Rupture Frame
(PSP 8
. 9 & 10 -no filters)
A tutorial by Mar © 2004.


© Image: Consuelo Gamboa

What you need:
PSP 8
or 9Download a 30 day trial here.
Materials: Download here.
Open the mask and gold pattern in PSP.
Save  Wirwar.bmp in your folder 'Textures' in PSP.
A nice image.  I used one by Consuelo Gambia (ZIP).

Save often.
Let's go
. Good luck.....

1. To make sure our image isn't to big
because of the borders, open it in PSP.
Image > copy.

2. Open a new image 265 X 350 transparent.
Select > All.
Edit > Paste > Paste into selection.
Now we have a nice size to work on.
Sharpen if needed.
Adjust > Sharpness > Sharpen.

Like to use a landscape?
Open a new image 350 X 265 and paste your picture.
In this case, rotate the mask 90 degrees.
Image > Rotate > Free rotate > 90 Degrees to the right.

3. Open MD-Rupture-mask.jpg mask.
Activate your image. 
Layers > New mask layer > From image.

4. Find MD-Rupture-mask.jpg.


Apply.
Layers > Merge > Merge group.
Edit > Copy.

5. Open a new image 290 X 375 transparent.
 Landscape is 375 X 290 transparent.

6. Open  MD-RuptureGold.jpg.
Foreground style to pattern and find
MD-RuptureGold.jpg. Scaling75%.


Fill the new image with gold.

7. Layers > New mask layer > From image.
Again find the MD-Rupture-mask.jpg.
Apply.
Layers > Merge > Merge group.

8. You still have the copy of your first image at the clipboard.
Edit > Paste > Paste as a new layer.

Layers > Merge visible.

9. Effects > 3D-effects > Drop shadow


Repeat with Horiz. and Vert. to - 2.

10. New raster layer.
Foreground color to #bc94a2 or use
the to choose a color from your image.

Fill the new layer with color from image.

11. Effects > Texture effects > Texture.
Find Wigwag you saved to your folder textures.


Drag this layer to the bottom in your layer palette.
Merge all layers.

12. Image > Add borders > 3 Pixels > Symmetric > White.

13. Select your white border (feather 0, tolerance 10).
Fill with gold pattern.

14. Effects > 3D-effects >Same drop shadow as before 2 and - 2.

15. Add borders > 10 Pixels > Symmetric > White.
Select the white border and fill with #bc94a2 or your own color.

16. Effects > Artistic effects > Halftone.

This setting:

17. Effects > Texture effects > Texture > Wigwag as before.

18. Repeat adding borders 3 Pix.
Select. Fill with gold.
Repeat the drop shadow at 2 and - 2.

19. Add borders 20 pixels.
Select your border.
 Fill with #bc94a2 or your own.
Repeat the halftone effect.
Repeat texture > Wigwag effect.

20. Add borders 3.
Select. fill with gold.
Repeat the two drop shadows.

21. Open  MD-RuptRoses.psp and copy.
Paste as a new layer.

Arrange them nicely like this.

22. You can repeat this step and move a little aside if you like.
Look at my result. I did paste twice.

23. If you use an image of your own, look if there is a nice peace you can
 tube and paste over the bottom border (see my screenshot below).


Merge all layers.

24. Open MD-RuptureCorner.psp and copy.
Paste as a new layer.

Place on the top left corner.

25. Layer palette > Duplicate.
Image > Mirror.

Duplicate. Image > Flip.
Duplicate. Image > Mirror.
Merge all flatten.

Your  Rupture Frame is done.
I hope you liked it.
Thank you for trying my tutorials.


Image: Artist unknown.


© Image: Mark Arian


© Image: Mar's Design - Panterized


© Image: Kathryn Andrews Fincher - Perfect Fit

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Translation into English with help of my best friends, Trudie.
Thanks sweetie! Couldn't do it without you.



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