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 Sônia Macedo

Here the example for this frame...

~ You will need ~

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

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

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

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

Preset Blade Pro used / nk-navystripes2
Download it ... Here
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Open the zip file and install it into your Enviroiment and 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 one color from your graphic and the Gold Pattern

I used: #0B0C29

For Background choose the white or the black color

2. Image / Add Borders = 1 Symmetric Checked

With the select this border

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 = 3 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 the Gold Pattern

Effects / Plug-in Filters / ScreenWorks / Light Gauze

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

Selections / Select None

7. Image / Add Borders = 18 Symmetric Checked

Select this border and flood fill it with your color

Selecione essa borda com a Magic Wand, with the settings bellow

Efects / Geometric Effects / Spiky Halo, with the settings bellow

Selections / Select All

Selections / Modify / Contract

Number of Pixels = 18

Selections / Invert

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

Selections / Select None

8. Image / Add Borders = 1 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 = 3 Symmetric Checked

Select this border and flood fill it with the Gold Pattern

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 = 5 Symmetric Checked

Select this border and flood fill it with the Gold Pattern

Effects / Plug-in Filters / ScreenWorks / Light Gauze

Effects / Plug-in Filters / Bordermania / Frame 2, with the same settings from item 6

Selections / Select None

13. Image / Add Borders = 23 Symmetric Checked

Select this border and flood fill it with your color

Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel, with the same settings from item 7

Layers / New Raster Layer

Flood fill this layer with the Gold Pattern

Masks / New / From Image / jd-mask166

Masks / Delete

Yes

Selections / Select None

Effects / Sharpen / Sharpen

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

Repeat the Drop Shadow effects 4 times

Layers / Merge / Merge All

14. Image / Add Borders = 1 Symmetric Checked

Select this border and flood fill it with the Gold Pattern

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 = 3 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 = 5 Symmetric Checked

Select this border and flood fill it with the Gold Pattern

Effects / Plug-in Filters / ScreenWorks / Light Gauze

Effects / Plug-in Filters / Bordermania / Frame 2, with the same settings from item 6

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 = 30 Symmetric Checked

Select this border and flood fill it with your color

Effects / Plug-in Filters / Flaming Pear / Blade Pro / nk-navystripes2

Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel, with the same settings from item 7

Repeat the Inner Bevel effects

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 your corner 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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