A very beautiful picture which I hope the
frame does justice to.
Tutorial written
December 19, 2003
Resemblance to any other
tutorial is purely coincidental.
Tutorial
created in PSP 8 but can be done in most
versions!
Materials
Paint Shop Pro
Greg's Factory Output
Volume II
I-Decay - Radial Diffuse - Here
Filter
Factory U
Supplies
Eye
Candy 3
1. Unzip the supplies and minimize on
your workspace - install the filters in
your
Plugins folder
Open the graphic you
are going to use, duplicate (Shift + D) and
close
the original.
Set the foreground
pattern to the silver pattern
Set the
background to a color from your graphic - I used
#413c7e
2. Selections - Select All
Effects - 3D
Effects - Cutout
Vertical and Horizontal 0,
Opacity 100 and Blue 12.00
Select none
3. Add 2px border - white
Select with
magic wand
Flood fill with the silver
pattern
Select none
4. Add 1px border - black
5. Add 5px border - white
Select with
magic wand
Flood fill with the silver
pattern
Select none
6. Add 1px border - black
7. Add 14px border - white
Select with the
magic wand
Flood fill with the background
color
Effects - Plugins - Greg's Factory
Output Volume II - Pool Shadow
Apply the
default settings
Effects - Plugins - I-Decay
- Radial Diffuse

Select none
8. Add 1px border - black
9. Add 2px border - white
Select with the
magic wand
Flood fill with the silver
pattern
Select none
10. Add 1px border - black
11. Add 3px border - white
Select with the
magic wand
Flood fill with the silver
pattern
Select none
12. Add 1px border - black
13. Add 20px border - white
Select with
the magic wand
Flood fill with the background
color
Effects - Plugins - Filter Factory U -
Center Square

Effects - Plugins - Eye Candy 3 - Inner
Bevel

Select none
14. Add 1px border - black
15. Add 2px border - white
Select with the
magic wand
Flood fill with the silver
pattern
Select none
16. Add 1px border - black
17. Add 3px border - white
Select with the
magic wand
Flood fill with the silver
pattern
Select none
18. Add 1px border - black
19. Add 5px border - white
Select with the
magic wand
Flood fill with the silver
pattern
Select none
20. Add 1px border - black
21. Set the background to pattern and choose
the 2nd pattern in the zip,
settings as
follows:

If the coloring isn't correct for your
graphic and frame,
you can colorize
it
Add 27px border - white
Select with the
magic wand
Flood fill with the background
pattern
Effects - Plugins - Eye Candy 3 -
Inner Bevel
Apply the same settings as
previous - twice
Select none
22. Add 1px border - black
23. Add 2px border - white
Select with
magic wand
Flood fill with the silver
pattern
Select none
Add the corners supplied or some of your
own
I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial
Any
questions or comments, please
Email
me.
Tutorial © Marlie's Place 2004