MAKING YOUR GUESTBOOK GRAPHIC:

1. Open a new image 250x125, transparent background, 16 million colors.

2. Flood fill with your background graphic. 

3. Change your background color to null and your foreground color to the dark color you chose for your set.

4. Click on your preset shapes tool and choose Rounded Rectangle. Antialias and Vector checked; Line width 5.

5. Starting at coordinates 15, 15, drag your rectangle out to coordinates 235, 110. You should end up with this:

6. Make Layer2 active and convert to raster. Layers/Convert to Raster.

7. If you applied an inner bevel previously, apply it now.

8. Add a drop shadow with the following settings:
Horizontal and Vertical: 1; Opacity: 60; Blur: 5.

9. Add a new raster layer. Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "guestbook".

10. Click on your text tool and type the word "Guestbook". (I used the same font, size 36.  Position your text in the center of your graphic.

11. Add a new raster later. Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "view".

12. Click on your text tool and type the word "View". (I used the same font, size 28.  Position your text in the upper left corner.

13. Add a new raster later. Layers/New Raster Layer and name it "sign".

14. Click on your text tool and type the word "Sign". (I used the same font, size 28.  Position your text in the lower right corner.  Here's what I ended up with:

15. If you find (like I did) that your text overlaps, you can use your mover tool to reposition the words.  (Another good reason for adding everything on a separate layer.)  I now have this:

16. By now you should be a pro at adding your graphics/tubes.  Add new layers and position your graphics where you'd like them.  I lowered the opacity for my graphic layers to 75 on this graphic.  Here's what I now have:

17. Once you're happy with your graphic, merge all layers. Layers/Merge All.

18. If you have only one link for your guestbook save your graphic as "guestbook.jpg".  

19. If you have separate links for your guestbook, one for signing and one for viewing, you'll need to take the following steps.

20. Double click on your selection tool and enter the following:
Left: 0, Right: 125, Top: 0, Bottom: 125

21. Click on Edit/Copy.

22. Click on Edit/Paste/As New Image.

23. Save this new graphic as "view.jpg".

24. Make your full graphic active and invert your selection. Selections/Invert.

25. Click on Edit/Copy.

26. Click on Edit/Paste/As New Image.

27. Save this new graphic as "sign.jpg".

Page 1 - making the background

Page 2 - making the top/bottom/side graphics

Page 3 - making the welcome graphic

Page 4 - making the navigation buttons

Page 5 - making the guestbook graphics

Page 6 - making the dividers and bullets

Page 7 - putting it all together