Font Frame Tutorial PSP9 version This tutorial was created 23rd July. 2005©Copyright Artwork by EssexGirl updated for psp9 please do not copy it, or put it anywhere else without my written permission. *NOTE* Sometimes the links for filters change, it's difficult (and a lot of work) to keep changing them on individual pages, so I have created a page with links to filters and programs that I have used in my tutorials. That way it is easier for me, because when there are changes I will only have one page to update and hopefully better for you, because I'm less likely to miss a page out when doing the updates :) You will find links to filters/programs used in this tutorial Here the link will open in a new window Filters and programs used in this tutorial :- Paint Shop Pro Mura Meister Copies Materials :- There is a text file included in the zip, if you don't know where to place the items. Designer Plus font available from House Of Lime Click on the Dings link on the left side of the page. The font is listed as 'Plus' You can use other fonts for different effects. OPTIONAL: Speckle goldfill pattern and my anemone picture Here You can use your own image and any gold pattern some images have been made smaller to shorten file size

Step 1. You can get lots of variations on this frame, by using different fonts, so I hope you will experiment :) Open a new image 600 x 600 Raster Background, Transparent. Select the Flood Fill tool, then set up your materials palette as follows:- For the Foreground and Stroke Properties use 'Pattern' and make the pattern 'Speckle Goldfill' (or a gold pattern of your choice). The 'Texture' should be 'None'. For the Background and Fill Properties use 'Colour' and make the colour Black (#000000). The 'Texture' should be 'None'. Flood fill your image with black using the right mouse button. Select the Text tool and use the following settings:- Create as=Vector Direction=It doesn't matter Font=Designer Plus Size=200 Stroke=2 Warp Text=It doesn't matter Alignment=It doesn't matter Font Style=Bold Antialias=Smooth Line Style=Solid Make the Background on your materials palette 'Transparent'. As we are using Vector text psp will automatically place it on it's own vector layer, so we don't need to add a layer. Click on your image with the Text tool. Type a capitol letter (uppercase) C Then click 'Apply' I've cropped the edges from my screenshot, your gold image will have more black around it :) Go to Objects...Align...Center in Canvas... Then go to Layers...Convert to Raster Layer

Step 2. Go to effects...Plugins...Mura Meister...Copies... From the dropdown list of presets (bottom left) choose 'Line', then change the 'Number' setting (top right)to 10. Click OK

Step 3. Go to Effects...Reflection Effects...Kaleidoscope... Use these settings:-

Step 4. Select the Magic Wand tool and use these settings:- Mode=Add Match mode=RGB Value Tolerance=0 Sample merged=Unticked contiguous=Ticked Feather=0 Antialias=Ticked Outside Click once in the empty area in the centre of the image and once in the empty area at outside edge of the frame. Go to Selections...Invert... The selection should now run around both the inner and outer edges of your gold frame. go to Selections...Modify...Contract... and contract the selection by 1 pixel Activate the bottom layer of your image (Raster 1) Go to Layers...New Raster Layer... Change the Foreground and Stroke Properties of your materials palette to dark red (#400000), or a colour of your choice. Flood fill the selection Go to Effects...3D Effects...Inner bevel... Use these settings:- De-select Make the top layer (containing the gold frame) active. Go to Effects...3D Effects...Drop Shadow... Use these settings:- Horizontal=1 Vertical=1 Opacity=100 Blur=0 Colour=Black Go to Layers...Merge...Merge Down... Rename the layer frame 1. You should now have 2 layers, your frame 1 and the black background.

Step 5. Select the Text tool and use the following settings:- Create as=Vector Direction=It doesn't matter Font=Designer Plus Size=72 Stroke=0 Warp Text=It doesn't matter Alignment=It doesn't matter Font Style=Bold Antialias=Smooth Line Style=Solid Change the Background on the materials palette to the gold pattern you have been using and change the Foreground to Transparent. Click on your image, this time Type a capitol letter (uppercase) M Go to Objects...Align...Centre in Canvas... Go to Layer...Convert to Raster Layer.

Step 6. Go to Effects...Plugins...Mura Meister...Copies... Use the Line preset again, but this time change the 'Number' setting to 50 Go to Effects...Reflection Effects...Kaleidoscope... Use the same settings as before (step 3) apart from the scale factor, change that to -47 (minus 47). If you are using a different font adjust the scale so that the outside edge of the gold frame just reaches the edge of your image.

Step 7. Go to Layers...Arrange...Move Down... Make the bottom layer (Raster 1) active. Activate the Selection tool, then click on the Custom Selection Icon on the toolbar Use these settings:- Top=65 Left=65 Right=535 Bottom=535 Press the delete key on the keyboard, then de-select. Go to Layers...Merge...Merge visible. Save the frame so you can use it again later, or you could, go to File...Export...and Export as a Picture Frame, or Picture Tube.

Step 8 Add a new Layer, then go to Layers...Arrange...Send to bottom... Activate the Selection tool, click on the Custom selection icon on the toolbar and use the same settings as in step 7. Open the picture that you want to frame. It should be square, You are welcome to use my image if you wish, or one of your own. Go to Edit...Copy... You can close the picture now. Go to Edit...Paste...Paste Into Selection... You can add a drop shadow to the frame layer if you wish. Then go to Merge...Merge All. Resize as required, resample using Bicubic

Step 9 Open the picture that you want to frame. The image should be square. Go to Image...Picture Frame... Click on the dropdown list (arrow 1 in the screenshot below) and choose your frame. The option arrowed 2 in the screenshot puts the frame around the canvas, there is an option to place it around a layer, but this is only relevant when your image has more than one layer, so is not used in this tutorial. If your image has a lot of empty space around the edges, you might want to have the frame placed 'inside of the image', but if you want all of the picture to be visible choose 'Frame outside of the image' (arrow 3 in the screenshot). There are a couple of other things I'll mention here, although what they do is fairly obvious. there are 3 other available options, Flip frame, mirror frame and Rotate 90 ° CW. If you have a frame that has a different pattern at the top to the bottom and you want it the other way up you can flip it, the left and right sides can be swapped by using mirror and if you have a rectangular frame that is portrait style, but the picture that you want to frame is landscape style, you can use the Rotate option. The Transparency color section is only relevant if the frame was saved with a selection included in the Alpha Chanel. These options are not applicable to the frame that we have made, as it is the same on all sides, so just click OK. Your image will have 2 layers, the picture will be on the bottom and the frame on top. If you want to you can add a drop shadow to your frame layer. Then go to Layers...Merge...Merge All. Resize as required, resample using Bicubic Here is another example. For this frame I used a font called Curlz and the letters Q and i

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