 Supplies Needed: Image Gold foil pattern Plugin - Crescent Moon - Terracotta Plugin - FM Tile Tools - Blend Emboss Decorative corners - if desired 1 - Open your image and duplicate; close the original. 2 - Effects > Plugins > FM Tile Tools > Blend Emboss - use default setting. 3 - Foreground: set to a light color from your image and Background: set to a darker shade of this color. 4 - Set your Background to pattern and choose a Gold gradient. 5 - Image > Add Border - 5 px 6 - Select the border and flood fill with your gold pattern; keep selected. 7 - Effects > 3D Effects > Chiesel Setting on size 3 and check transparent 8 - Selections > Select None 9 - Image > Add Border - 30 px 10 - Select with your magic wand and flood fill with your light color. Keep Selected 11 - Effects > Texture Effects > Mosaic Antique ... see screenshot  12 - Repeat the Mosaic Antique effect . 13 - Selections > Select None 14 - Image > Add Border - 5 px 15 - Select the border and flood fill with your gold pattern, keep selected. 16 - Effects > 3D Effects > Chiesel Setting on size 3 and check transparent 17 - Selections > Select None 18 - Image > Add Border - 45 px 19 - Select with your magic wand and flood fill with your darker color. Keep Selected 20 - Effects > Texture Effects > Mosaic Antique ... see screenshot in #11 21 - Repeat Mosaic Antique effect and Keep Selected. 22 - Effects > Plugins > Crescent Moon > Terracotta and Keep selected afterward .. see screen shot below  23 - Repeat Terracotta plugin. 24 - Selections > Select None 25 - Image > Add Border 5 px 26 - Select and flood fill with your gold pattern and keep selected. 27 - Effects > 3D Effects > Chiesel Setting on size 3 and check transparent 28 - Selections > Select None 29 - Add decorative corners if you wish. 30 - 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 |