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Faded Frame Tutorial by Sha's Designs
Written: June 16, 2008 Please link your results to my site: www.shasdesigns.com Would love to see your results. You can email them to me HERE.
Today I am using the wonderful artwork of Brita Seifert. If you would like to use the same image, please visit her website www.brita-seifert.de. Please follow her Terms of Use.
Supplies Needed Impressionist plugin: Impressionist BorderMania: Frame #2
Skill Level This tutorial assumes you have a basic working knowledge of PSP.
Part 1: Preparation Part 2: Frame
Part 3: Pattern Tile Part 5: Header Background
Notes All settings will remain the same unless otherwise noted. ******************************************** Part 1: Preparation
1. Open an image of choice in Paint Shop Pro, Duplicate (Shift+D) and close the original.
2. Image > Resize Settings: No more than 400-425 pixels on the longest side if you are making a header No more than 300-325 pixlels in width if making it a sideborder Let the other side self-adjust Resample using: Bicubic Lock aspect ratio: Checked Resize all layers: Checked
3. Adjust > Sharpness > Sharpen (if necessary)
4. Using your Dropper Tool (E) choose two colors from your image. Right mouse click for a dark background color, left mouse click for a light foreground color.
5. Edit > Copy
******************************************** Part 2: Frame *Note* In some versions of PSP Bordermania's path might be: Effects > Plugins > NVR BorderMania > Frame #2
1. Image > Add Borders Settings: 1, Symmetric, Black
2. Selections > Select All
3. Selections > Modify > Contract by 1
4. Effects > 3D Effects > Cutout Settings: Horizontal: 0 Vertical: 0 Opacity: 65 Blur: 15 Shadow color: Black Fill Interior with color: Unchecked
5. Selections > Select None
6. Image > Add Borders Settings: 3, Dark Color
7. Image > Add Borders Settings: 1, Light Color
8. Image > Add Borders Settings: 3, Dark Color
9. Selections > Select All
10. Selections > Modify > Contract by 7
11. Selections > Invert
12. Effects > Plugins > BorderMania > Frame #2 Settings: Border Width: 7 Frame Width: 6 Highlight Intensity: 110 Shadow Intensity: 130 Bevel: Unchecked Notch Corners: Checked
13. Selections > Select None
14. Image > Add Borders Settings: 1, Black
15. Image > Add Borders Settings: 15, White
16. Selections > Select All (Ctrl+A)
17. Selections > Modify > Contract by 15
18. Selections > Invert
19. Edit > Paste > Paste Into Selection (Ctrl+Shift+L)
20. Effects > Plugins > dsb flux > Blast Settings: Direction: Left Percentage: 100% Absolute: Unchecked
21. Effects > Plugins > dsb flux > Blast Settings: Direction: Right
22. Effects > Plugins > dsb flux > Blast Settings: Direction: Upwards
23. Effects > Plugins > dsb flux > Blast Settings: Direction: Downwards
24. Effects > Plugins > Impressionist > Impressionist Settings Style: Pencil: Crosshatched-Detailed Background: Background (Dark Color) Brush Size: 100% Coverage: 75% Pressure: 100
25. Effects > Plugins > Simple > 4 Way Average
26. Effects > Plugins > BorderMania > Frame #2
27. Selections > Invert
28. Effects > 3D Effects > Cutout
29. Selections > Select None
30. Image > Add Borders Settings: 1, Black
31. Image > Add Borders Settings: 3, Dark Color
32. Image > Add Borders Settings: 1, Light Color
33. Image > Add Borders Settings: 3, Dark Color
34. Selections > Select All
35. Selections > Modify > Contract by 7
36. Selections > Invert
37. Effects > Plugins > BorderMania > Frame #2
38. Selections > Select None
39. Image > Add Borders Settings: 1, Black
40. Image > Add Borders Settings: 25, White
41. Selections > Select All
42. Selections > Modify > Contract by 25
43. Selections > Invert
44. Edit > Paste > Paste Into Selection
45. Effects > Plugins > dsb flux > Blast Settings: Direction: Left
46. Effects > Plugins > dsb flux > Blast Settings: Direction: Right
47. Effects > Plugins > dsb flux > Blast Settings: Direction: Upwards
48. Effects > Plugins > dsb flux > Blast Settings: Direction: Downwards
49. Effects > Plugins > Impressionist > Impressionist
50. Effects > Plugins > Simple > 4 Way Average
51. Effects > Plugins > BorderMania > Frame #2 Border Width: 25 Frame Width: 27
52. Selections > Invert
53. Effects > 3D Effects > Cutout
54. Selections > Select None
55. Image > Add Borders Settings: 1, Black
56. Image > Add Borders Settings: 3, Dark Color
57. Image > Add Borders Settings: 1, Light Color
58. Image > Add Borders Settings: 3, Dark Color
59. Selections > Select All
60. Selections > Modify > Contract by 7
61. Selections > Invert
62. Effects > Plugins > BorderMania > Frame #2 Border Width: 7 Frame Width: 6
63. Selections > Select None
64. Image > Add Borders Settings: 1, Black
******************************************** Part 3: Pattern Tile
1. File > New Settings: Width: 300 Height: 300 Raster Background: Checked Transparent: Checked
2. Flood fill with light color.
3. Effects > Plugins > Impressionist > Impressionist
4. Effects > Image Effects > Seamless Tiling Settings: Default (click black arrow at the top)
5. Using the Dropper Tool (E) select a color from your frame. Using the top part of the frame tends to work best.
6. Layers > New Raster Layer
7. Flood fill with your new color
8. Lower the opacity on this layer until you have a text friendly background. Keep in mind the shade of the frame so that your background coordinates.
9. Layers > Merge > Merge Down
10. Effects > Image Effects > Seamless Tiling
11. Change Foreground to your Pattern Tile Settings: Angle: 0 Scale: 100
12. Continue to Part 4 if you are making a side border. If you are making a header stat skip Part 4 and go to Part 5.
******************************************** Part 4: Side Border Background
1. Working with the framed image *Note* Optional - You may want to resize your finished frame to 300-350 pixels if you use a smaller resolution screen.
2. Layers > Promote Background Layer (if needed)
3. Image > Canvas Size Settings: Width: 1700 (or whichever works best for your monitor settings) Height: Height of your image Lock aspect ratio: Unchecked Middle left placement
4. Layers > New Raster Layer
5. Layers > Arrange > Send to Bottom
6. Flood fill layer with your pattern tile
7. Effects > Image Effects > Seamless Tiling
8. Activate your frame layer
9. Layers > New Raster Layer
10. Add your watermark and add the credits for the artists work to your image.
11. File Export, JPEG Optimizer. I usually set to 20%, but you can set to your liking.
******************************************** Part 5: Header Background
1. Maximize your framed header image
2. Layers > New Raster Layer
3. Add your watermark and add the credits for the artists work to your image
4. File Export, JPEG Optimizer. I usually set to 20%, but you can set to your liking.
5. Working on the frame layer
6. Selection > Custom Selection Settings: Top: 75 Left: 0 Right: 50 Bottom: 275
7. Edit > Copy Merged
8. Edit > Paste As New Image
9. Minimize Frame
10. Working on your new image
11. Image > Mirror
12. Image > Canvas Size Settings: Width: 1700 (or whichever works best for your monitor settings) Height: 200 Middle left placement
13. Layers > New Raster Layer
14. Layers > Arrange > Send to Bottom
15. Flood fill layer with your pattern tile
16. Effects > Image Effects > Seamless Tiling
17. Working on the top layer
18. Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow Settings: Vertical: 3 Horizontal: 0 Opacity: 30 Blur: 10.00 Shadow Color: Black Shadow on new layer: Not Checked
19. Effects > Image Effects > Seamless Tiling Settings: Tiling Method: Edge Direction: Vertical Width and Transition: 50%
20. File Export, JPEG Optimizer. I usually set to 20%, but you can set to your liking.
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Thank you
for taking the time to try my tutorial. I hope you
had as much fun trying it as I did writing it.
Thank you to the
Tenacious Tut Testers for testing this tutorial for me.
Without their help and encouragement, this would not
have been possible.
Any similarity to
other tutorials is completely coincidental.
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