Gardendale Designs ~ PSP Tutorial ~ Gold Trimmed Frame

This frame tutorial was made with PSP7 but can be created in earlier versions too ...

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Here is an example of the frame that we will be making ...

Gold Trimmed Frame Example

~ What You Will Need ~

Jasc Paint Shop Pro
You can download a fully functional 30 day trial version ... Here

Floral Image & Gold Pattern Fill
You can download both images ... Here
Unzip and then open in PSP

Plug-In Filter - NVR BorderMania
You can download the filter ... Here
Unzip and place in your PSP Plug-in Filter folder

~ Instructions ~

1. Set Foreground color to a dark color from your image ... I used #804F53
Set your Background color to White #FFFFFF
Now set your Foreground Styles box to Pattern ... Gold Pattern Fill with the following settings:

Pattern Settings

2. Image / Add Borders with the following settings:

Border Settings

3. With the Magic Wand....click on the new border
Flood Fill....with the Gold Pattern Fill
Effects / Sharpen / Sharpen
Selections / Invert

4. Effects / 3D Effects / Cutout with the following settings:

Cutout Settings

5. Switch your Foreground & Background colors at the top
Image / Add Borders / Symmetric Checked / 7
(This border should be your dark color)

6. Switch your Foreground & Background colors at the top
Image / Add Borders / Symmetric Checked / 3
(This border should be white)
With the Magic Wand....click on the new border
Flood Fill....with the Gold Pattern Fill
Effects / Sharpen / Sharpen

7. Switch your Foreground & Background colors at the top
Image / Add Borders / Symmetric Checked / 20
(This border should be your dark color)
With the Magic Wand....click on the new border
Effects / 3D Effects / Cutout with the following settings:

Cutout Settings

8. Effects / Geometric Effects / Punch / 40
Effects / Sharpen / Sharpen

9. Switch Foreground & Background colors at the top
Image / Add Borders / Symmetric Checked / 3
(This border should be white)
With the Magic Wand....click on the new border
Flood Fill....with the Gold Pattern Fill
Effects / Sharpen / Sharpen

10. Switch Foreground & Background colors at the top
Image / Add Borders / Symmetric Checked / 7
(This border should be your dark color)

11. Effects / Plug-in Filters / NVR BorderMania / Frame #2 with the following settings:

NVR BorderMania Settings

12. Now repeat the above NVR BorderMania treatment except this time change the
Border Width to 27 ~ Frame Width to 27

Resize your image and sharpen if necessary and we're all done :-)

If you have any questions or need additional
info, please feel free to email me ...

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