Beribboned--Make ribbons to decorate your framed images

The creative ideas and methods in this tutorial belong to Judy Kitson, AKA Kit. Open Photo Impact and press Ctrl + N to open a new image. Set the width and height to 300.

	Click on the path tool, and click on the little rectangle under the word shape in the attribute toolbar at the top. This will open a box with more choices. Click on "Custom Shape".
	Browse through the shapes until you find Wave 1. Double click on it.
	Click and drag in your new image until the outline is about 1 and a half inches wide.
	This image shows the path attribute toolbar with three things that now need to be adjusted. 1. Choose a color that will compliment the image that you will be framing. 2. Under mode, select 3D round. 3. Adjust the border so that it looks natural. A ribbon is not very thick.
	Right click on the shape, and click again on duplicate. Drag this new image off the canvas into the background so that it opens in its own canvas. Minimize this new canvas.
	Click on the transformer tool, and in the attribute toolbar for the transformer tool, click on this button.
	Now when you point to one of the corners of your object, the cursor will change into a curved arrow. When it has, click and drag your object so that it is more or less vertical.
	Now, in the transformer attribute toolbar, click on this button. It is the distort tool.
	Position your pointer over the top right corner, click and drag up and to the right, until your object resembles this one.
	Now open the duplicate ribbon we minimized before. Drag it into your working canvas.
	Now look to the right side of your transformer attribute toolbar. You will see a button marked Rotate & flip. Click on it, and then on flip horizontally.
	Drag your duplicate so that its top is positioned over the bottom of the first ribbon as shown. Right click and duplicate this second part so that you now have three sections.
	As before, click on the "Rotate and flip" button and then on flip horizontally. Position this part as shown.
	Again, in the transform attribute toolbar, click on the distort tool and click and drag the bottom left corner up and to the right so that your ribbon trails correctly.
	Now, in your Easy Palette, click on the button marked here with an arrow. This will open your layer manager. The Layer Manager is an invaluable tool when working with multiple objects, especially when some of them are small and hard to select by clicking on them in the canvas, or when some of them are hidden behind another. If you notice, there is and eye icon above each shape. Clcking this icon will cause that object to be hidden. You can select all three of your sections by clicking on each one in the layer manager while holding down the Ctrl key. When all three are selected, right click and click again on group. Now save your grouped sections to your easy palette so you will be ready to use it for section two of this tutorial.