I have always been fond of Pierrot and Pierrette. I have a collection of approx 100 of these beautiful dolls. Of course I fell in love with this picture as soon as I saw it. Tutorial created September 22, 2003 - resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental. Tutorial created in Paint Shop Pro 8 but will work in other versions. Supplies Paint Shop Pro Greg's Factory Output Vol II Kang 4 Eye Candy 3 - Here Mura Seamless *You want to download MuRa's Seamless Filters D - Version 1.0 for this tutorial* FM Tile Tools Zip File - Here *Unzip and open on your workspace* 1. Open graphic, duplicate and close original Choose a color from your graphic and set as the background color - I used #27265f Choose a contrasting color from your graphic and set as the foreground color - I used #48161a Set the foreground pattern to the gold pattern supplied. 2. Selections - Select All Effects - 3D Effects - Cutout Vertical and Horizontal - 0 Opacity - 100 Blur - 12.50 Color - Black 3. Add 1px border - select with magic wand Flood fill with the gold pattern Select none 4. Add 1px border - select with magic wand Flood fill with the background color Select none 5. Add 1px border - select with magic wand Flood fill with the gold pattern Select none 6. Add 5px border - select with magic wand Flood fill with background color Effects - Texture Effects - Mosaic Antique Select none 7. Repeat Steps 3 - 5 8. Add 10px border - select with magic wand Flood fill with the background color Effects - Plugins - MuRa Seamless - Checks Select none 9. Using the magic wand and holding down the Shift key - select each of the black squares in the border Flood fill the selected areas with the foreground color - your second color choice Effects - Plugins - FM Tile Tools - Blend Emboss Apply the default settings twice Select none 10. Selections - Select All Selections - Modify Contract - 10 Selections - Invert Effects - 3D Effects - Inner Bevel Select none 11. Repeat Steps 3 - 5 12. Add 15px border - select with magic wand Flood fill with the background color Effects - Plugins - Greg's Factory Output Volume II - Pool Shadow Effects - Plugins - Kang4 - Bubblecross Waves Effects - Plugins - FM Tile Tools - Blend Emboss Apply the default settings twice Effects - Plugins - Eye Candy 3.1 - Inner Bevel Select none 13. Repeat Steps 3 - 5 14. Add 20px border - select with magic wand Flood fill with background color Effects - Reflection Effects - Kaleidoscope Effects - Plugins - Eye Candy 3 - Inner Bevel Apply the same settings as in Step 12 Select none 15. Repeat Steps 3 - 5 16. Add 25px border - select with magic wand Flood fill with the background color Effects - Plugins - Greg's Factory Output - Pool Shadow Apply the same settings as in Step 12 Effects - Plugins - Kang4 - Bubblecross Waves Apply the same settings as in Step 12 Effects - Plugins - FM Tile Tools - Blend Emboss Apply the default settings twice Effects - Plugins - Eye Candy 3 - Inner Bevel Apply the same settings as in Step 12 Select none I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial Tutorial and Graphics - Copyright ©Marlie 2003