Press alt+Print Screen on your keyboard to copy the Help Overview
Press the alt key on your keyboard and hold it in while tapping the tab key to rotate PSP back to the active window
Press Ctrl+V to paste the picture of the help file into a PSP window.
If the graphic opens 'zoomed out', click View/Normal Viewing
Select the area you want in your new graphic using the rectangle select tool.
Press Ctrl+C to copy and Ctrl+V to paste.
Change to the eyedropper tool and right click on the grey background to make that color your background color on the color palette
Switch back to the rectangular selection tool.
Using the rectangular selection tool, block off the text in the grey areas of the image one at a time and hit the delete key to remove the text.
When all of the text in the grey areas has been removed, repeat the process using the white background color.
Select the magic wand tool, Tolerance set to 0
Change your foreground color on the color palette to one of your choice
Holding the shift key in on your keyboard, click on the grey areas until they are all selected.
Switch to the Flood Fill Tool, Tolerance set to 0, Texture set to Solid
Click on the selected grey areas to fill them with the color of your choice
Repeat the entire process to change the white areas of the image to the colors of your choice
Note: To make the background tabs a lighter color, double click on the foreground color in the color palette and move the slider on the far right of the Edit Color Window up to the desired Luminance, or type a new number in the Luminance box only. (The RGB boxes will change on their own)
Using the Flood Fill tool, remove all undesired black lines from your graphic. (You may need to zoom in to get the cross-hair directly onto the black line)
Add your text to the tabs.
Add some mountains to the image.
I used an existing graphic, changing it first to greyscale, then negative image, and finally colorizing it using the same color as the toolbar I was creating.
Select the Clone tool, non align, size 30, opacity 30, lunar texture.
Right click on the mountain picture using the clone tool
Holding the left mouse button in, 'paint' the mountains onto the toolbar.
Switch to the Spray Can tool, size 20, opacity 25, texture clouds.
Change your foreground color to white.
Paint some clouds into your image. (If you're going to make your clouds almost solid, you'll want to put the clouds in before you put the mountain in. On the other hand, if you're going to make the clouds opaque the way I have, you can put a light coating of cloud over top of the mountain).
Change your foreground color to black (or color of your choice).
Add text.
Do not deselect the text.
Click on Images/Special Effects/Add Drop Shadow
Settings:
Color: white
Opacity: 255
Blur: 20
Vertical/Horizontal: 0
Add the dropshadow 3 times
Using the copy/paste method, add some graphics and your logo to the toolbar
Save and you're done!
Use an image mapping program to make your toolbar 'functional'.
Note: If you save your work frequently while creating this image, save to TIFF format. Saving to GIF or JPG will lose quality resulting in an inferior finished product.
Add your text to the tabs.
