Bookplates

Basic bookplate

1.      Open a transparant image 550 x 300

2.      Select your selection tool – rounded rectangle.

3.      Draw your rectangle and flood fill it with white.

4.      Selections – none.

5.      new raster layer

6.      select your selection tool – circle

7.      draw a circle

8.      fill with white

9.      move this layer to the middle

10.  Copy this layer and paste as new layer

11.  Set this layer to the other site of your rectangle

12.  Merge visible layer

13.  Select the plate with the magic wand.

14.  Fill with color, gradient or pattern of your choise.

15.  effects – 3d effects – inner bevel

16.  selections – none.

17.  new raster layer

18.  select your selection tool rectangle

19.  draw a nice rectangle and fill with color

20.  Select you selection tool – rounded rectangle and draw a rectangle.

21.  Merge visible layers

22.  click now at the delete button.

23.  Select with your magic wand the rectangle.

24.  Give it an inner bevel as in point 15.

25.  Click with the magic wand into the rectangle.

26.  effects – 3d-effects – cut out with these settings

27.  New layer.

28.  Select your selection tool – circle and draw a little circle

29.  Fill with color

30.  effects – 3d-effects – inner bevel with these settings:

31.  Select none

32.  copy these layer and paste as new layer and move it to the other site of your bookplate.

33.  save as png file

 Metal bookplate

You need psp and filter blade pro

34.  Open a transparant image 550 x 300

35.  Select your selection tool – rounded rectangle.

36.  Draw your rectangle and flood fill it with white.

37.  Selections – none.

38.  new raster layer

39.  select your selection tool – circle

40.  draw a circle

41.  fill with white

42.  move this layer to the middle

43.  Copy this layer and paste as new layer

44.  Set this layer to the other site of your rectangle

45.  Merge visible layer

46.  Select the plate with the magic wand.

47.  Go to effects – plug-in – flaming pear – blade pro and look for a nice metal effect

48.  Select none

49.  Select with your selection tool – rectangle a rectangle

50.  Repeat point 47 only select your last shape

51.  Selections – modify – contract with 10

52.  Repeat point 50.

53.  repeat point 51.

54.  Click delete button you’ve got this

55.  Click with the magic wand into the rectangle.

56.  effects – 3d-effects – cut out with these settings

57.  Select with your selection tool – circle a little circle.

58.  Go to blade pro and select shape  click ok.

59.  Give the button a dropshadow.

60.  Make a layer of the selection – selection – make layer of selections CTRL-SHIFT-p

61.  copy this layer

62.  move it to the other side of your bookplate

Save as png file.

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