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

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The graphic used I received from an exchange group

This frame was made in honer to our PSP Friend Halgue

Here the example for this frame...

~ You will need: ~

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

Plug-in Filter / Toadies
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 / Bordermania
Download it ... Here
Open the zip file and install it into your Plugins 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 one color from your graphic and the Gold Pattern

I used: #2F3863

Scale = 250 Angle = 0

For Background choose the white color

2. Image / Add Borders = 1 Symmetric Checked

With the Tolerance = 0 and Feather = 0 select this border

With the flood fill this border with the Gold Pattern

Selections / Select None

3. Image / Add Borders = 3 Symmetric checked

Select this border and flood fill it with your color

Selections / Select None

4. Image / Add Borders = 1 Symmetric checked

Select this border and flood fill it with the Gold Pattern

Selections / Select None

5. Image / Add Borders = 5 Symmetric checked

Select this border and flood fill it with your color

Effects / Plug-in Filters / Bordermania / Frame2, with the settings bellow

Selections / Select None

6. Image / Add Borders = 18 Symmetric checked

Select this border and flood fill it with the Gold Pattern

Effects / Plug-in Filters / Toadies / Blast `em!..., with the settings bellow

Repeat the Blast 3 times

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

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 = 3 Symmetric checked

Select this border and flood fill it with your color

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 = 5 Symmetric checked

Select this border and flood fill it with your color

Effects / Plug-in Filters / Bordermania / Frame2, with the same settings from item 5

Selections / Select None

11. Image / Add Borders = 18 Symmetric checked

Select this border and flood fill it with the Gold Pattern

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

Selections / Select None

12. Image / Add Borders = 3 Symmetric checked

Select this border and flood fill it with your color

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 = 5 Symmetric checked

Select this border and flood fill it with your color

Selections / Select None

Effects / Plug-in Filters / Bordermania / Frame2, with the same settings from item 5

15. Image / Add Borders = 22 Symmetric checked

Select this border and flood fill it with your color

Effects / Plug-in Filters / Simple / Diamonds

Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel, with the same settings from item 6

Selections / Select None

16. Image / Add Borders = 1 Symmetric checked

Select this border and flood fill it with the Gold Pattern

Selections / Select None

17. Image / Add Borders = 3 Symmetric checked

Select this border and flood fill it with your color

Selections / Select None

18. Image / Add Borders = 1 Symmetric checked

Select this border and flood fill it with the Gold Pattern

Selections / Select None

19. Image / Add Borders = 5 Symmetric checked

Select this border and flood fill it with your color

Selections / Select None

Effects / Plug-in Filters / Bordermania / Frame2, with the same settings from item 5

20. Image / Add Borders = 27 Symmetric checked

Select this border and flood fill it with your color

Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel, with the same settings from item 6

Layers / New Raster Layer

Flood fill this layer with your color

Masks / New / From Image

Look for the mask: jd-mask156

Masks / Delete

Yes

Selections / Select None

Effects / Sharpen / Sharpen

Repeat the Sharpen effect

Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow, with the settings bellow

Repeat the Drop Shadow 5 times

Layers / Merge / Merge All

21. Image / Add Borders = 1 Symmetric checked

Select this border and flood fill it with the Gold Pattern

Selections / Select None

22. Image / Add Borders = 5 Symmetric checked

Select this border and flood fill it with your color

Effects / Plug-in Filters / Bordermania / Frame2, with the same settings from item 5

Selections / Select None

23. 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

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial!

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

... PSP Tutorial ~ Frame Halgue ~ created by Ana Maria Barros Xavier ...

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