This tutorial was made with PSP7 but you can do it with any version

 

This page has lots of graphics, please be patient to load it

 

The graphic used I received from an exchange group

 

This frame was made in honer to our PSP Friend Andréa

 

Here the example for this frame...

 

 

 

 

~ You will need: ~

 

 

Jasc Paint Shop Pro
Download its trial version for 30 days ... Here

  

Plug-in Filter / Blade Pro
Download it ... Here
Open the zip file and install it into your Plugins folder 
 

Plug-in Filter / Bordermania
Download it ... Here
Open the zip file and install it into your Plugins folder 

 

Plug-in Filter / Simple
Download it ... Here
Open the zip file and install it into your Plugins folder 

 

Plug-in Filter / Graphics Plus
Download it ... Here
Open the zip file and install it into your Plugins folder

 

Plug-in Filter / VM Extravaganza
Download it ... Here
Open the zip file and install it into your Plugins folder 

 

Plug-in Filter / ECW Halftone
Download it ... Here
Open the zip file and install it into your Plugins folder 

 

Plug-in Filter / Adobe / Gallery Effects: Classic Art
Download it ... Here
Open the zip file and install it into your Plugins folder 

 

Blade Pro's preset used:  nk-tinsel

Download it ...  Here 

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Open the zip file and install it into Blade Pro's Environment & Textures folder 
 

Download the files used ... Here

Open the files into PSP

 

 

 

 

 

~ Instructions ~

 

1. Open the files into PSP and select your graphic

For Foreground choose the Gold Pattern

Scale = 10    Angle = 0

For Background choose the white color

 

2. Selections / Select All

Effects / 3D Effects / Cutout, with the settings bellow

Selections / Select None

 

 

 

 

3. Image / Add Borders = 1     Symmetric Checked

With the    select this border

Tolerance and Feather = 0

With the    flood fill this border with the Gold Pattern 

Selections / Select None

 

4. Image / Add Borders = 2     Symmetric checked

 Select this border and flood fill it with the white color

Effects / Plug-in Filters / Bordermania / Frame 2, with the settings bellow

Selections / Select None

 

 

 

 

5. Image / Add Borders = 1     Symmetric checked

 Select this border and flood fill it with the Gold Pattern

Selections / Select None

 

6. Image / Add Borders = 5     Symmetric checked

 Select this border and flood fill it with the white color

Effects / Plug-in Filters / Bordermania / Frame 2, with the settings bellow

Repeat the Bordermania / Frame 2 effect

Selections / Select None

 

 

 

 

7. Image / Add Borders = 1     Symmetric checked

 Select this border and flood fill it with the Gold Pattern

Selections / Select None

 

8. Image / Add Borders = 2     Symmetric checked

 Select this border and flood fill it with the white color

Effects / Plug-in Filters / Bordermania / Frame 2, with the same settings from item 4

Selections / Select None

 

9. Image / Add Borders = 1     Symmetric checked

 Select this border and flood fill it with the Gold Pattern

Selections / Select None

 

10. Image / Add Borders = 20     Symmetric checked

 Select this border and flood fill it with the white color

Effects / Plug-in Filters / Simple / Centre Tile

Effects / Plug-in Filters / Simple / 4 Way Average

Effects / Plug-in Filters / Graphics Plus / Emboss, with the settings bellow

Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel, with the settings bellow

Layers / New Raster Layer

Flood fill this layer with the Gold Pattern

Effects / Plug-in Filters / VM Extravaganza / Shoutin, with the settings bellow

Set the opacity of layer 1 to 40, see it bellow

Layers / Merge / Merge All

Selections / Select None

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11. Image / Add Borders = 1     Symmetric checked

 Select this border and flood fill it with the Gold Pattern

Selections / Select None

 

12. Image / Add Borders = 2     Symmetric checked

 Select this border and flood fill it with the white color

Effects / Plug-in Filters / Bordermania / Frame 2, with the same settings from item 4

Selections / Select None

   

13. Image / Add Borders = 1     Symmetric checked

 Select this border and flood fill it with the Gold Pattern

Selections / Select None

 

14. Image / Add Borders = 24     Symmetric checked

 Select this border and flood fill it with the Gold Pattern

Effects / Plug-in Filters / ECW Halftone / Dither 4x4, with the settings bellow

Effects / Plug-in Filters / Gallery Effects: Classic Art / GE Mosaic, with the settings bellow

Effects / Plug-in Filters / Graphics Plus / Emboss, with the same settings from item 10

Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel, with the same settings from item 10

Selections / Select None

 

 

 

 

15. Image / Add Borders = 1     Symmetric checked

 Select this border and flood fill it with the Gold Pattern

Selections / Select None

 

16. Image / Add Borders = 2     Symmetric checked

 Select this border and flood fill it with the white color

Effects / Plug-in Filters / Bordermania / Frame 2, with the same settings from item 4

Selections / Select None

   

17. Image / Add Borders = 1     Symmetric checked

 Select this border and flood fill it with the Gold Pattern

Selections / Select None

 

18. Image / Add Borders = 30     Symmetric checked

 Select this border and flood fill it with the white color

Effects / Plug-in Filters / Flaming Pear / Blade Pro / nk-tinsel

Colors / Colorize, with the settings bellow

Effects / Plug-in Filters / Graphics Plus / Emboss, with the same settings from item 14

Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel, with the settings bellow

Repeat the Inner Bevel effect

Selections / Select None

 

 

 

 

19. Image / Add Borders = 1     Symmetric checked

 Select this border and flood fill it with the Gold Pattern

Selections / Select None

 

20. Image / Add Borders = 2     Symmetric checked

 Select this border and flood fill it with the white color

Effects / Plug-in Filters / Bordermania / Frame 2, with the same settings from item 4

Selections / Select None

   

21. Image / Add Borders = 1     Symmetric checked

 Select this border and flood fill it with the Gold Pattern

Selections / Select None

 

22. Open the small corner and   Edit / Copy

Go to the frame and  Edit / Paste / As New Layer

Edit / Copy

Image / Mirror

Edit / Copy

Image / Flip

Edit / Copy

Image / Mirror

Do the same with the big corner

Layers / Merge / Merge All

 

Save as JPG and it is done

 

 

   

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I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial!

If you have any questions, please, feel free to e-mail me

 

 

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