Welcome Mat Tutorial

For this tutorial you will need:
Texture patterns HERE & HERE
or use your own
fonts and tubes of your choosing
that's all! Simple!

This tutorial was written in PSP 9 but I didn't use any effects that aren't found in earlier versions

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Let's get started!

1. open a transparent canvas 400 x 300

2. using your selection tool set to rounded rectangle, draw out a rectangle

3. open your texture images - in your color palette choose pattern and find the texture - angle 0 - scale 100 -
flood fill with texture 1 for the edge

*Note* if you would like your mat a different color, activate your texture image before you fill and go to adjust - hue & saturation - colorize and make it whatever color you like

4. effects- 3D- Inner Bevel - these are my settings:

keep selected!

5. go to selections - modify - contract by 9

6. flood fill with texture 2

7. selection - invert - add a drop shadow with these settings:

8. select - none

9. activate your text tool - I used the font STENCIL - size 36 - create as vector - color red - and typed BEWARE - add a drop shadow - I used these settings:

10. bring the opacity slider down to about 80 on this layer so you see some texture through the text

11. new layer - choose another font and color - I chose the font Kristen ITC in a beige color - type your text

12. add a drop shadow using same settings as before

13. move the opacity slider on this layer to about80 as well

14. new raster layer and add your tube and a drop shadow - opacity about 80 again

15. merge layers - visible & save as a transparent gif

You're done! How easy was that?

The possibilities for your welcome mat are endless. Send me yours to showcase here!

On this one I colorized my textures blue and used texture 2 for the edge and texture 1 for the inside fill

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