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Making A Divider Bar |
1. Open a new image use the same settings as in here.  2. Open the graphic you want to use. 3. Click Edit/Copy 4. Click on your background strip then click Edit/Paste as new layer. 5. Move the graphic to the left edge of the strip. 6. Click on Layers/Merge All (flatten). 7. With the magic wand tool click on the white background. Fill with colour taken from the image, apply the colour with either the spray can, or the paint bucket. Use filters if you want to, to add texture and colour to the background. I took a piece of the graphic's background and used the clone tool to get the effect here. 8. With the selection tool, make a selection the height of the graphic, and 10px wide, like this  9. Click on Layers/new a box will come up make sure it's set to this  You won't see anything happen to your graphic, the layer is clear. 10. Select a colour from the graphic or background and flood fill the thin rectangular selection.  If you want to use filters on the bar to add texture and interest, do so now. I've added noise at 21. 11. Select another much narrower rectangle alongside the first like this  12. Select a dark colour and use the spray can to fill the rectangle. 13. Click Edit/Copy merged Edit/Paste as new layer. Move the new thin rectangle to the other side of the bar.  14. click Layers/Merge All (flatten). 15. Select the graphic and the bar, like this  16. Click on Image/Effects/Drop Shadow. Apply a drop shadow, set the box up like this  17. Select the bar and the background 18. Click on Image/Effects/Drop Shadow and use the same settings. 19. Select the entire piece of stationery, but leave a 2px margin at the top and bottom, like this  The reason for doing this, is so that there are no hideous white lines when the graphics come together in the Outlook Express window. 20. Click on Image/Crop to Selection.  There... all done. I hope this step-by-step has been of use to you. Sue C - SJC Designs
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