For this tutorial you will need PSP, and Eye Candy
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STEP 1

Open a new image with the background color that you want your bar to be, 16.7 million colors, with a Width of 10 and a Height of 300




You should now have an image that looks like this



STEP 2

Next Apply the Eye Candy Inner Bevel using the following settings: Bevel Width 8, Bevel Shape:Button, Shadow Depth 33, Hilight Brightness 100, Highlight Sharpness 32, Direction 125, Inclination 79.



STEP 3

Open up your background image, and copy/paste the bar you've just made as a 'new selection'.



STEP 4

While your bar is still 'selected' click on 'Image', 'Effects', 'Drop Shadow', and use the following settings.



STEP 5

The last step, is to trim the top and bottom of your background image, so that you will have a smooth seamless bar when your background is finished. I usually crop about 25 pixels off the top and the bottom both.

You now have a perfect bar for your bordered background, that takes less than 5 minutes. If you have any questions please feel free to email me.


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