GOLD FRAME TUTORIAL
By
©Donna Ann
11/10/03
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Skill Level: Intermediate
Needed to do this tutorial:
PSP 7 or 8
Graphic of your choice
Simple Filters/Diamonds and 4-Way Average
(You will find them at: http://www.btinternet.com/~cateran/simple/ )
VM Tool Box/Instant Tile
(You will find them at: http://www.fleursauvage.be/utilitaire/filtres/filtres.htm )
Xero/Art Grain
(You will find it at: http://www.xero-graphics.co.uk/xero/?plugins.htm Set 2)
or you can use any filter that has a noise effect.
Instructions:
Open PSP
Open your selected graphic, Control/D and duplicate your original.
Close your original.
Selections/Select all
Edit/copy
Selections/select none
(this will hold it on your clipboard and you will use the copy later on)
Choose a gradient color for your foreground color (gold works great)
that will look good with your graphic.
Choose another gradient for your background color that is a
contrast or opposite shade (lighter/darker) Now for the fun part.
Make your Graphic active by clicking on it.
Image/add border = 5, Symmetric checked
Use the Magic Wand
and click on
your new border to highlight it.
There will be marching ants all around your new border
Flood Fill
with your new
foreground gradient color.
While still selected, click on Effects/3D Effects/Cut out,
with these settings Vertical 2, Horizontal 2, Opacity
75%, Blur 7.50, Shadow color Black
Fill Interior with color UNCHECKED
While the border is still selected, click on Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow with these settings:
Vertical 1, Horizontal 1, Opacity 60, Blur 3.70
Selections/Select none
Image/Add Borders = 20
With the Magic Wand,
highlight/select
your new border
Edit/Paste/Paste in to Selection
(This is where your graphic will be inserted in to the new border you just made)
Effects/Plugins/Simple/Diamonds
Effects/Plugins/Simple/4-Way Average
Selections/Select none
Image/Add Borders =10
With the Magic Wand, highlight/select your new border
Again, Flood Fill with your foreground gradient color
Selections/Invert
Effects/3D Effects/Cut Out, with the same settings as before
Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow with the same settings as before
Selections/Select none
Image/Add Borders = 20
With the Magic Wand, highlight/select your new border
Flood Fill with your chosen background gradient color
Effects/Plugins/Simple/4-Way Average
While still selected, click on Effects/Plugins/Xero/Art Grain with these settings:
Softness 127, hardness 30, Saturation 127.
If you do not have the Xero plug in, any plugin with a “noise” effect will do.
Selections/Invert
Effects/3D Effects/Cut Out with the previous settings
Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow with the previous settings
Selections/Select none
Image/Add Borders = 30
With Magic Wand, highlight/select your new border
Flood fill with your foreground gradient
Effects/Plugins/VM Tool Box/Instant Tile with these settings:
X-Flip 80, Y-Flip 30
Selections/Invert
Effects/3D Effects/Cut Out with the same settings as before
Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow with the same settings as before
Selections/Select none
Image/Resize to no larger than 500 height or width or a size you like
to use for your header graphics.
Layers/New Raster Layer/add your Watermark if desired.
Layers/Merge all/Flatten
Save as a JPG
BACKGROUND
Open new transparent image 100 X 100
Flood Fill with your chosen Gradient
OPTIONAL:
Add new Raster Layer and a tube of your choice
(make it small enough to fit very tiny in to the tile square)
Layers/Merge all/Flatten
Effects/Plugins/Simple Quick TileSave as your background tile JPG
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