Hypergurl Paint Shop Pro Tutorials. How to make notebook paper with the PSP program. This tutorial makes a realistic notepaper image that can be used in webpage design.





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Paint Shop Pro Tutorials - How to make notebook paper

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Here's a great psp tutorial that teaches how to make authentic looking notepaper for your webpage images. The note paper tutorial uses extensive screenshots to make it easier to follow.

We have split this tutorial into 2 parts to facilitate page loading times. Please follow the link after step 10 to complete the tutorial.

STEP 1

Open a New Image
400 x 400
Transparent Background
16 Million Colors

STEP 2

Flood Fill the image with a dark color. This will make it easer for you to see the work you will be performing.

STEP 3

Add a New Layer.
Layers || New Raster Layer

STEP 4

Change the background color to White,

STEP 5

Click the Selection Tool and apply the settings;

Selection Type = Rounded Rectangle
Feather = 0
Antialias = Checked


Flood Fill White.

fig 2STEP 6

Go to View-Change Grid and Guide Properties.

You will change the settings here to make the lines on your paper, so you need to set them at a size to suit your needs. A good rule of thumb is to set the Horizontal and Vertical at around 23.

STEP 7

Turn
View || Grid

fig 3STEP 8

Now you will draw the lines on your paper using the grid lines as a guide for spacing.

With the White Rectangle still selected, change the Foreground Color to a Light Blue

fig 4STEP 9

Select the Draw Tool and under the Toggle Tool Options apply the settings.

Type = Single Line
Width = 1
Line Style = Solid
Antialias = Checked

STEP 10

Drawing the paper lines.

Using the Grid as a guide, position your mouse where the lines will appear, click and hold the left mouse button down, hold down the shift key and draw a straight line across the canvas.

Repeat this for all the lines down the paper.

Leave a header space at the top and bottom of the paper.

Follow the link below to complete the notepaper tutorial.

Jump to Part 2

 
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