appreciated in the small size that this is

What you need:

Graphic

PSP8

EyeCandy 4000

http://www.alienskin.com/

You should be able to right click on it and

save this pattern if you do not have it .

You may already have this pattern in your

PSP... it is used for a lot of tutorials.

Other gold fills can be used in the place of

this. Each choice will render different final

results.. Advice... read afterthoughts at

Preparation ... Before you start: 

   Resize your graphic to no wider than 364

and height no taller than 304 pixels for the

largest completed size.

For a smaller size choice:

Resize your graphic to no wider than 280 and

height no taller than 234 pixels

  Sharpen or do any graphic enhancements at this

time.

Warning: Because of the fine lines that are used with

the Book effect.. if you resize at the end you will ruin

the whole appearance.

The maximum size for width and height given above

will make a frame 550x490…so if you like the headers

that are smaller then resize your graphic accordingly

before you start this tutorial.

Note that saving as a gif will make the file

size larger but will preserve the desired

appearance.

If you save as a jpg, you may need to change

the Chroma SubSampling to the first

selection: YCbCr 1x1 1x1 1x1 (None)

Keep In Mind:

Settings will stay the same on effects unless new

settings are given throughout this tutorial.

When adding borders I will mention only

one color (black) so keep in mind that only

 those should be black and all other

borders a different color should be

chosen other than black .

 I like using the bright green most of the

time.

  I have grouped repetitive border operations

together as a single step.

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1 (If Needed: Layers/Promote Background

Layer)

Image/Add Borders = 4

Remember that unless the color black is

stated then use another color!!!! 

2 Magic Wand: Select  New Border 

Settings:

Mode = Replace, Match mode = RGB value

Tolerance = 0, Sample merged = Checked

Feather = 0, Anti-alias = Checked, Outside

3 Flood Fill Tool: Fill with gold pattern

Settings:

Match Mode = None, Blend Mode = Normal

Opacity = 100

4 Effects/3D Effects/InnerBevel

Settings:

Bevel #2, Width = 8,

Image  = 40, 2, 0, 0 (order is top to bottom)

Light - Color = White, 315, 50, 30

OK

5 Selections / Invert Selection

6 Effects/Plugins/EyeCandy4000/Cutout

Settings:

Direction = 90, Distance = 6, Blur = 33, Opacity = 100

Shadow Color = Black, Keep original image=Checked

OK

7 Effects/Plugins/EyeCandy4000/Cutout

Settings:

Same except change the Direction = 270

8 Selections/Select None

9 Image/Add Borders = 2 Color = Black

R G B = All at 0 (zero)

On all black borders throughout this tutorial

change the color in the Add Borders box that

opens by right clicking on the Color box in the

bottom left. Left click on the black to select.

This will eliminate the need to flood fill.

10 Image/Add Borders = 4 

   Magic Wand: Select  New Border   

   Flood Fill Tool: Fill with gold pattern 

   Effects/3D Effects/InnerBevel

11 Selections/Select None

12 Image/Add Borders = 10 

   Magic Wand: Select  New Border   

   Flood Fill Tool: Fill with gold pattern 

13 Effects/Plugins/EyeCandy4000/Weave

Note: This will have different results depending

on the size of your graphic…and that is ok!

Settings:

Ribbon width = 90

Gap Width = 30

Shadow Strength = 50

Thread Detail = 50

Thread Length = 33

Smear Ribbons = Unchecked

Fill with solid color CHECKED

Fill Color = Black

OK

14 Effects/Plugins/EyeCandy4000/Cutout

Suggested Setting: Adjust to your liking.

Direction = 270, Distance = 6, Blur = 33

Opacity = 30,  Shadow color = Black

15 Selections/Select None

16 Image/Add Borders = 4 

   Magic Wand: Select  New Border  

   Flood Fill Tool: Fill with gold pattern 

   Effects/3D Effects/InnerBevel

17 Selections/Select None

18 Image/Add Borders = 15 

   Magic Wand: Select the new border 

   Flood Fill Tool: Fill with gold pattern 

19 Effects/Plugins/Greg’s Factory Output Vol. 2

Sierpinski Stitch

Settings:

X Mask = 106, Y Mask = 210

OK

20 Effects/Texture Effects/ Mosaic Antique

Settings:

Number of Columns & Rows both at = 50

Symmetric Checked

Tile diffusion = 70, Grout Width = 2

Grout diffusion = 50

OK

21 Selections/Select None

22 Image/Add Borders = 2 

   Magic Wand: Select  New Border  

   Flood Fill Tool: Fill with gold pattern 

   Effects/3D Effects/InnerBevel

23 Selections/Select None

24 Image/Add Borders = 2 Color = Black 

25 Image/Add Borders = 2 

   Magic Wand: Select  New Border  

   Flood Fill Tool: Fill with gold pattern 

   Effects/3D Effects/InnerBevel

26 Selections/Select None

27 Image/Add Borders = 2 Color = Black 

28 Image/Add Borders = 2 

   Magic Wand: Select  New Border 

   Flood Fill Tool: Fill with gold pattern 

   Effects/3D Effects/InnerBevel

30 Image/Add Borders = 2 Color = Black 

31 Image/Add Borders = 2 

   Magic Wand: Select  New Border 

   Flood Fill Tool: Fill with gold pattern 

32 Selections/Select None

33 Image/Add Borders = 30 

   Magic Wand: Select new Border 

   Flood Fill Tool: Fill with gold pattern

Settings:

Magazine = 0, Page = 255

37 Image/Rotate Counter-Clockwise 90°

39 Image/Add Borders = 3

40 Image/Add Borders = 2 Color = Black

by holding shift key down as you select

them.

Do not select the black one that is in between

though.

43 Flood Fill Tool: Fill with gold pattern

44 Effects/3D Effects/InnerBevel

Change the bevel to #8

45 Selections/Invert Selection

46 Effects/Plugins/EyeCandy4000 Cutout

Same as last setting but change the

Opacity to 60

48 Selections/None

49 Layer/New Raster Layer

Add your watermark

You can also add corners at this point.

Gif will preserve the goldish appearance

and the detail of the frame but may make

your graphic look bad ....

jpg has the tendency to do the opposite.

If you save as a jpg, you may need to change

the Chroma SubSampling to the first

selection: YCbCr 1x1 1x1 1x1 (None)

Be sure to use your preview screen when

saving either way...check the detail of the

frames as well as the graphic. Use what's

AfterThoughts:

The testers tried different kinds of fills just

to thoroughly explore different kinds of

fills besides the gold.

 A dark red gradient fill turned out pretty

kewl all the way around!

Gradients and Fills using ULead Effects

did not work too good with the choices

that we tried.

A medium Light colored Wood texture

done pretty decent but the Mosaic effect

lacked that something special.

  An orange color fill was tried and it looked

good except for the Mosaic effect again.

 Just not enough color/shade variation in

the fills to make the Mosaic have the impact

that it should have.

  I tried adding FMTools Blend Emboss

after the Mosaic was applied and that

seemed to help it some but lightening of

that area was noticed. Desired or not???

Maybe.

  In conclusion I believe that if you want to

go for quality of the frame go gif.

For a small file size go for the JPG.

  If you are going to make SB's use gif for 

from this tutorial.

 We had kewl results coming from the testers

as we worked on it!

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