Corkboard

It took me awhile but I finally was able to figure out how to do this with Adobe, so here is the tutorial on how to make a Corkboard.

Open up a 300x200 image, use the Paint Bucket Tool and fill it with this color #E5B98A for Foreground and this color for Background #B78754.

• Go to Filter >> Noise >> Add Noise and use these settings:
  

• Now you are seeing the beginnings of the Corkboard background.
• Now go up to Edit >> Define as pattern, and name it corkboard, minimize or close that, you can also save it for later use.

  Making the Corkboard Frame
  

• Open a new image 300x200, use the Paint Bucket Tool and fill the background with #E5B98A that color.
• Now CTRL+A to select the whole image, then go to Edit >> Stroke on the pop up click where you see the color and choose #000000 so we can put a 1pixel border around the image. Click okay and then CTRL+D to deselect the image.
• Now go to your Navigtor, if you don't see it open, go to Windows >> Navigator and it should open up on the right hand side, depending on how you have your Adobe set up.
• Zoom in to the highest possible, use the slider and go all the way to your right, it should reach 1600.
• Go to your Tools Palette and click on the Rectangular Marquee Tool and select the inner part of the image and leave a 1pixel space from the border like this:
  

  Click to continue

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