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White Flower

This picture was acquired from a graphics group I am in.
I loved the softness around the flower.
Tutorial written in Paint Shop Pro 8 - July 11, 2003.
Resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.



Materials

Paint Shop Pro
MuRa Seamless
FM Tile Tools
Funhouse Filters
Supplies
*Unzip file and minimize on your workspace*



1. Open your graphic, duplicate twice, and close original
Minimize one of the copies
Set foreground to the gold pattern
Choose a color from your graphic and set as the background color
I used #71797c

2. Add 2px border - border color white (#ffffff) - select border with magic wand
Flood fill with the gold pattern
Selections - Invert
Effects - 3D Effects - Cutout
Select none

cutout

3. Add 1px border - select with magic wand
Flood fill with the background color
Select none

4. Add 2px border - select with magic wand
Flood fill with the gold pattern
Select none

5. Add 1px border - select with magic wand
Flood fill with the background color
Select none

6. Add 2px border - select with magic wand
Flood fill with the gold pattern
Select none

7. Add 15px border - select with magic wand
Set pattern to the 2nd copy of the graphic
Flood fill border with the pattern
Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur - Radius 10.00
Select none

8. Add 2px border - select with magic wand
Flood fill with the gold pattern
Select none

9. Add 1px border - select with magic wand
Flood fill with the background color
Select none

10. Add 2px border - select with magic wand
Flood fill with the gold pattern
Select none

11. Add 20px border - select with magic wand
Set pattern to the second copy of the graphic
Flood fill border with the pattern
Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur - Radius 10.00
Effects - Plugins - MuRa Seamless - Stripe of Cylinder





Effects - 3D Effects - Inner Bevel
Select none

inner bevel

12. Add 2px border - select with magic wand
Flood fill with the gold pattern
Select none

13. Add 1px border - select with magic wand
Flood fill with the background color
Select none

14. Add 2px border - select with magic wand
Flood fill with the gold pattern
Select none

15. Add 1px border - select with magic wand
Flood fill with the background color
Select none

16. Add 2px border - select with magic wand
Flood fill with the gold pattern
Select none

17. Add 25px border - select with magic wand
Set pattern to the 2nd copy of the graphic
Flood fill the border
Adjust - Blur - Gaussian Blur - Radius 10.00
Effects - Plugins - Funhouse - Maelstrom

maelstrom



Effects - 3D Effects - Inner Bevel
Apply the same bevel as in Step 11



Add the corners I have supplied or corners of your own to finish
the frame off.
I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial.
If you have any questions or comments, please feel free
to email me.



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