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For this tutorial you
will need: Jasc or Corel Paint Shop Pro. I've done this tutorial in PSP 9 and PSP XI. I believe it can be done in most versions. You may have to look around for the commands but it's likely they are there. Filters and materials needed Alf's Border FX, available free here: http://hem.passagen.se/grafoman/plugtool/plugs.html FM TileTools, available for trial or purchase here: http://www.fantasticmachines.com/ VM Toolbox>Motion Trail Wild, available free here: http://www.ellies-treasures.com/files/plugins/VisualManipulation.zip Filters Unlimited 2.0, available here: http://www.icnet.de/filters_unlimited/ Gold pattern (if you don't have any, download my small zip file of 3 gold and 2 silver patterns-simple gradients and glitter fills, download here http://www.ellies-treasures.com/files/tuts/gold-silver-patterns.zip) 1 picture of your choice. I used "Given to Fly" by James Browne: http://www.jamesbrowne.net |
| 1. Make your picture 350 wide or high, put your background pattern on gold,
and pick two beautiful colors from your picture, one light and one dark. I used light yellow green: #D2DD98 and med yellow green: #9F9F5F 2. Image>Add Borders>2 pixels, fill with gold (use a contrasting color in making the border, pick with magic wand, and fill with flood fill tool then deselect), 1 black, 3 your light color, 1 black, 2 filled with gold, In total this will be 5 borders 3. Image>Add Borders>15 your light color, Select with magic wand, Effects>Texture Effects>Blinds: W2 - O 60 - light from top/left checked - color light Repeat blinds, but now check horizontal as well 4. Effects>Filters Unlimited 2.0>Buttons & frames>Glass frame 2 (not 3D Glass Frame 2): 64 - 64, Deselect 5. Image>Add Borders>2 filled with gold, 1 black, 3 your color, 1 black, 2 filled with gold 6. Image>Add Borders>25 your color, Select with magic wand, put your color palette to gradient: Angle 45 - Repeats 7 - linear, fill your border with the gradient, keep selected 7. Effects>VM tool box>Motion Trail Wild (in my Filters Unlimited, it was in a folder called VM Stylize) with the default settings: 76/127/36/28/50/255/255/255, keep selected 8. Effects>FM Tile Tools>Blend Emboss at default settings: -1, -1, .250, 64, last three at .938 Effects>Filters Unlimited 2.0>Buttons & frames>Glass frame 2: put sliders on 64 - 100. Deselect 9. Image>Add Borders>2 filled with gold, 1 black, 3 your color, 1 black, 2 filled with gold 10. Image>Add Borders>30 your color, Select with magic wand, Effects>Alf's Border FX>Mirror Bevel: 128 - 64 (default). Image>Mirror. Deselect 11. Select your outer edge with magic wand, *note: maybe because of the colors I picked but the magic wand would not stop selecting partially inside the frame, so I used my Freehand selection tool set at point to point to select the pink area. Effects>Texture Effects>Blinds: W 2 - O 60 - light from top/left checked - color light 12. Repeat blinds, but now check horizontal as well. Effects>Filters Unlimited 2.0>Buttons & frames>Glass frame 2: put sliders on 64 - 100. Deselect. 13. Image>Add Borders>1 pixel black You're done. If you reduce the size, make sure you use your unsharp mask at 1-64-4. Watermark Layers>New raster layer. Add your water mark and copyrights on this new layer. Layers>Merge>Merge all (flatten) Save File>Export>Jpeg optimizer - compression of 20. |
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