Bulb Fields Frame
(PSP all versions)
A tutorial by Mar © 2006

What you need:
PSP
Download a 30 day trial here.
The
images: Download here.
The Tramages Filter. Download here.
Save the filter in your Plugins folder in PSP.
Close and restart PSP otherwise your filter won't work.

Save often.
Let's go
. Good luck.....


Are you all looking forward to spring?
I know I do. I live at the coast of Holland and in spring I often
take a look in Lisse and Sassenheim, our bulbs field cities.
Just gorgeous when all the fields are in bloom.

1. Open the BulbFields.jpg or the BulbFields2.jpg.
They are both royalty free.

2. Shift-D to duplicate your image.
Copy the image for later usage.

3. Image > Add borders > 5 Pixels > Symmetric > Color #794b87.

4. Selections > Select all.
Selections > Modify > Contract with 5 pixels.
Selections > Invert.

5. Effects > 3D-effects > Inner bevel > Color white.

6. Effects > 3D-effects > Drop shadow > Black.

7. Repeat the drop shadow but this time Vert. and Horiz. at - 2.

8. Image > Add borders > 25 Pixels > Color white.

9. With your magic wand (feather 0 - tolerance 10) select the white border.

10. You still have the image in your PC's memory.
Edit > Paste > Paste into selection.

11. Effects > Texture effects > Soft plastic > Color #f87eb2.

12. Effects > Plugins > Tramages > Tow The Line.

Apply.

13. Image > Add borders > 5 Pixels > Color #794b87.

14. Selections > Select all.
Selections > Modify > Contract with 5 pixels.
Selections > Invert.

15. Repeat the inner bevel and the drop shadow at 2 and at - 2.

16. Image > Add borders > 15 Pixels > Color white.

17. With your magic wand select the white border.

18. You still have the image in your PC's memory.
If you haven't, copy again.
Edit > Paste > Paste into selection.

19. Effects > Reflection effects > Kaleidoscope.

Selections > None.

20. With your magic wand select the beige at the top.

21. Fill the selection with #794b87.

22. Effects > Plugins > Tramages > Tow The Line.


Apply.

23. With your magic wand select the beige at the bottom.

24. Fill the selection with #f281ad.

25. Effects > Plugins > Tramages > Tow The Line.
The same settings as you used last.
Apply.

26. Image > Add borders > 5 Pixels > Color #794b87.

27. Selections > Select all.
Selections > Modify > Contract with 5 pixels.
Selections > Invert.

28. Repeat the inner bevel and the drop shadow at 2 and at - 2.

Selections > None.

29. Open the MD-BulbFields-Corner.psp and copy.
Or use a tube that have matching colors of your own.

30. Edit > Paste > Paste as a new layer.

31. Move the corner like on the screenshot below.

32. Layers > Duplicate.
Image > Mirror.
Image > Flip.

33. Give the two corners a drop shadow (same settings) at 2.

34. Layers > Merge > Merge all flatten.

Your Bulb Fields Frame is done.
I hope you like this tutorial.
Thank you for trying my tutorials.

This tutorial is written and designed by Mar and therefore her property.
 

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