Wrap Your Projects with a Custom Knot in PaintShop Pro
Ever wanted to create your own realistic knotted ribbon using your favorite straight ribbon designs? This new script makes it easy! With Knot #17, you can combine one thick ribbon and one thinner ribbon to generate a beautifully layered knot, perfect for wrapping around a photo, frame, tag, or cluster.
This extra-wide knot can be trimmed to your liking—centered or off-center—and all layers are left unmerged, grouped, and linked for easy tweaking.
Use opaque, translucent, or directional ribbons and let the script do all the measuring, shading, and assembling for you.
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This week’s freebie includes a finished knotted ribbon made with two contrasting patterned ribbons. It’s a 4000-pixel-wide PNG element you can use to wrap any photo, frame, or journal card.
Just trim the ends or crop the knot to fit your layout.
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This freebie includes a coffee-themed word art (made using the ground coffee option) and a decorative frame (created with the included picture tubes).
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