other PSP versions, some adjustments might be necessary)
Free 30-day PSP trial from Corel, available here
Letter Creator from Incredimail (optional), available here

Graphic
Tube of choice, height greater than width

Texture
Texture "Canvas simple", available here

Design Element
Design Element, LB_designE_3, available here

The tutorial is in 3 parts:
- Preparation
- Background
- Assembling stationery in LC

The settings for different Tools will stay the same throughout the tutorial, unless new setting instructions are given

Don't forget to save your work often

Preparation

1) Download the texture "Canvas simple" (if you do not already have it)
Save the texture to your "Textures" folder
(Helpful hints about organizing extras for PSP are here on my website)

2) Download the design element "LB_designE_3"
Save it where you can easily find it
(I make a new subfolder for every tutorial I do in a folder called "PSP2006" - on 1st January 2007 I will start a new folder called "PSP2007" - in "My Documents" and save everything I need for a tutorial into that folder. And of course save the results into that subfolder as well)

3) File > Open
Open tube of choice

4) Window > Duplicate (Shift + D)
Close original

5) Image > Resize
Settings:
Lock aspect ratio = Checked
Resolution = 72.000
Resample using = Bicubic
Height = 360
Width will adjust itself
Resize all layers = Checked
(My example is 287 x 360 pixels)

6) Adjust > Sharpness > Sharpen
(if necessary)

7) Window > Duplicate (Shift + D)
(we now have 2 copies of the tube; the second is just in case it's not on the clipboard anymore later)
Minimize one copy

8) Edit > Copy

9) Dropper Tool (E)
Choose a light color as Foreground Color
(I chose #fdfdf3)

10) Materials Palette
Left click on Foreground Color and write down the Hue and Saturation values

(Mine are 42 and 182)

11) File > Open
Find the design element "LB_designE_3"

12) Window > Duplicate (twice)
Close original
Minimize one copy

13) Adjust > Hue and Saturation > Colorize
Settings:
Hue = What you wrote down in Step #10
Saturation = What you wrote own in Step #10
Minimize colorized design element
Depending on your choice of graphic and colors you might choose to either use the original design element or the colorized design element later in the tutorial

Background

14) On Tube image
Image > Resize
Settings:
Lock aspect ratio = NOT Checked
Resample using = Bicubic
Width = Width of your tube + 50 pixels
Height = 400
Resize all layers = Checked
(my example is 337 x 400 pixels)

15) Effects > Image Effects > Seamless Tiling
Settings:
Default Setting

If you click on the icon indicated by the hand, PSP will set it to default

16) Layers > New Raster Layer

17) Layers > Arrange > Move Down

18) Flood Fill Tool (F)
Settings:
Match mode = None
Sample merged = Checked
Blend mode = Normal
Opacity = 100

19) Flood new layer with your Foreground color (left click)

20) Layers > Merge > Merge Visible

21) Adjust > Blur > Gaussian Blur
Settings:
Radius = 12.50

22) Effects > Reflection Effects > Kaleidoscope
Settings:
Horizontal offset = - 93 (Minus)
Vertical offset = 40
Rotation angle = 2
Scale factor = - 88 (Minus)
Number of petals = 17
Number of orbits = 0
Radial suction = 53
Edge mode = Wrap

23) Effects > Image Effects > Seamless Tiling
Settings:
Default Setting

24) Effects > Texture Effects > Texture
Settings:
Texture = Canvas simple
Size (%) = 100
Smoothness = 0, Depth = 2
Ambience = 0, Shininess = 0
Color = White, Angle = 315
Intensity = 50, Elevation = 30

If you click on the little icons indicated by the hands, you can see a preview of the tool or effect on the graphic you are working on

25) Effects > Illumination Effects > Sunburst
Settings:
Color = White
Light Spot
Brightness = 50
Horizontal = 50, Vertical = 50
Rays
Density = 25, Brightness = 50
Circles
Brightness = 100

26) Layers > New Raster Layer

27) Flood Fill Tool
Flood fill new layer with Foreground color

28) Effects > Texture Effects > Texture

29) Layers Palette
Reduce opacity to 62
(or a setting of your liking)

30) Edit > Paste > Paste as New Layer
(If the tube is no longer on the clipboard, go back to the image we minimized in Step #7 and Edit > Copy and go back to the background and do Edit > Paste > Paste as New Layer)

31) Optional
Effects > 3D Effects > Inner Bevel
Settings:
Bevel #2, Width = 3
Smoothness = 3, Depth = 3
Ambience = 4, Shininess = 1
Color = White, Angle = 315
Intensity = 50, Elevation = 30

32) Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow
Settings:
Horizontal & Vertical = 3
Opacity = 50, Blur = 5.00
Color = Black
Shadow on new layer = Not checked
(or a setting of your liking)

33) Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow
Settings:
Horizontal & Vertical = - 2 (Minus)
Opacity = 20, Blur = 5.00
(or a setting of your liking)

34) Layers > Merge > Merge Visible

35) Image > Canvas Size
Settings:
Width = 1024***, Height = 400
Lock aspect ratio = Not checked
Placement
Arrow = left middle
(***or width of your computer resolution, e.g. 1280 or 1600)

36) Minimize background tile

37) Maximize design element
Either the original or the colorized version. You might want to try both versions and see which one you like better

38) Edit > Copy

39) Minimize design element

40) Maximize background tile

41) Edit > Paste > Paste as New Layer

42) Move Tool (M)
With keyboard arrows move design element to the left

The left edge of the design element should cover the edge of the background we created earlier

I have colored the transparent area lilac for better understanding.
The element can be further to the left, but NOT further to the right

43) Layers Palette
Turn off visibility of merged layer

44) Magic Wand Tool
Settings:
Mode = Add (Shift)
Match mode = RGB Value
Tolerance = 0
Sample merged = Checked
Contiguous = Checked
Feather = 0
Anti-alias = Checked
Outside

45) Select the area to the right of the design element AND all the transparent areas within the design element

46) Selections > Modify > Expand
Settings:
2 pixels
(keep selected)

47) Layers > New Raster Layer

48) Flood Fill Tool
Flood fill selections with Foreground color
(keep selected)

49) Effects > Texture Effects > Texture
(keep selected)

50) Layers > New Raster Layer
(keep selected)

51) Flood Fill Tool
Flood fill new layer with Foreground color

52) Layers Palette
Reduce opacity to 54
(or a setting of your liking)

53) Selections > Select None

54) Layers Palette
Select Raster 1 (the layer with the design element)

55) Layers > Arrange > Bring to Top

56) Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow
Settings:
Vertical = 0, Horizontal = 5
Opacity = 25, Blur = 5.00
Color = Black
Shadow on new layer = Checked

57) Layers Palette
Make sure the "Raster 1 Shadow 1" layer is checked and
Effects > Image Effects > Seamless Tiling
Settings:
Corner = Checked
Vertical = Checked
Vertical offset = 0
Transition = 50

58) Layers Palette
Turn on visibility of merged layer

59) Layers > New Raster Layer

60) Add Watermark(s)
If you have a watermark tube, see Step #60a)
If not, follow Step #60b)

60a) Place your tube and continue with Step #62

60b) Text Tool (T)
Create as Vector
Write your watermark

61) Layers > Convert to Raster Layer

62) Move Tool (M)
Move watermark to where you want it

63) If necessary, reduce opacity of watermark layer

64) File > Export > JPEG Optimizer
Settings:
Compression = 25

Letter Creator

65) Open Letter Creator

66) Body; Image, look for the background JPEG file
Click on "Tile"
Choose Font and Font Size
Choose Text Color
Choose Link Color
Margins: Top = 10, Left = to the right of the design element, Right = 10

67) Footer; Your name
Reference and link (if possible) to tube
Name of tutorial "Climbing the Eiger" and link to this page
Date you created this stat

68) Finish;
Choose Letter Name and Collection Name
Save Project
Add to Incredimail

I hope that you enjoyed doing this tutorial. If you have any questions, please email me at Barbara @ Lismibaebi.com.
I would love to see what you create with my tutorial.

A special "Thank You" to the United Tut Testers that participated and who helped me make this tutorial as good as it is :)
They are:
Carisa, Chris, Erin, Heidi, Kat, Kathy, Pat, Sue, Robin and Wendy McPhee

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