Gardendale Designs ~ PSP Tutorial ~ Metal Twist Frame

This frame tutorial was made with PSP7 but can be created in earlier versions too ...
Earlier versions may not have the fine leather effect used in this tutorial but the
frame can be accomplished without it ...

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

Metal Twist Frame Example

~ What You Will Need ~

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

Flaming Pear SuperBladePro
You can download a two week demo version ... Here

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

Image I used
You can download the image ... Here
Unzip and then open in PSP

My BladePro Preset / SNTwist03
This preset will work in both BladePro and SuperBladePro
You can download the preset ... Here
Unzip and place in your BladePro enviromentals & textures folder

~ Instructions ~

1. Set Background color to a dark color from your image ... I used #929286

2. Image / Add Borders / Symmetric Checked / 4
With the Magic Wand....click on the new border
Effects / Plug-in Filters / Blade Pro / SNTwist03
Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel with the following settings:

Inner Bevel Settings

3. Selections / Invert
Effects / 3D Effects / Cutout with the following settings:

Cutout Settings

4. Image / Add Borders / Symmetric Checked / 14
Selections / Select All
Selections / Modify / Contract / 4
Selections / Invert
Effects / Plug-in Filters / Blade Pro / SNTwist03
Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel with the same settings as in Step #2

5. Selections / Select All
Selections / Modify / Contract / 14
Selections / Invert
Effects / Plug-in Filters / Graphics Plus / Quick Tile 1 with the following settings:

Quick Tile 1 Settings

6. Effects / Sharpen / Sharpen
Selections / Select None
With the Magic Wand....click anywhere on the outside green border
Selections / Modify / Select Similar
Effects / Plug-in Filters / Blade Pro / SNTwist03
Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel with the same settings as in Step #2

7. Image / Add Borders / Symmetric Checked / 20
With the Magic Wand....click on the new border
Effects / Texture Effects / Fine Leather with the following settings:

Texture / Fine Leather Settings

8. Effects / Texture Effects / Blinds with the following settings:

Texture / Blind Settings

9. Effects / 3D Effects / Cutout with the same settings as in Step #3
Image / Add Borders / Symmetric Checked / 4
With the Magic Wand....click on the new border
Effects / Plug-in Filters / Blade Pro / SNTwist03
Effects / 3D Effects / Inner Bevel with the same settings as in Step #2
Selections / Select None

Now resize and sharpen image if necessary ...

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

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