We will be making this Frame
NOTE: Since PSP8 is so new, I've decided that for the first few tutorials I'll be using a lot more screen shots than I usually do so everyone can get used to the new icons and interface. I hope you find this helpful.
The only think you need for this tutorial is PSP8. Get it here: www.jasc.com
Letīs begin!
1. Create a new Image (Ctrl+n) 400 by 400, transparent background.
Go up to your layer palette, click on the New Raster Layer icon. Name the new layer Frame.
2.
a. Go to Selections>Select All.
b. Go to Selections>Modify>Contract and contract by 35 pixels.
c. Go to Selections>Invert.
3. Grab your Flood Fill tool.
Flood fill the selection with any light color. I used color #D39BFF.
4. Go to Effects>Artistic Effects>Halftone.
Use these settings:
5. Change your foreground color on the Materials palette to White Very Important!:
Go to Effects>Artistic Effects>Hot Wax Coating.
6. Go to Effects>3D Effects>Inner Bevel. Use these settings:
De-select.
7. Click in the center of your frame with the Magic Wand.
Go to the layers palette, add a new raster layer and name it "Border". Drag the "Border" layer underneath the Frame layer.
8. Go to Selections>Modify>Contract and contract 8 pixels.
Go to Selections>Invert>
9. Floodfill the selection with the same color you used for the frame.
10. Repeat Step 4.
11. Change your foreground color to White. Repeat Step 5.
De-select
12. Go back to your layers palette, right click on any layer, and choose Merge>Merge Visible.
Your frame is finished! If you save it in .psp or .pspimage format, you can use it over and over. Just don't forget to duplicate it and save the original. 
Another option would be to save the image in .pspframe format. Here's how: In the "Save" or "Save As" dialogue, click the arrow and scroll to "Paint Shop Pro Image". You will see ".pspframe" in the list of extensions.
Select "Paint Shop Pro Image", then in the File name box, type in your image name such as "Ribbon Frame" and add the ".pspframe" extension, like so: Ribbon Frame.pspframe.
Note: You must use the .pspframe extension or the frame won't work properly with the PSP Frame tool.
For your file location, browse to the Picture Frames folder located in the "My PSP8 Files" in the "My Documents" folder. Note: If you store all your new goodies in the "My PSP8 Files", then if you need to uninstall PSP8 and reinstall it later, you won't lose your things.
To use your new frame, open up the image you want to frame. Then go to Image>Picture Frame. This dialogue will open up:
Click the arrow to locate your frame, then click the radio buttons to set it up the way you want it to look on your image.
This is the frame my tester Nina made. Pretty colors aren't they?
Have fun with your new frame.
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.
This tutorial is my own creation, any similarity to any other tutorial on the Internet is unintentional. It is copyrighted by me, *~Nightshadow~*, on May 23, 2003, and is not to be copied or reproduced in any way under penalty of law. Graphics lists, please e-mail me for permission to post my tutorials, especially because I would love to see the results :O)
NOTE: Any image you make using this tutorial is completely your own property.
| [ Home ] | [ Tutorials ] | [ Sign My Guest Book ] | [ View My Guest Book ] | [ Goodies ] | [ Links ] |
Đ Blue Rose Design 2002 - 2003
