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 Marie-Claude

Here the example for this frame...

~ You will need: ~

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

Plug-in Filter / FM Tile Tools

Download it ... Here
Open the zip file and install it into your Plugins folder

Plug-in Filter / Tronds

Download it ... Here
Open the zip file and install it into your Plugins folder

Plug-in Filter / Filter Factory F

Download it ... Here
Open the zip file and install it into your Plugins folder

Plug-in Filter / Groan Zone

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: #063863

For Background choose the white or the black color

2. Open your graphic and go to Selections / Select All

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

Repeat the Cutout effect

Selections / Select / None

3. Layers / New Raster Layer

With the Flood fill this layer with the Gold Pattern

Masks / New / From Image

Look for the mask: jd-mask47

Masks / Delete

Yes

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

Repeat the Drop Shadow effect 4 times

Layers / Merge / Merge All

4. Image / Add Borders = 1 Symmetric Clicado

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

With the flood fill this border with the Black color

Selections / Select / None

5. Image / Add Borders = 2 Symmetric checked

Select this border and flood fill it with the Gold Pattern

Selections / Select / None

6. Image / Add Borders = 1 Symmetric checked

Select this border and flood fill it with the black color

Selections / Select / None

7. Image / Add Borders = 3 Symmetric checked

Select this border and flood fill it with your color

Selections / Select / None

8. Image / Add Borders = 1 Symmetric checked

Select this border and flood fill it with the black color

Selections / Select / None

9. Image / Add Borders = 5 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

10. Image / Add Borders = 1 Symmetric checked

Select this border and flood fill it with the black color

Selections / Select / None

11. Image / Add Borders = 22 Symmetric checked

Select this border and flood fill it with your color

Effects / Plug-in Filters / Tronds Filters ll / LyserginSyreDietylamid6, with the settings bellow

Colors / Colorize, with the settings bellow

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

Apply the default settings

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

Selections / Select / None

12. Image / Add Borders = 1 Symmetric checked

Select this border and flood fill it with the black color

Selections / Select / None

13. Image / Add Borders = 2 Symmetric checked

Select this border and flood fill it with the Gold Pattern

Selections / Select / None

14. Image / Add Borders = 1 Symmetric checked

Select this border and flood fill it with the black color

Selections / Select / None

15. Image / Add Borders = 3 Symmetric checked

Select this border and flood fill it with your color

Selections / Select / None

16. Image / Add Borders = 1 Symmetric checked

Select this border and flood fill it with the black color

Selections / Select / None

17. Image / Add Borders = 5 Symmetric checked

Select this border and flood fill it with the Gold Pattern

Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel, with the same settings from item 9

Selections / Select / None

18. Image / Add Borders = 1 Symmetric checked

Select this border and flood fill it with the black color

Selections / Select / None

19. Image / Add Borders = 26 Symmetric checked

Select this border and flood fill it with your color

Effects / Plug-in Filters / Filter Factory F / Mapped Checkers, with the settings bellow

Selections / Select / None

Select all the black spaces

Flood fill these spaces with your color

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

Apply the default settings

Repeat the Blend Emboss effect

Selections / Select All

Selections / Modify / Contract

Numbers of Pixels = 26

Selections / Invert

Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel, with the same settings from item 11

Selections / Select / None

20. Image / Add Borders = 2 Symmetric checked

Select this border and flood fill it with the Gold Pattern

Selections / Select / None

21. Image / Add Borders = 1 Symmetric checked

Select this border and flood fill it with the black color

Selections / Select / None

22. Image / Add Borders = 3 Symmetric checked

Select this border and flood fill it with your color

Selections / Select / None

23. Image / Add Borders = 1 Symmetric checked

Select this border and flood fill it with the black color

Selections / Select / None

24. Image / Add Borders = 5 Symmetric checked

Select this border and flood fill it with the Gold Pattern

Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel, with the same settings from item 9

Selections / Select / None

25. Image / Add Borders = 1 Symmetric checked

Select this border and flood fill it with the black color

Selections / Select / None

26. Image / Add Borders = 32 Symmetric checked

p align="center" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 1px; MARGIN-TOP: 1px">Select this border and flood fill it with your color

Effects / Plug-in Filters / Groan Zone / Wallpaper, with the settings bellow

Colors / Colorize, with the same settings from item 11

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

Apply the default settings

Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel, with the same settings from item 11

Selections / Select / None

27. Image / Add Borders = 1 Symmetric checked

Select this border and flood fill it with the black color

Selections / Select / None

28. Image / Add Borders = 1 Symmetric checked

Select this border and flood fill it with the Gold Pattern

Selections / Select / None

29. 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

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

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