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When I saw this picture of the little girl with the beautiful
hats, I knew I just had to make a frame for it.
I hope I did it justice.
Tutorial created February 28, 2003.



Supplies
Paint Shop Pro
Super Blade Pro
Greg's Factory Output Vol II
Zip of Pattern Fill - Here
Graphic of choice


1. Open your graphic, duplicate and close the original. Choose a colour from your graphic and set as your foreground colour - I used #ffcede. Set your background to white.
Unzip the pattern fill and minimize.

2. Add 3px border - select with magic wand.

3. Effects - Plugins - Super Blade Pro - preset of choice. I used nk-ancientgold which you can get at The Treasure Trove - Page 23
Selections - Invert

4. Effects - 3D Effects - Cutout

Vertical - 2
Horizontal - 2
Opacity - 60
Blur - 10
Color - Black

Repeat Cutout - Vertical and Horizontal -2
Select none


5. Add 10px border - select with magic wand.

6. Effects - Texture Effects - Mosaic Glass. Select none

mosaic1


7. Add 3px border - select with magic wand.

8. Effects - Plugins - Super Blade Pro. Select none.

9. Add 10px border - select with magic wand. Flood fill with foreground colour. Keep selected.

10. Effects - Plugins - Greg's Factory Output Volume II - Pool Shadow. Select none.

poolshadow


11. Repeat Steps 7 & 8.

12. Set foreground to pattern and choose the supplied pattern. You can colourize this to match your graphic or leave as is.

13. Add 25px border - select with magic wand. Flood fill with foreground pattern. Select none.

14.Repeat Steps 7 & 8.

15. Add 10px border - select with magic wand.

16. Effects - Texture Effects - Mosaic Glass. Select none.

mosaic2


17. Repeat Steps 7 & 8.



I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial.

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Tutorial Copyright Marlie ©2003