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 Silvia

 

Here the example for this frame...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jasc Paint Shop Pro
Download its 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 / VM Natural
Download it ... Here
Open the zip file and install it into your Plugins folder.

 

Plug-in Filter / Eye Candy 4
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 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:  #BBCFBC

Scale = 120    Angle = 0

For Background choose the black or the white color 

 

2. Image / Add Borders = 2     Symmetric Checked

With the    select this border

Tolerance and Feather = 0

With the    flood fill this border with the Gold Pattern 

 Selections / Invert

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

Selections / Select None

 

 

 

 

3. Image / Add Borders = 1     Symmetric checked

 Select this border and flood fill it with the black color  

Selections / Select None

 

4. Image / Add Borders = 2     Symmetric checked

 Select this border and flood fill it with the Gold Pattern

Selections / Select None

 

5. Image / Add Borders = 1     Symmetric checked

 Select this border and flood fill it with the black color  

Selections / Select None

 

6. Image / Add Borders = 5     Symmetric checked

 Select this border and flood fill it with your color

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 black color  

Selections / Select None

 

8. Image / Add Borders = 2     Symmetric checked

 Select this border and flood fill it with the Gold Pattern

Selections / Select None

 

9. Image / Add Borders = 1     Symmetric checked

Select this border and flood fill it with the black color  

Selections / Select None

 

10. Image / Add Borders = 20    Symmetric checked

 Select this border and flood fill it with your color

Effects / Plug-in Filters / Toadies / 3D Grid, with the settings bellow

Selections / Select None

With the Shift key pressed, select all the spaces in white and flood fill them with your color  

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

Apply with the default settings

Repeat the Blend Emboss effect

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

Selections / Select None

 

 

 

 

11. Image / Add Borders = 1     Symmetric checked

Select this border and flood fill it with the black color

Selections / Select None

 

12. Image / Add Borders = 2     Symmetric checked

 Select this border and flood fill it with the Gold Pattern

Selections / Select None

 

13. Image / Add Borders = 1     Symmetric checked

 Select this border and flood fill it with the black color

Selections / Select None

 

14. Image / Add Borders = 5     Symmetric checked

 Select this border and flood fill it with your color

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

Selections / Select None

 

15. Image / Add Borders = 1     Symmetric checked

 Select this border and flood fill it with the black color

Selections / Select None

 

16. Image / Add Borders = 2     Symmetric checked

 Select this border and flood fill it with the Gold Pattern

Selections / Select None

 

17. Image / Add Borders = 1     Symmetric checked

 Select this border and flood fill it with the black color

Selections / Select None

 

18. Image / Add Borders = 25    Symmetric checked

 Select this border and flood fill it with your color

Effects / Plug-in Filters / Toadies / Weaver, with the settings bellow

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

Apply with the default settings

Repeat the Blend Emboss effect

Effects / Plug-in Filters / Eye Candy 4 / Bevel Boss, with the settings bellow

Selections / Select None

 

 

 

 

 

 

19. Image / Add Borders = 1     Symmetric checked

 Select this border and flood fill it with the black color

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 = 5     Symmetric checked

 Select this border and flood fill it with your color  

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

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 = 2     Symmetric checked

 Select this border and flood fill it with the Gold Pattern

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 = 30    Symmetric checked

 Select this border and flood fill it with your color  

Effects / Plug-in Filters / VM Natural / Ripper, with the settings bellow

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

Apply with the default settings

Repeat the Blend Emboss effect

Effects / Plug-in Filters / Eye Candy 4 / Bevel Boss, with the same settings from item 18

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. Imag

e / 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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