Gravel and Stripe
Frame Tutorial

PSP X

*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
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Filters and programs used in this tutorial :-
Paint Shop Pro
Andrews filters 8, or Tramages Xenofex 1.1

Materials :-
Gold bead pattern Here
An image of your choice
The image I have used by Matt Hughes
under licence from www.creativeimagelicensing.com

optional:-
If you haven't got Xenofex 1.1 you can use my sg_stony texture preset,
it doesn't give quite the same result, but is a good alternative. There is
a text file in the zip if you don't know where to put the items

some images have been made smaller to shorten file size

Note* The orientation of the image I used is landscape style, if you use
a portrait style image, like my example at the end of the tutorial, you
need to rotate it (Image..Rotate left or right), otherwise the kaleidoscope
settings given will not work. You can rotate it back at the end.

Open the image that you want to frame in psp and resize to
a maximum of 400 pixels on the longest side.

Use the dropper tool to select a dark colour from your
image for your foreground colour (left click) and a lighter
colour for your background colour (right click)
The colours I used are purple #56476e and blue #bdd4d8
Make the foreground of your palette pattern fill and
choose the goldbead pattern Angle=0, Scale=100

Step 1.
Go to Image...Add Borders...
Symmetric=ticked
size=2
For the colour I used a bright green #00ff00 but you can use any
colour as long as it isn't anywhere along the edge of your image

Select the border with the Magic Wand and flood
fill the selection with the goldbead pattern.
As the border is so narrow you may need to zoom in

Go to selections...Invert...
Effects...3D Effects...Cutout...
Vertical offset=0
Horizontal offset=0
Opacity=75
Blur=15
Colour=Black
Fill interior with colour=unticked

Deselect

Step 2.
Go to Image...Add Borders...
Symmetric=ticked
size = 20
Right click on the colour box and choose your
foreground (dark)colour

Select the border with the Magic Wand
Go to Effects...Plugins...Andrew's Filters 8
Tow the Line (or Tramages Tow the Line)
Control 0=18
Control 1=54
Control 2=48
Control 3=9

Effects...3D Effects...Cutout...
Vertical offset=2
Horizontal offset=2
Opacity=50
Blur=5
Colour=Black
Fill interior with colour=unticked

Repeat the cutout, changing the Horizontal
and Vertical offsets to -2 (minus2)

Deselect

Go to Image...Add Borders...
Symmetric=ticked
size=2
Colour=bright green #00ff00
Select the border with the Magic Wand and flood
fill the selection with the goldbead pattern.

Step 3.
Go to Image...Add Borders...
Symmetric=ticked
size = 30
Right click on the colour box and choose your
background (light) colour

Select the border using the Magic Wand
Go to Effects...Plugins...Andrew's Filters 8
Tow the Line (or Tramages Tow the Line)
(settings the same as previously)
Control 0=18
Control 1=54
Control 2=48
Control 3=9

Effects...3D Effects...Cutout...
(settings the same as previously)
Vertical offset=2
Horizontal offset=2
Opacity=50
Blur=5
Colour=Black
Fill interior with colour=unticked

Repeat the cutout, changing the Horizontal
and Vertical offsets to -2 (minus2)
Don't delelect yet

Step 4.
Go to Selections...Promote Selection to Layer...

With the promoted selection layer active, go to
Effects...Plugins...Xenofex 1.1....Baked Earth...
Use the Bed of Gravel preset
Don't deselect yet

Note* If you haven't got Xenofex 1.1 you can download my texture
preset (link at the beginning of this tutorial), and go to
Effects...Texture Effects...Texture...
apply the sg_stony preset instead

Step 5.
Go to Effect...Reflection Effects...Kaleidoscope...
Horizontal offset=0
Vertical offset=0
Rotation angle=135 for a landscape shaped image
Scale factor=3
Number of petals=4
Number of 0rbits=0
Radial suction=0
Edge mode=Wrap

Don't delselect yet

Step 6.
Go to Layers...Duplicate...
Effect...Reflection Effects...Kaleidoscope...
Horizontal offset=0
Vertical offset=0
Rotation angle=90 for a landscape shaped image
Scale factor=-42 (minus 42)
Number of petals=4
Number of orbits=0
Radial suction=0
Edge mode=Repeat

Now you can deselect

Go to Effects...3D Effects...Drop Shadow
Vertical offset=1
Horizontal offset=1
Opacity=55
Blur=5
Repeat the drop shadow, changing the Vertical
and horizontal offsets to -1 (minus 1)

Go to Layers...Arrange...Move Down...(or open the layers
palette and drag this layer below the previous one).

Make the top layer active
Repeat the drop shadows that you applied to the previous layer

Go to Layer...Merge...Merge All...

Step 7.
Go to Image...Add Borders...
Symmetric=ticked
size=2
Choose a colour that is not at the edge of your image
Select the border with the Magic Wand and flood
fill the selection with the goldbead pattern.

Go to Image...Add Borders...
Symmetric=ticked
size = 20
Right click on the colour box and choose your
foreground (dark)colour

Select the border with the Magic Wand
Go to Effects...Plugins...Andrew's Filters 8
Tow the Line (or Tramages Tow the Line)
Control 0=18
Control 1=54
Control 2=48
Control 3=9

Effects...3D Effects...Cutout...
Vertical and Horizontal offsets=2
Opacity=50
Blur=5
Colour=Black
Fill interior with colour=unticked

Repeat the cutout, changing the Horizontal
and Vertical offsets to -2 (minus2)

Deselect

Go to Image...Add Borders...
Symmetric=ticked
size=2
Choose a different colour
Select the border with the Magic Wand and flood
fill the selection with the goldbead pattern.

This is another example using another of
Matt Hughes's beautiful picture's

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.
Thank you to my great testers
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