Christmas Music

 

 

Happy Holidays
This Frame is Dedicated to My Wonderful Daughter & Tut Tester
Stormy – Hugggggggggers – LuvYa!

Supplies:

Paint Shop Pro 8 or 9 This was done in 9 but you can use 8
Graphic of your choice or use the one provided here
Mask – edge ripples (put this in your mask folder)
Filters: Italian Editors Effects – Picture-In-Picture

Note: Unless otherwise stated, add borders with any color not in your graphic. I have also provided a cream pattern to assist in not having to change the material pallet so frequently. Open the cream pattern & minimize. Open the graphic you want to use, Shift D to Duplicate then close your original.


Magic Wand Settings for this tutorial:

1. Set up your material pallet by selecting a light color from your graphic (I used #5e7892) & a dark color (354b4d). Change your foreground to gradient (foreground/background) linear/angle 60/repeats 9)

2. Right Click on Layer pallet & Add New Raster Layer. Make sure this new layer is highlighted and flood fill with the gradient. Staying on the same layer, Layers, Load/Save Mask from disc. Scroll until you find the edge ripples mask
Load mask with the following settings:

3. Highlight the Mask Raster Layer, right click & delete.




4. Highlight Raster Layer 1 – Effects-3D-Drop Shadow as follows:


5. Repeat the same Drop Shadow changing the V to -5 & H to -5.


6. Highlight the Group Layer, Right Click & Merge All-Flatten


7. Image – Add 2 pixel border – Select with Magic Wand, Flood Fill with dark color. Do Not Deselect.

8. Selections – Invert / Effects – Cutout with the following settings:

9. Repeat Cutout changing only the V to -5 and H to -5
Deselect


10. Change foreground to cream pattern by clicking the pattern symbol in the
material pallet scrolling until you find it.

11. Image – Add 5 pixel border – Select with Magic Wand – Fill with cream pattern.
Do Not deselect

12. Effects-3D-Inner Bevel as follows:

13. Deselect

14. Image-Add 2 pixel border color 0d0d0d. Select with magic wand.

15. Image-Effects-3D- Inner Bevel the same as before but changing the Width to 4.
Deselect

16. Image – Add Borders – 5 pixels. Select with magic wand & flood fill with the
the light color. Keep Selected.

17. Effects-3D-Inner Bevel as follows:

18. Deselect.

19. Image – Add 10 pixel border. Select with magic wand – Fill with Cream
Pattern. Keep Selected.

20. Image – Effects – 3D Effects – Inner Bevel as in Step 17. Keep Selected.

21. Selections – Invert – Selections Modify – Contract by 9 – Selections Invert –
Effects- Plugins – Italian Editor Effects – Picture-In-Picture @186 Miscela
@138 Radio

22. Deselect

23. Shift D to duplicate this image – Save! Do not close it after
saving.

24. On the new image - Image – Effects – Plugins – Italian Editor Effects – Picture-In-Picture with the
same settings as Step 21.

25. Activate the image that was completed in Step 23. Make sure all layers have
been merged . Image – Resize – 75% - Bicubic – All Layers & Maintain Ratio
CHECKED. Copy & Paste this image into the center of the Image you
completed in Step 24. Layers merge visible.

Resize to suit your project. This is a long tutorial but hopefully, you will find the results worth the effort.

Hugggggggggers & Happy Holiday Wishes to You and All The Ones You Love.

Brandy

Tutorial and Webset © 2004 Brandytyme