Creating Border Backgrounds with Photoshop CS3, Adobe Photoshop …

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September 2007: Updated for Photoshop CS3 with all new CS3 screenshots and. additional tips! Although this tutorial is geared for making Web graphics with …

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Creating Border Backgrounds with Photoshop CS3, Adobe Photoshop Tu…Tips, by Shirley Kaiser, SKDesigns - Website Tips, Websitetips.com
Creating a Border Background with Photoshop
by Shirley E. Kaiser, M.A., SKDesigns
Published 1999. Updated: March, 2006; September, 2007.
Copyright . 1999-2007, Shirley E. Kaiser, M.A., SKDesigns. All rights reserved.
Example 1.1: Background
image sample.
This tutorial will provide a basic introduction to creating a graphic left side border
background for Web pages with plenty of screenshots and helpful tips along the way.
September 2007: Updated for Photoshop CS3 with all new CS3 screenshots and
additional tips! Although this tutorial is geared for making Web graphics with Photoshop
CS3, it also works for Photoshop 5.5 and above. This tutorial will also work with PaintShop Pro 6 and
above, too.
The following tools and dialog boxes are introduced and used while learning to create a left side
border background Web graphic:
1. Layers: new layer, naming layers, selecting layers, duplicating layers, linking layers, merging layers,
filling layers.
2. Marquee Tool
3. Paint Bucket tool, filling selections
4. Move Tool
5. Canvas Size Dialog Box - larger, smaller (clipping)
6. Color Picker, Web-safe Color window
7. Layer Styles:…