Rita Frame
(PSP 7, 8, 9 & 10 - no filters)
A tutorial by Mar © 2005.

What you need:
PSP 8 or 9. Download a 30 day trial here.
The tubes and RH pictures: Download here.
Animated background by Debra. Thanks sweetie.

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

1. Open one of the Rita Hayworth photo's from the ZIP in PSP.
Want to use another picture.....look here at Google.

2. Foreground to dark grey #404040.
Background to light grey #c0c0c0.
Foreground color to gradient and look for Foreground/Background.
Gradient style to Linear (the first of 4 styles).
Make sure Texture is uncheck (blue hand).

3. Add borders > 5 Pixels > Color red > Symmetric.
Select  the red border (feather 0, tolerance 20).
Fill with the gradient.

4. Effects > 3D-effects > Inner bevel > White.

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

Repeat drop shadow but this time Horiz. en Vert. at - 1.

6. Add borders > 10 Pixels > Color red > Symmetric.
Select  the red border (feather 0, tolerance 20).
Fill with the gradient.

7. Effects > Reflection-effects > Kaleidoscope > Preset "X small"
For PSP 7 users look at the screen below for the settings.

Apply.

8. Effects > Texture effects > Mosaic glass.

9. Repeat drop shadow at 1 and - 1.

10. Add borders > 5 Pixels > Color red > Symmetric.
Select  the red border and fill with the gradient.
Repeat inner bevel like before.
Repeat drop shadow at 1 and - 1.

11. Add borders > 25 Pixels > Color red > Symmetric.
Select  the red border and fill with the gradient.
Repeat Kaleidoscope and the Mosaic glass effect.
Repeat drop shadow at 1 and - 1.

12. Add borders > 5 Pixels > Color red > Symmetric.
Select  the red border and fill with the gradient.
Repeat inner bevel like before.
Repeat drop shadow at 1 and - 1.

13. Add borders > 10 Pixels > Color red > Symmetric.
Select  the red border and fill with the gradient.
Repeat Kaleidoscope and the Mosaic glass effect.
Repeat drop shadow at 1 and - 1.

14. Add borders > 5 Pixels > Color red > Symmetric.
Select  the red border and fill with the gradient.
Repeat inner bevel like before.
Repeat drop shadow at 1 and - 1.

15. The frame is done. Now to decorate:
Open the Diamond-tubes.psp from the ZIP and copy the
diamond letter tube you want to use. RH is prepared.
If you used a picture from another star, you need
to resize the diamond letters with 65 %.
Don't forget to sharpen when you did.

I used the RH letters. They are already resized.

Paste as a new layer.

With put in place.

16. You can also use one of the other diamond tubes I
added to the ZIP. Use what ever tubes you like and finish the
decorating to your own liking (see samples below).

Layers > Merge > Merge visible.

Your Rita Frame is done.
I hope you like this tutorial.
Thanks for trying them.

Option......

17. You can have your diamonds sparkling if you want to.
Lock your background and merge the other layers visible.
Unlock your background layer.

18. Selections > Select All.
Selections > Float.
Selections > Defloat (sounds silly but it really works that way).
Merge all layers visable.

19. Layers > Duplicate.
Repeat so now you have 3 layers.
You are on the top layer (=blue).

20. Adjust > Add noise/.... > Add noise.
20 For layer one. 25 For layer two and 30 for layer three.
Save as rita-frame.psp.

21. How to animate? Easiest is to save each layer in gif as ritaframe1.jpg and ritaframe1.jpg.

22. Open Animation Shop and click on Animation Wizard, next x3 - make sure the animation is on indefinite, 10s, next - add the two jpg-files above, next, finish.

23. To view the animation click View - Animation.

24. To save the animation click Save As and save it in gif.
 

Translation into English with help of my best friends, Trudie.
Thanks sweetie! You are such wonderful friend.

Since 02-11-2005: