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Black and White


Tutorial created July 17, 2003.
Resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.
Created in PSP8 but it can be done in other versions.


Supplies

Paint Shop Pro
Super Blade Pro
Birgit's Chaos - Black and White Filter
Sparkly and White & Black Preset Page 31 - Here
Pinstripes Preset Page 22 - Here
*Username and Password for the presets are above the page numbers*
**Unzip the presets to your Environments and Textures folder**


1. Open your graphic, duplicate, and close original
Set the background to black - #000000

2. Selections - Select All
(If PSP9: "Selections - Float")
Effects - 3D Effects - Cutout

cutout
(If PSP9: "Selections - Defloat")

3. Add 2px border - select with magic wand (not in PSP9)
Flood fill with background color
(In PSP9 just use BLACK when adding the border)
Select none

4. Add 2px border - select with magic wand
Effects - Plugins - (Flaming Pear) Super Blade Pro - nk-sparkly
(You might have to select greenstairs.bmp and pits.bmp manually
and adjust the staples down to the left to make it sparkle
- it didn't work for me automatically!)
Select none

5. Add 2px border - select with magic wand
Flood fill with background color
Select none

6. Add 2px border - select with magic wand
Effects - Plugins - (Flaming Pear) Super Blade Pro - nk-sparkly
Select none

7. Add 10px border - select with magic wand
Flood fill with background color
Select none

8. Add 2px border - select with magic wand
Effects - Plugins - (Flaming Pear) Super Blade Pro - nk-sparkly
Select none

9. Add 2px border - select with magic wand
Flood fill with background color
Select none

10. Add 20px border - select with magic wand
Effects - Plugins - Birgit's Chaos - Black and White

Black and White

Effects - 3D Effects - Inner Bevel
Apply bevel twice
Select none

bevel

11. Add 2px border - select with magic wand
Flood fill with background color
Select none

12. Add 2px border - select with magic wand
Effects - Plugins - Super Blade Pro - nk-sparkly
Select none

13. Add 2px border - select with magic wand
Flood fill with background color
Select none

14. Add 25px border - select with magic wand
Effects - Plugins - Super Blade Pro - nk-pinstripes
Adjust - Hue & Saturation - Colorize
(If you can't get this preset, you may use another similar filter
I can recommend Sabercat's BarCode filter)


colorize

*If you haven't used black and white, find the hue and saturation of the
color you have used and use those figures instead of the ones shown*

Effects - 3D Effects - Inner Bevel
Using the same settings as in Step 10 - apply twice
Select none

15. Add 2px border - select with magic wand
Flood fill with background color
Select none

16. Add 2px border - select with magic wand
Effects - Plugins - Super Blade Pro - nk-sparkly
Select none

17. Add 2px border - select with magic wand
Flood fill with background color
Select none

18. Add 30px border - select with magic wand
Effects - Plugins - Super Blade Pro - nk-whiteandblack
(If you can't get this preset, you may use another similar filter
I did first Birgit's Chaos - Black White Stripes and then also Two Moons - Swirler
It didn't make the same pattern, but it's nice enough)

Effects - 3D Effects - Inner Bevel.
Using the same settings as in Step 10 - apply twice


Add corners to your frame - or leave it without.
I think it looks nice either way *S*

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial.
Please feel free to Email me if you have any questions or comments.



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