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Create a folder on your hard drive where
you will save all the images you create.
Choose the
graphic you'd like to use. I am using the following graphic:

If you'd like to use the graphic I am
using click here.
This is a PSP tube file, compatible with PSP5. Unzip this
file, open in Paint Shop Pro and export as a picture tube.
You can change the color, if you'd like, by clicking on
Colors/Colorize and playing with the settings, before you export
as a tube.
Choose two complimentary colors you'd like
to use for your set; one light and one dark.
For my dark color I am using R: 245, G: 231, B: 238
For my light color I am using R: 166, G: 64, B: 113
TIP: Make yourself a color swatch for your set:
Make these colors your foreground and background colors.
Open a new image 100x50, transparent background, 16 mil colors.
Double click on your selection tool and enter the following:
Left: 0, Right: 50, Top: 0, Bottom: 50.
Flood fill the selected area with your foreground color.
Invert your selection. Selections/Invert.
Flood fill the selected area with your background color.
Save this to your new folder as "colors.jpg". Now
you have a color swatch for future reference.
MAKING YOUR BACKGROUND:
1. Open a new image 300x300, transparent
background, 16 million colors.
2. Flood fill with the complimentary
color you chose.
3. Click on Effects/Texture
Effects/Texture and use the following settings:

4. Double click on your
selection tool and enter the following settings:

5. Click on
Selections/Convert to Seamless Pattern. A new image will
open. Save this image as "backgound.jpg" to the folder you
created for your graphics.
6. Minimize this image, as we
will be using it to create all of our graphics for this set.
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1 - making the background
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2 - making the top/bottom/side graphics
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3 - making the welcome graphic
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4 - making the navigation buttons
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5 - making the guestbook graphics
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6 - making the dividers and bullets
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7 - putting it all together
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