Wild in the
Country (PSP
8, 9 & 10 - no
filters)) A tutorial by Mar ©2003

What you need is PSP 8 and this
ZIP. A 30 days trial of PSP 8 here. I used this
picture but another one with a nice landscape or forest will
do. Like to use this one? Right click >
Copy and paste in PSP.
 Artist: unknown.
Save often. Let's
go. Good luck.
1. Open your image. An image in
landscape < ---- > works best. Size must be about 400
pixels width, preverently not
bigger.
Shift D to duplicate.
2. Selections > All. Selections > Modify > Contract with
25.

3. Selections > Invert.
Effects > 3D Effects >
Inner bevel. Keep selected.

4. In your toolbar find the button
'Emboss brush'.

These settings:

With one stroke go round your
beveled selected part, emboss the whole area. You can best use
size 32 to do that.
5. In the same menu find
'Push'.

These settings:

Push the selected part in one
stroke.
6. Effects > 3D effects>
Drop shadow.
Repeat > H and V at -
2.
7. Copy.
Selections > None.
Paste as a new
layer. Image > Resize 75% (all layers unchecked).
8. With your wand
click the middle of the small frame. Selections
> Modify > Expand 3 pixels.
9. Layers > New raster layer.
Open Scene-2.jpg. Copy and
close the original. Edit > Paste > Paste into selection. In your layer palette, set
opacity to 50%. Place this layer below the layer with the
small frame. Keep selected.
You must have this now.
10. New raster layer.
Effects > 3D effects >
Cut out.
Repeat with Vert. and
Horiz. at - 2.
Selections > None.
11. Activate your top layer (small
frame) raster 1 (= blue). Repeat the drop shadow at 1 en
-1.
12. Activate your bottom layer (=
background).
Effects > Geometric effects >
Perspective - Horizontal.

13. Distortion 45 > Color
black.
Click OK.
14. Select
(tolerance 20) with the
black area at top and bottom. Hold shift to select
both!
Open the copy of Scene.jpg and
copy.
Edit > Paste > Paste into
selection.
15. Effects > 3D effects >
Inner bevel.
16. In emboss tool menu, find
sharpen. Cover the selected part with one stroke.
Selections > None.
17. Layers > Merge > Merge
visible layers.
You must have this now.
18. Open merries.psp you found in the
ZIP. These horses I draw myself with my mouse in
PSP. They are (Mar's Design ©)
copyrighted.
Copy and paste the horses as a new
layer. With
move to the right bottom corner.
19. Selections > All. Selections > Float.
Zoom in close. Fill all parts
of the horses with #E8A37E. Don't forget anything (also the
little eyes).
20. Effects > 3D effects >
Inner bevel >
Preset Frame. Effects > 3D effects
> Drop shadow at 2 and - 2.
Layers > Merge > Merge all
layers flatten.
Your Wild in the Country Frame is
done. I hope you liked this one.
 Artist: unknown
 Author: © Coleman
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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.

Since
09-14-2003:
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