 This tutorial is simple and could be done in any version. Supplies Needed: Image of choice - a darker image shows the candy cane up much better. Filters: Eye Candy 3.1 and Andrews Sandflower Specials - Sparkle 003 Gold pattern of choice Candy Cane tube - download NOTE: Please keep the name of the tube artist in tact - thank you! 1 - Open your image, duplicate twice and close the original. Minimize 1 copy for now. 2 - Set Foreground to a gold pattern. 3 - Image > Add Border - 3 px 4 - Select the border and flood fill with your gold pattern. 5 - Selections > Invert 6 - Effects > Plugins> Eye Candy 3.1 > Inner Bevel - see screenshot below:  7 - Selections > Select none 8 - Image > Add Border - 30 px and keep selected 9 - Open your minimized image and Copy 10 - Back to the working image and Paste into Selection 11 - Adjust Blur > Gaussian Blur - Radius 22 12 - Keep Selected 13 - Effects > 3D Effects > Buttonize Settings: H and V 1, Opacity 100 and check Transparent 14 - Selections > Select None 15 - Image > Add Border - 3 px and Flood fill with gold pattern 16 - Selections > Select None 17 - Image > Add Borders > 60 px and select with magic wand 18 - Copy your minimized image and back to the working image - Paste into Selection 19 - Keep Selected 20 - Adjust Blur > Gaussian Blur - Radius 22 21 - Keep Selected 22 - Effects > Plugins > Andrew's Sandflower Specials > Sparkle 003 Set this randomly or to your liking to fill in this frame part. 23 - Effects > 3D Effects > Inner Bevel - see screen shot below:  24 - Selections > Select None 25 - Image > Add Borders > 3 px and flood fill with your gold pattern. 26 - Selections > Select None The purpose of this frame was to have the Candy Cane hanging on the corner of the frame. :o) 27 - I copied the tube to the frame as a new layer and re-sized it by 70% 28 - Image > Free Rotate > see screenshot below  29 - Add a small drop shadow - this depending on your color and what you like. 30 - Duplicate this image and then > Image > Mirror 31 - Merge the 2 layers with the candy canes on them. 32 - Still having my 2 layers open, I went back to the main image layer and erased the corners so the frame was exposed, thus making the candy canes appear to be hanging on the inner frame. :o) 33 - Add watermark, re-size and save as a jpg. If you have any questions, please feel free to email me. ©momentzdesignz 1999 Back to Tutorials |