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Extreme
Frame
(PSP all
versions )
A tutorial by
Mar © 2006
What you need:
Paint Shop
Pro. Download a 30 day trial
here.
The materials: Download
here.
Open all
images from the ZIP in PSP.
Save
often.
Let's get
started. Good
luck.....
This tutorial is done
in PSP 9.
1. Open one of
the black & white images from the ZIP (total of 3).
You
can also use a photo of your own. Do this:
Crop  your
photo to 300 X 300.
Image > Grayscale.
Image > Expand
colors > 16 Million colors.
2. Look close to your photo and pick a
part you want to colorize.
I picked photo two and decided to do
the tree.
3. Take your lasso  tool and put
it to feather 2 > Anti-alias checked.
4. With your lasso select the contour
of the tree.
5. If you work with PSP 8, 9 or 10 put
the selection settings to "Add".
If you use PSP 7 you will need
to keep the
Shift-key down while
selecting more parts.
6. Now select the smaller parts of the
branches and leafs.
Look at the screenshot below.
7. Adjust > Hue and saturation >
Colorize.
I used 245-50 but you can use a lot of values (see
below).
 
 
Apply
8. Selections > None.
9. Image > Add borders > 5
Pixels > Symmetric > Color yellow.
10. With your magic wand  select
(feather 0 - tolerance 15) the yellow border.
Notice.... feather
settings needs to be set to zero.
11. Open the MD-Pattern.jpg.
Shift-D to duplicate. Do this twice.
Close the original and
put one copy aside to use later.
12. Adjust > Hue and
saturation > Colorize.
Use the same color you used for your
photo.
13. Foreground to pattern.
Look for
the colorized copy of MD-Pattern.jpg.
Texture unchecked (=bleu
hand).
14. Fill your 5 pixel selection with
the pattern.
15. Effects > 3D-effects > Inner
bevel > Color white.
16. Effects > 3D-effects > Drop
shadow > Black.
17. Repeat the drop shadow but this
time Vert. and Horiz. at - 2.
18. Now open the second copy of
MD-Pattern.jpg you set aside.
19. Effects > Artistic effects >
Neon glow.
20. Background to pattern.
Look for
the grey copy of MD-Pattern.jpg.
Texture unchecked (=bleu
hand).
21. Image > Add borders > 10
Pixels > Symmetric > Color yellow.
22. With your magic wand select
the yellow border.
If you use PSP 8, 9 or 10, change the
selection settings back to replace.
23. Fill the selection with your right
mouse button: the grey pattern.
24. Don't you think the grey is still
to light?
Adjust > Brightness &
Contrast.
Apply.
25. Image > Add borders > 5
Pixels > Symmetric > Color yellow.
26. With your magic wand select
the yellow border.
27. Fill this selection with the
foreground pattern: the colorized pattern.
28. Repeat the inner bevel and the drop
shadow like before.
29. Selections > None.
Copy the
image.
30. Open the pattern you
colorized.
31. Effects > Artistic effects >
Neon glow.
32. Now put your foreground to the
darker pattern.
33. Open a new image 400 X 400 >
Transparent.
Fill with the darker colored pattern.
If all went well you still have the
image
you prepared on your PC's memory.
34. Edit > Paste >
Paste as a new layer.
If you did well you must have this
now:
35. You must have two layers and the
top one is selected (=bleu).
36. With your rectangle selection tool
 select the middle frame.
So........... the photo and
the first 5 pixels border.
Remember......... feather to
0.
37. Selections > Invert.
38. Effects > Reflection-effects
> Rotating Mirror.
39. Apply and copy the
selection.
Selections > None.
40. Edit > Paste >
Paste as a new layer.
41. Image > Mirror.
Image >
Flip.
42. Move this piece up to the left
corner (see screen).
43. If your corner is placed right,
move this layer one position
down in your Layer Pallet so it is
beneath the colorized photo.
If all went well you must have
this:
44. Layers > Merge > Merge all
flatten.
45. Selections > Select
all.
Selections > Modify > Contract with 5
pixels.
Selections > Invert.
46. Layers > New raster
layer.
47. Fill the selection with your right
mouse button (dark grey).
Adjust > Brightness/Contrast,
settings like before.
48. Repeat the inner bevel and the drop
shadow at 2 and - 2 like before.
49. Layers > Merge > Merge all
flatten.
50. Open the MD-Extreme.psp and
copy.
51. Edit > Paste >
Paste as a new layer.
52. Move left of your frame
as on
the screenshot below.
53. Repeat the drop shadow like before
but only at - 2.
Adjust > Sharpness >
Sharpen.
54. Open the MD-Extreme2.psp and
copy.
55. Edit > Paste >
Paste as a new layer.
56. Move to the right of your frame
as on the screenshot below.
57. Repeat the drop shadow like before
but only at - 2.
Adjust > Sharpness >
Sharpen.
58. Open the MD-Extreme3.psp and
copy.
59. Edit > Paste >
Paste as a new layer.
60. Move to the bottom right as on the
screenshot below.
61. Repeat the drop shadow like before
but only at - 2.
Adjust > Sharpness >
Sharpen.
62. Open the MD-Extreme4.psp and
copy.
63. Edit > Paste >
Paste as a new layer.
64. Move to the top left as on the
screenshot below.
65. Repeat the drop shadow like before
but only at - 2.
Adjust > Sharpness >
Sharpen.
66. Layers > Merge > Merge all
flatten.
Your Extreme Frame is done.
I
hope you like this tutorial.
Thank you for putting it to the
test.
This tutorial is written and
designed by Mar and therefore her property.
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Since
02-30-2006:
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