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


Here the example for this frame... 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

~ You will need ~

 

 

 

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

  

Plug-in Filter / Graphics Plus
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 

 

Plug-in Filter / Screen Work
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 

 

Download the files used ...  Here

Open the files into PSP

 

 

 

 

 

 

~ Instructions ~

 

 

 

1. Open the files into PSP

For Foreground choose one color from your graphic and the Gold Pattern

I used:  #6C7E6B

For Background choose the white and the black colors

 

 

 

 

2. Image / Add Borders = 1     Symmetric Checked

With the    select this border

Tolerance and Feather = 0

With the    flood fill this border with the Black color

Selections / Invert

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

Selections / Select None

 

 

 

 

3. Image / Add Borders = 2     Symmetric checked

 Select this border and flood fill it with the Gold Pattern

Effects / Plug-in Filters / Screen Work / Graph Paper

Selections / Select None

 

4. Image / Add Borders = 5     Symmetric checked

 Select this border and flood fill it with your color

Effects / Texture Effects / Blinds, with the settings bellow

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

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 = 1     Symmetric checked

 Select this border and flood fill it with the Gold Pattern

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

Effects / Plug-in Filters / Screen Work / Graph Paper

Selections / Select None

 

9. Image / Add Borders = 20     Symmetric checked

 Select this border and flood fill it with your color

Effects / Texture Effects / Blinds, with the same settings from item 4

Effects / Plug-in Filters / Graphics Plus / Panel Stripes, 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

Repeat the Inner Bevel effect

Selections / Select None

 

 

 

 

 

10. Image / Add Borders = 2     Symmetric checked

 Select this border and flood fill it with the Gold Pattern

Effects / Plug-in Filters / Screen Work / Graph Paper

Selections / Select None

 

11. Image / Add Borders = 5     Symmetric checked

 Select this border and flood fill it with the Gold Pattern

Effects / Texture Effects / Blinds, with the same settings from item 4

Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel, with the same settings from item 4

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

Effects / Plug-in Filters / Screen Work / Graph Paper

Selections / Select None

 

14. Image / Add Borders = 28     Symmetric checked

 Select this border and flood fill it with your color

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

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

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

Effects / Plug-in Filters / Screen Work / Graph Paper

Selections / Select None

 

17. Image / Add Borders = 5     Symmetric checked

 Select this border and flood fill it with your color

Effects / Texture Effects / Blinds, with the same settings from item 4

Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel, with the same settings from item 4

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 = 2     Symmetric checked

 Select this border and flood fill it with the Gold Pattern

Effects / Plug-in Filters / Screen Work / Graph Paper

Selections / Select None

 

20. Image / Add Borders = 34     Symmetric checked

 Select this border and flood fill it with your color

Effects / Plug-in Filters / Screen Work / Chain Link 

Effects / Texture Effects / Blinds, with the same settings from item 4

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

Apply the default settings

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

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 = 2     Symmetric checked

 Select this border and flood fill it with the Gold Pattern

Effects / Plug-in Filters / Screen Work / Graph Paper

Selections / Select None

 

23. Image / Add Borders = 1     Symmetric checked

 Select this border and flood fill it with the Gold Pattern

Selections / Select None

 

24. 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

 

 

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