 This tutorial was created in PSP X but can be easily done in other versions. I have also rated this as intermediate as I have few screen shots and brief explanations. This tutorial was written by me and is ©momentzdesignz Any other tutorial that looks similar is purely coincidental and no infringement of any other artist is intended. For this tutorial you will need the following: PSP X Image of choice Gradient - either gold or silver Plugins - FM Tile Tools and Eye Candy 5 Textures 1 - Select image of choice 2 - Duplicate and close the original 3 - Set Foreground to a dark color from image 4 - Set Background to a gradient of choice 5 - Image > Add Borders - 2 px 6 - Select with Magic Wand and flood fill with your gradient 7 - Effects > 3D Effects > Cutout Settings: V&H 3, opacity 50, blur 20 8 - Repeat Cutout only changing V&H to -3 9 - Selections > Select none 10 - Image > Add Borders - 2 px and flood fill with Foreground color 11 - Image > Add Borders - 2 px and flood fill with background gradient 12 - Selections > Select none 13 - Image > Add Borders - 25 px 14 - Select with your magic Wand and flood fill with Foreground color 15 - Keep Selected 16 - Effects > Art Media Effects > Brush Strokes - see screenshot  17 - Effects > FM Tile Tools > Emboss 18 - Effects > 3D Effects > Inner Bevel Settings: Bevel #2, width 9, smoothness 0, depth 6, ambience -8, shininess 6, color - white, angle 288, intensity 50, elevation 30 19 - Selections > Select None 20 - Image > Add Borders - 2 px and flood fill with your gradient 21 - Repeat steps #10 and 11 for the small borders 22 - Selections > Select None 23 - Image > Add Borders - 45 px and flood fill with your Foreground Color 24 - Effects > Plugins > Eye Candy 5 - Textures > Swirl **Choose this to your liking and what you think looks best with your image. 25 - Selections > Select None 26 - Repeat steps #20, 10 and 11 to get your small borders 27 - Add decorative corners to enhance the frame as we have a wide outer border. 28 - Add your watermark, re-size and save as a .jpg Thank you and I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial :o) ©momentzdesignz - 1999 |