Baptist Frame
(PSP 7, 8, 9 & 10 - No filters)
A tutorial by Mar © 2004.

What you need:
PSP 8. Download a 30 day trial here.
 ZIP with materials: Download here.
Unzip Bamboe.pspimage (8) or Bamboe.BMP (7) to your folder Patterns.
Unzip de tubes and Gold Pattern and open in PSP.
An image of a face. Size not bigger as 350 height or width.
With  you can crop your image.
I used John the Baptist by William Adolphe Bouguereau.

Save often.
Let's begin. Good Luck.....

1. Open your image (John the Baptist is in the ZIP).

2. Image > Add borders > 5 Pixels > White > Symmetric.

3. With (feather 0) select the white border.

4. Effects > 3D-effects > Outer bevel > Color #F5CFBA.
If you use another image choose with a light color from your image.

5. Add borders > 5 Pixels > White > Symmetric.
Select the border.
Foreground color to pattern and look for Gold-MD2.bmp.
Fill your selection with it.

6. Add borders > 25 Pixels > White > Symmetric.


Select this border and fill with #8D6448.
Or.......... use your own color.

7. Effects > Texture-effects > Sculpture > Bamboo > color #F4D2B7.
Look at the following screenshots with pointers if using another color.


The  Bamboo pattern with above setting is always brown.
If you use an image with different colors, change your settings.
Use the eye dropper and fill in your color.

8. Add borders > 5 Pixels > White > Symmetric.
Select and fill with #8D6448.

9. Repeat the outer bevel > Same settings.

10. Add borders > 5 Pixels > White > Symmetric.
Select and fill with gold pattern.

11. Open MD-Baptistcorner.psp (ZIP) and copy.
Paste as a new layer.
With place into top left corner.
Place against  your gold border.

12. Layer palette > Duplicate.
Image > Mirror.
Layer palette > Duplicate.
Image > Flip.
Layer palette > Duplicate.
Image > Mirror.
Merge all layers.

The first part is done.
Your Baptist Frame without the animation is ready.

Animation:

If you like to animate with the tears..... continue.
Note!! You will have a large file because this gif contains 7 layers.

13. Open  MD-Baptisteye.psp (ZIP) and copy.
Paste as a new layer and move over the eye.
Rename this layer to 'Eye' and lock .

Open  MD-Baptisttear-2.psp and copy.
Paste as a new layer on the cheek -where the chin is.
Rename this layer into 'Tear large'.
Layer palette > Blend mode Luminance > Opacity to 60.

14. Layer palette > Duplicate. Move  a little higher.
Opacity on this layer to 70.

If you did the steps right, you have this:

15. Repeat duplicating the layer and place the tear a little higher.

16. Open  MD-Baptisttear.psp and copy.
Paste as a new layer above your last tear.
Rename this layer 'Tear small'.
Blend mode > Luminance > Opacity 70.

17. Layer palette > Duplicate. 
Move  in the corner of the eye.
Opacity on this layer 50.

You must have 5 tears on the face:

18. Arrange the tears.

19. Lock all layers, except your background layer.

20. Export as Baptist-frame.JPG.
File > Export > JPG-optimalisation.

21. In the next steps I will show you which layers you must
have open or closed before you export as a JPG.
Save as Barpistframe-1.JPG, Barpistframe-2.JPG, and so on.
I have my Mar's Design mark on an extra layer.
If you want to put your mark in, do it now.
Use a new layer (at the top) to do so.

Step 1:

Export as Barpistframe-1.JPG

Step 2:

Export as Barpistframe-2.JPG.

Step 3:

Export as Barpistframe-3.JPG.

Step 4:

Export as Barpistframe-4.JPG.

Step 5:

Export as Barpistframe-5.JPG.

Step 6:

Export as Barpistframe-6.JPG.

22. Open Animation Shop and follow the screens.

23. In AS click the first button.

 

The  Wizzard Animation starts.

24. Open your 7 files. The order of the frames is very important.
Make sure frame 6 is at the bottom.
Use 'up' and 'down' if needed.

Your animation will appear in AS.

Click to play it.

25. We now will save the Baptist Frame as a GIF.

   

Great. Your  Baptist Frame is done.
I hope you liked it..... but mostly I hope you learned some things.
Thank you for trying out my tutorials.


Image: Sheila by © Brenda Hoddinot
Thank you Brenda, to grand me permission
to use your gorgeous Art in my tutorials.

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

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Translation into English with help of my best friends, Trudie.
Thanks sweetie! Couldn't do it without you.



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