Gold Offset Frame PSP9 version This tutorial was created 22th June 2003©Copyright Artwork by EssexGirl Updated for PSP9 12th March 2005 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 Materials :- OPTIONAL My sg_gold-crystal pattern a zip file is Here Place the bmp in the folder where you are keeping your patterns. This tutorial assumes that you already know where to find the toolbars and palettes and have set up the workspace and preferences to suit yourself. If you have any problems in this respect, there is a tutorial at Graphic Allusions, called PSP8 Survival Kit. I would highly recommend this tutorial, it helped me a lot :) Some images have been made smaller and some just show a partial image, to shorten file size

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Step 1. Open the image that you want to frame. I love old sheet music and the image that I am using for this tutorial is the front cover from some music that I found at a site called Historic American Sheet Music. It's a wonderful place to browse for old music.

Step 2. For the foreground fill style on the materials palette choose pattern fill. Click on the Foreground and Stroke Properties box to open up the materials dialogue box, then click on the pattern window and choose sg_gold-crystal from the dropdown list . The texture box should be unticked. Angle=0 Scale=100 Go to Image...Add Borders... Untick the symmetric box and use these settings top=5, right=5, bottom=0, left=0 colour=use a colour that is not on the outside edges of your image, I used white. You should now have a narrow border along the top and right side of your image. Use the Magic Wand with these settings Mode=replace Match mode=RGB Value Tolerance=0 Sample merged=unticked Contiguous=unticked Feather=0 Antialias ticked Inside. Click on the border to select it and flood fill the selection with the sg_gold-crystal pattern (or another if you prefer).

Step 3. Go to Selections...Invert...then go to Effects...3D Effects...Cutout...use these settings Vertical=1, Horizontal=1, Opacity=80, Blur=1.98 colour=black Repeat the cutout but change the vertical and horizontal values to minus 1 (-1) De-select.

Step 4. Use the Dropper Tool to pick a colour from your image, left clicking with it so that the colour appears as the foregound colour in your materials palette. We will alternate this colour with the gold borders on the frame. For the background of the materials palette choose another colour (it doesn't matter what it is, as we will cover it with gold pattern).

Step 5. Go to Image...Add Borders... We need to change the colour so right click on the colour box to bring up the 'recent colours' in the botton left corner of the box are you foreground and background colours. Choose the foreground colour. The other settings stay the same as the last border.

Step 6. Go to Image...Add Borders... Right click on the colour box and change the colour to your background colour. The other settings stay the same as the last border. Select the border with the Magic Wand and flood fill with your gold pattern. De-select.

Step 7. Repeat step 5. and step 6. once, then step 5 once more. You should now have three gold borders and three coloured borders running along the top and right side of your image.

Step 8. Go to Image...Add Borders... Change the colour again. We are going to change the settings as well as the colour this time. We want this border to go all the way around the image, so tick the symmetric box. Put 5 in the other boxes. Select the border with the Magic Wand and flood fill with your gold pattern, then de-select.

Step 9. Go to Image...Add Borders... Change back to your foreground colour. This border should be on the left side and the bottom, so untick the symmetric box and this time use these settings. top=0, right=0, bottom=30, left=30

Step 10. Nearly there :) Go to Image...Add borders... This border is the same colour as the last one, but it goes all the way around the image. Don't change the colour, tick the symmetric box and add a border of 5 One more to add. Go to Image...Add Borders... change to another colour, add a symmetric border of 5. Select the border with the Magic Wand and flood fill with the gold pattern. De-select.

Step 11. Activate the Magic Wand, settings the same as before. We want to select the plain coloured borders, but not the gold. Click on the wide coloured border that runs along the left and bottom of the image and on each of the narrow coloured borders that are in between the gold borders. Go to Effects...3D Effects...Cutout... Apply these settings (they are the same ones that we used in step 3). Vertical=1, Horizontal=1, Opacity=80, Blur=1.98 colour=black Repeat the cutout but change the vertical and horizontal values to minus 1 (-1) De-select.

Step 12. Your foreground should still be the gold pattern that we used earlier. Make the paintbrush active and click on the brush tip dropdown window to display your brush tips. From the list choose the 'Line vertical' I have marked it in this screenshot, (the other brushes shown will probably be different to the ones you have. On the tools options palette use these settings Size=30, Hardness=50, Step=107, Density=100, Thickness=1, Rotation=0, Opacity=100, Shape=square (you can use the round shape if you prefer, it gives a more feathery edge to the scallops). Open the Brush Variance palette (F11 is the quickest way). Put all the settings at default by clicking the reset button in the bottom right corner(arrowed in the next screenshot), then click on the dropdown list for Rotation (it's near the bottom of the list) and change to 'Repeating Fade In'. Leave all the other settings at their default values. If you can't see all of the settings some will be hidden, you can open the palette more, so that they are all in view by dragging the bottom edge of the palette downwards using the mouse.

Step 13. We are going to use the brush to paint the gold scallops down the left side and along the bottom of the frame. Add a new raster layer. With the Paint Brush click at the centre top of the wide border on the left side of the image (shown in this screenshot) Holding down the shift key click at the bottom of the border. Holding down the shift key click at the right end of the bottom border.

Step 14. Go to Effects...3D Effects...Drop Shadow... Vertical=0, Horizontal=0, Opacity=50, Blur=5.94 Go to Layers...Merge...Merge All Here is an example using another sheet music cover

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