Adding Borders & Keeping Layers

This tutorial is copyrighted to Kaye @ Kaye'z Designz. You may print out for personal use but do not post to any site or distribute as your own. Any resemblance to others online is purely coincidental.

SUPPLIES Needed: Paint Shop Pro any version, I used X3. You can get it from COREL. Tube of choice. I used one by Kenny Kiernan, which was purchased at AMI but is now closed. You may use your own color, gradient or pattern, I used a plaid BG made in another tutorial (attached). Font of choice or use mine Scrap Plaid (attached).
NOTES: This is a variation of my previous tutorial found HERE called Creating a Border without PSP’s Add Borders.
Open tube & pattern in PSP. Open font and minimize to task bar if not in drop-down list. Supplies are attached if you need to create a new tag with layers. If you open a tag already created, my supplies are not necessary. SAVE OFTEN as .pspimage.

STEP 1 Either open or create a tag that has several layers.
Copy background (BG) from your tag and Paste as New Image, minimize.
Duplicate tag (Shift+D). You will be adding borders to the duplicate. Minimize original tag.
NOTE: If you open a previously made tag, Copy and Paste CR layer as new image. Remove CR layer from original and duplicate tag. If you create a new tag don’t add CR info until after adding borders and Resizing.

STEP 2 On duplicated tag Add Borders 2 pixels, symmetric in black.
Add Borders 20 pixels, symmetric in white. Selections / Select All (Ctrl+A). Selections / Modify / Contract by 20. Selections / Invert. Flood Fill with pattern, color or gradient of choice. I used background from original tag.
Apply Effects / Reflection Effects / Kaleidoscope: 0, 0, 90, -42, 4, 0, 0, Reflect.
Go to Adjust / Blur / Gaussian Blur: 5.
Go to Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel: Bevel #1, 8, 35, 4, 2, 37, White, 315, 30, 53. Select None.
Add Borders 2 pixels, symmetric in black.

STEP 3 Select All (Ctrl+A). Selections / Modify / Contract by 24 or by total number of pixels in border if you made more or less borders than mine.
Selections / Invert. Edit / Copy (Ctrl+C).
Note size of tag with borders. Mine was 458 X 458.

STEP 4 Bring up our original tag. Activate top layer.
Go to Image / Canvas Size and make it the same size as tag with borders.
Paste as New Layer the borders you copied.

STEP 5 Resize tag back to original size.
Add your copyright (CR) information to tag. We didn’t add CR until now as we want the copyright to be readable on the tag.

STEP 6 Save as .pspimage to retain layers for future changes. Save as .jpg using JPEG Optimizer at default settings to send thru group.

All done! I hope you have enjoyed my tutorial. Remember this is just a guide. Experiment using different colors, gradients or patterns, images and settings. Any questions you can reach me at kayewinters@zoomtown.com**. This tutorial was written 2/4/2011 by Kaye'z Designz.