Julia

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

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The graphic used I received from an exchange group

This frame was made in honer to our PSP Friend Júlia

Here the example for this frame...

~ You will need ~

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

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

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

Download the files used ... Here

Open them into PSP

~ Instructions ~

1. Open the files into PSP and active your graphic

From your graphic choose 2 colors with the same tone

For Foreground use the light color, I used: #D0DCD2

For Background use the dark color, I used: #557566

Change the colors cliking on the arrow, as showed in the graphic bellow

2. Selections / Select All

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

Selections / Select None

3. Image / Add Borders = 3 Symmetric Checked

This border is with dark color

With the select this border

Effects / 3D Effects / Iner Bevel, with the setting bellow

Selections / Select None

4. Image / Add Borders = 3 Symmetric checked

This border is with the light color

Select it

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

Selections / Select None

5. Image / Add Borders = 3 Symmetric checked

This border is with the dark color

Select it

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

Selections / Select None

6. Image / Add Borders = 12 Symmetric checked

This border is with the light color

Select it

Effects / Noise / Add

Noise = 10% Uniform. checked

Effects / Plug-in Filters / Filter Factory A / Pool Shadow, with the settings bellow

Selections / Select None

7. Image / Add Borders = 3 Symmetric checked

This border is with the dark color

Select it

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

Selections / Select None

8. Image / Add Borders = 3 Symmetric checked

This border is with the light color

Select it

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

Selections / Select None

9. Image / Add Borders = 3 Symmetric checked

This border is with the dark color

Select it

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

Selections / Select None

10. Image / Add Borders = 18 Symmetric checked

This border is with the light color

Select it

Effects / Plug-in Filters / Filter Factory A / Kaleidoscope II, with the settings bellow

Effects / Plug-in Filters / FM Tile Tools / Blend Emboss

Apply the default settings

Repeat the Blend Emboss effects

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

Selections / Select None

11. Image / Add Borders = 3 Symmetric checked

This border is with the dark color

Select it

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

Selections / Select None

12. Image / Add Borders = 3 Symmetric checked

This border is with the light color

Select it

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

Selections / Select None

13. Image / Add Borders = 3 Symmetric checked

This border is with the dark color

Select it

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

Selections / Select None

14. Image / Add Borders = 24 Symmetric checked

This border is with the light color

Select it

Effects / Plug-in Filters / Filter Factory A / Marble Madness One, with the settings bellow

Layers / Merge / Merge All

15. Image / Add Borders = 3 Symmetric checked

This border is with the dark color

Select it

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

Selections / Select None

16. Image / Add Borders = 3 Symmetric checked

This border is with the light color

Select it

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

Selections / Select None

17. Image / Add Borders = 3 Symmetric checked

This border is with the dark color

Select it

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

Selections / Select None

18. Image / Add Borders = 30 Symmetric checked

Select it

Effects / Plug-in Filters / Filter Factory A / Zoom In, with the settings bellow

Effects / Plug-in Filters / FM Tile Tools / Blend Emboss

Apply the default settings

Repeat the Blend Emboss effect

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

Selections / Select None

19. Image / Add Borders = 3 Symmetric checked

This border is with the dark color

Select it

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

Selections / Select None

20. Image / Add Borders = 3 Symmetric checked

This border is with the light color

Select it

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

Selections / Select None

21. Image / Add Borders = 3 Symmetric checked

This border is with the dark color

Select it

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

Selections / Select None

22. Open the 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

Layers / Merge / Merge All

style="margin-top: 1; margin-bottom: 1">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 Júlia ~ created by Ana Maria Barros Xavier ...