Making templates

[lostsoul]

;D Ok i didnt no where to put this so i put it here i wud just like to know howd you make templates ie which package do you use for the images and how do you make borders etc. if theres a tutorial on how to add borders etc please cud u direct me there thank you.

[matthew]

I use Paint Shop Pro 9 for all of my graphics. I also use Paint, but not so much lately.

I've never seen a tutorial on how to make/add borders. You need to use css or something though, to center the border image and make it repeat vetically.

<STYLE type="text/css">
<!--
body
background-position:center top;
background-repeat:repeat-y;
}
-->
</style>

This is the image we use here to give you some idea.

img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/dudleythoth/ocgfx2/bg.gif

I made it by drawing vertical 1px lines with a paintbrush and filled in the sections with gradient and pattern fills. and then added some 1px highlight lines to make the gradients stand out and look more 3d. there's nothing to it really.

It might help if you copied and pasted the image (you need to click and enlarge before you copy ) into a grahics program (paint would do it) and view the image magnified at 800%. Which was the magnification i was mainly using to make the image. you'll get a better idea of how the image was made that way.

[lostsoul]

thanks that helps loads but it looks long and hard but ill give it a shot. but im having problems with PSP colors at the moment. i dont know how to describe it but i cant do any of the colours i want when i open a previous picture i think i can only use the colors that the picture has so i cant use like blues or reds as the picture uses only yellowy orange colors if you can help please do

[matthew]

lostsoul said:

im having problems with PSP colors at the moment. i dont know how to describe it but i cant do any of the colours i want when i open a previous picture i think i can only use the colors that the picture has so i cant use like blues or reds as the picture uses only yellowy orange colors if you can help please do

It sounds like you are talking about gif images, which have a limited colour palette. You can fix this by going to Image > Increase Colour Depth > 16 Million colours (shortcut: hold down Shift + Ctrl, and press 0).

You can also promote the layer to a background layer, by left clicking on the image in the layers palette, and selecting 'Promote Background Layer'.

I hope that helps.


I use this image when I'm working on the colours for a template. It helps me to play around a bit more, and it's quicker and easier than having to keep on putting in the colours into the actual board again and again. If you think it would help, feel free to copy and save

Proboard Canvas

[lostsoul]

thank you this really helped i will one day get to grasps with making templates at the moment im in the process of makin stuff for this: www.lostsoulgfx.proboards67.com im just makin a new website on probaords but its difficult lol i will suceed though