sooper quick and easy Head and base images in psp

[matthew]

Head and Base Tutorial

Create a new image 200X200 pixels.


Selection the Selection tool and Make a rounded Rectangle selection.




Select the Rectangle selection tool (mode : Remove), and remove most of the selection, leaving just the left rounded corner.




Then select the fill tool and fill your selection with your border colour. i'm using #3277b9



Go to Selections > modify > contract: 1 Pixel.

Create a new raster layer and create a gradient, for the highlight.



I'm using #b6d3ea in my forground/stroke properties, and #9bc6e7 in my Background and fill properties.

fill the selection

Create a new raster layer, and Go to Selections > modify > contract: 1 Pixel.

create another gradient slightly darker than the highlight. I'm using #96c0e0 in my forground/stroke properties, and #79b3df in my Background and fill properties.

fill the selection.

merge all (Visible), and using the rectangle selection tool as before, remove the bottom and right part of the image by 2 pixels.





Go to Image > Canvas size, and in the dialog box add the height of the current image (Mine is 26 pixels), and make the width the same as your forum. i'm going to make mine 700 pixels. Press ok.

Go to Layers > Duplicate Layers. Press ok.

Go to image > mirror (Ctrl+M). Press ok

The image should now look like this.

Magnify, and make a rectangle selection




Go to selections > Promote Selection to Layer (Ctrl+Shift+P)

Deselect (Ctrl+D).

Select the Raster Deform tool

Move the cursor over the middle right node untill this arrow and rectange pops up.



then hold down the left mouse button, and The shift key and Stretch the promoted selection across.




Create a new layer, and move to bottom (Layers > arrange > Send to Bottom) and fill with your forum background colour. i'm using #e6f0f8

Merge all. that's it, the head image is complete.

To create a base image, copy and paste the head image and and go to Image > Flip (Ctrl+I), and that's it.

View Head and Base images Here ;D

[Ellie]

lol Yeah, that is much easier than the way I've been doing it. Thanks!

[Michael]

What was the way you've been doing it?

[Ellie]

Just think of the most complex way that you could get it done. That's how I did it. I could write really great tutorials on how not to do things! ;D

[~•XyMiC•~]

cool tutorial, Mahu_D. I want to make a template, but don't know how to. Now At least, I could make head and base images now.... Thanks To You. Make more tut for templates. Thanks

[lostsoul]

Thanks M@ ive been clueless about these i can now make head and base imgs for my Lostsoul template Rashmin if you look around on this forum you will find loads of tutorials on PB templates form smilies to text to Gradients look here:

Overcomers Tutorials

Look at the Paint section theres a good few there and theres one about forum colors at the bottom.

[matthew]

the select tool is my new buddy ;D you can do so much stuff with it!

I've had the idea to make head and base images like that for a little while, but last night was the first time i actually tried it, and it took me no more than 3 minutes. The way I've made them in the past has also been pretty complicated, and wouldn't of made a very good tutorial either ;D