For some time now I have had a very special lady test my tutorials She has always kept me on the straight and narrow Corrected all my mistakes and basically looked after me I had the good fortune to meet Diana and her husband this summer I am so lucky to have met her and to have her for a friend Diana, This is just a small token of my appreciation for all you have done for me Sending you lots of hugs Marlie *S* Tutorial written December 10, 2003 using Paint Shop Pro 8 It can easily be worked in other versions Supplies Paint Shop Pro MuRa Seamless **Select MuRa's Seamless Filters D - Version 1.0** Greg's Factory Output Funhouse Filters Eye Candy 3 - Here Graphic, Gold Pattern and Corner - Here *Unzip and open all in PSP* 1. Open your graphic, duplicate, and close the original Choose a color from your graphic and set as the background color I used #4849b3 Set the foreground pattern to the supplied gold pattern 2. Selections - Select All Effects - 3D Effects - Cutout Select none 3. Add 2px border - select with magic wand Flood fill with the gold pattern Select none 4. Add 5px border - select with magic wand Flood fill with the background color Effects - Plugins - Greg's Factory Output - Pool Shadow Apply the default settings Effects - Texture Effects - Blinds Select none 5. Add 2px border - select with magic wand Flood fill with the gold pattern Select none 6. Add 15px border - select with magic wand Flood fill with background color Effects - Plugins - Funhouse - Bug Eye Effects - Plugins - Eye Candy 3 - Inner Bevel Select none 7. Add 2px border - select with magic wand Flood fill with the gold pattern Select none 8. Add 5px border - select with magic wand Flood fill with background color Effects - Plugins - Greg's Factory Output - Pool Shadow Apply the default settings Effects - Texture Effects - Blinds Apply the same settings as previous 9. Add 2px border - select with magic wand Flood fill with the gold pattern Select none 10. Add 25px border - select with magic wand Flood fill with the background color Effects - Plugins - MuRa Seamless - Stripe Select none The red, green, and blue settings above produced the blue color I am using Play around with the settings to get a color that matches your graphic 11. Select the magic wand - tolerance and feather set at 0 Select all the dark blue sections of the border Effects - 3D Effects - Inner Bevel Select none 12. Select the magic wand again, click on the other sections of the border Mine are the light blue sections Effects - Texture Effects - Mosaic Antique Appy twice Effects - 3D Effects - Inner Bevel Apply the same settings as in the previous step Select none 13. Add 2px border - select with magic wand Flood fill with the gold pattern Select none 14. Add 5px border - select with magic wand Flood fill with background color Effects - Plugins - Greg's Factory Output - Pool Shadow Apply the default settings Effects - Texture Effects - Blinds Apply the same settings as previous 15. Add 2px border - select with magic wand Flood fill with the gold pattern Select none Add any embellishments you wish I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial As always if you have any questions please feel free to Email me. Tutorial Copyright Marlie© 2003 Page Design and Graphics Copyright Marlie's Web Design© 2003