Hi, guys. First post. Anyway, I've actually found a really easy method to make your inserts wrap. I'm pretty sure I'm the first one to do this, but if someone else has posted this, I'm sorry. ^_^;; As a note, it's not exactly genius or anything, but I hope it's of help to someone. >.>

OK, you need several things, really. First, you need to know the dimensions of the inside of your pen (Mine goes 3.5 in length, 1.5 in circumference, but yours may be different). And secondl, you need a design.

1. Start a new image, with the width being your pen's length and the height being 1/2 of your pen's circumference.

2. Design your image, whatever you want it to be. Copy it to your clipboard (CTRL + C).

3. Start another new image, with the width being your pen's length and the height being your pen's circumference, and paste your previous design onto this one, twice, one on top of another.

4. Select one of the halves of this new image, and then flip it vertically. Copy this design onto your clipboard (CTRL + C).

5. Make another new image, with the width being your pen's length and the height being 2x your pen's circumference, paste your previous design twice, one on top of another.

And there you have it, your very own wrapping design. Here's a result I got after cutting up one of the inserts in this thread:



Here's a little blurb about why this works... If you're not interested, don't read; it's just for those who want to know. =)

Now, when people make inserts, they usually make it such that the design will go around twice. This is to prevent the paper from coming up just a little short of being around the inside fully (whether by cutting, bad measurement, etc) and leaving a gap. As a result, only half of the image shows when the paper is actually being put into the pen. That's the reason for step 5. Now, for a design to "wrap" properly, the top and bottom of either half of your paper must tesselate. That is, if you cut your paper in half and made copies of that half and put them together vertically, they should meld seamlessly. In order to make sure that happens, the top of one half MUST have the same edge pattern as the bottom. Therefore, the easiest way to do that is to split that half into two and design that first. After that, when you put two of the fourths together and flip one, essentially the top and the bottom of that half will be the same and the image will wrap.

If I confused anyone, sorry. I'll post pictures with this if anyone wants, but I'm feeling lazy right now. >.>

Actually, people have been using that method for a while now. But thanks for posting it, there may be people here who don't know about it.

This would better serve as its own thread since the other thread is about posting inserts, not insert tutorials. ;)

Dancing Banana posting something similar in UPSB, but it's good to have this thread for people who cannot view his tutorial.

to amke inserst that look good what should i download? a version of photoshop ro what?

Ah. I've been lurking for a bit, but as I didn't see anything on the topic, I decided to post. >.> Sorry if it was in the wrong place, I wasn't quite sure where to put it.

sketching: Yeah, I get annoyed because I don't have a UPSB account and when people link I can't see it.

indiansftball09: Well, this technique works best with abstract inserts, I've found. As for what program, it shouldn't really matter, but Photoshop is the one I use, though it's not free. A good costless alternative, though, is probably GIMP.

I may be barking up the wrong tree but just to let you know the circumfrance of the outside of the barrell is much bigger than the inside, so yeah, but anyways, nice insert.

And helpful tutorial B)

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Yeah, I know. When I refer to the circumference, I'm talking about the inside. And to measure that, you could just have a piece of paper and print out labelled lines for pixels/inches/whatever and just shove it in the barrel, and use it like a measuring tape. Lol.

I find that something like this is only for difficult and detailed inserts in which are compiled of many different art. The original of that insert still could have been used fine.

I'm not sure what you mean by "the original of that art."

Erm .. Photoshop can be downloaded (trial) and cracked with Paradox's keygen :) .. Im sure most people know that .. screw paying $900 lol .. or is it 600 .. meh ..

I know everyone does it but do you have to post this in a public forum ?

I didn't post any links to the trial or to the keygen B) .. So it's all good ..