Betsie

Sarah's original Dutch tutorial can be found here.

MATERIALS NEEDED:

Download the supplies here

This tutorial was done in PSP X.

Paint Shop's own photo frames are used in this tutorial.

It is standard in PSP X.

Although PSP 8 and 9 also have picture frame

options, they don't contain these frame options "Edge Fun 01 to Edge Fun 03".

So if you're not working in PSP 10, you will have to be creative and choose the available frame options in the other PSP versions.

This tutorial is named after Betsie who inspired the

use of PSP's own picture frame options.

Her website and great tutorials can be

viewed here.

Okay, let's begin ;-)

Save the tubes in PSP.

Save the selection in your PSP Selections folder.

1. Change your foreground color to #dddddd.

Change your background color to #d4d4e0 .

2.Open a new transparent canvas, size 500 x 500 px.

3. Fill the canvas with the foreground color.

Go to Adjust -- Add/Remove Noise.

Add 10% noise and make sure

"Gaussian" as well as "Monochrome" options are checked.

4. Add a new raster layer.

5.Selections -- Load Selection from Disk.

Find the 'ssss1' selection ( made by Sarah).

6. Fill this selection with the background color.

Deselect ( Ctrl + D).

7. Apply a drop shadow,

with these settings:1,1,100,1.

8. Reduce the opacity of this layer to 50% in your Layers Palette.

9. Open the 'Giada_lisette.pspimage',

or any image of your choice.

Copy and paste as new layer onto the canvas.

Shift it somewhat to the right.

If you are using Sarah's tube, you can shift it into a position

where there's room left at the top and bottom of the tube.

10. Merge all layers.

11. Activate your Crop Tool

and crop the image as big as the selection layer.

12. Now go to Image -- Picture Frame --

find the 'Edge Fun 01 ' - frame.

Apply with the settings below:

Of course you are most welcome to

use 'Edge Fun 02' or Edge Fun 03'.

13. Merge all layers.

14.Selections -- Select All -- Modify -- Contract by 20px.

15.Selections -- Modify -- Select Selection Border

and apply with these settings:

'Both sides' - checked

Anti-alias - checked

Border width - 4.

16. Fill the border with the background color.

Keep selected.

17. Go to Effects -- 3D Effects -- Inner Bevel

and apply with these settings:

18. Deselect ( Ctrl + D )

Add a 2 px border in your background color.

19. Choose a nice font and add your name to the image as can be seen

in the example tag.

20. Apply the same drop shadow as before.

Change the opacity of this layer to 50%

in your Layers Palette.

Reduce the image size to 50%.

21. Merge all layers and reduce the image size to 85%.

Have fun !! :)

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Translated on the 1st March, 2006.

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