Freaky D-Key Frame Set
by Hooty aka Doyle Allen 10/16/05
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Paint Shop
Pro 8, 9 or 10
Simple Filters > Top Left Mirror
Supplies below are available
HERE
(put in
your patterns folder in your PSP files)
(See Afterthoughts at the
bottom)
You should have
Arrowhead-Ball.
PSPStyledLine..comes with this
download just in case you need it.
Performance notes:
a. All added borders are
symmetric so
keep that checked.
b. Always select a color not
on the edges
of your graphic when adding borders
so they can easily be selected with the
magic wand.
c. All settings remain the
same unless
otherwise stated.
MAKING THE FRAME
1 Open a graphic in PSP
Use a basically square shape graphic.
2 Shift + D (duplicates image)
3 Close the original graphic
4 Dropper Tool
Select 2 colors from your graphic.
One Dark for the foreground
One lighter for your background
These two colors will be fills on parts
of your frame. They should go together
well with each other and with the overall
graphic that you are using.
5 Material Palette
Change your foreground to the
Foreground - Background Gradient
Settings:
Angle = 0 , Repeats = 0 ,
Invert = Not Checked
Style = Linear
OK
6 Material Palette
Change your background to Pattern
Settings:
Texture = Not Checked
D Goldfold
Angle = 0, Scale = 100
OK
7 Image > Resize
Settings:
Resample = Smart Size
Lock aspect ratio = Checked
Resize all layers = Checked
Width = no more than 410 pixels
Height = no more than 350 pixels
OK
8 Image > Add Borders = 2
9 Magic Wand
Settings:
Mode = Replace, Match mode = RGB Value
Tolerance = 30,
Sample merged = Not Checked
Contiguous = Checked, Feather = 0
Anti-Alias = Checked , Outside
Select your new border
10 Flood Fill Tool
Right click on your new border and fill
with your gold pattern.
11 Effects > 3D Effects > Inner Bevel
Settings:
Bevel #2, Width = 8
Smoothness = 40 , Depth = 3
Ambience and Shininess both = 0
Color = White , Angle = 315
Intensity = 50, Elevation = 30
OK
12 Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow
Settings:
Vertical and Horizontal both at 5
Opacity = 30 , Blur = 5.00
Color = Black
OK
13 Image > Add Borders = 5
14 Magic Wand
Select new border
15 Flood Fill Tool
Flood with your gold pattern
16 Effects > 3D Effects > Inner Bevel
17 Image > Add Borders = 15
18 Magic Wand
Select new border
19 Flood Fill Tool
Flood with your Foreground -
Background Gradient
20 Image > Add Borders = 2
21 Magic Wand
Select new border
22 Flood Fill Tool
Flood with your gold fill
23 Effects > 3D Effects > Inner Bevel
24 Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow
25 Image > Add Borders = 5
26 Magic Wand
Select new border
27 Flood Fill Tool
Flood with your gold fill
28 Effects > 3D Effects > Inner Bevel
29 Image > Add Borders = 15
30 Magic Wand
Select new border
31 Material Palette
Open the Foreground - Background
Gradient and check the invert box
OK
32 Flood Fill Tool
Flood with your Foreground - Background
Gradient
33 Image > Add Borders = 2
34 Magic Wand
Select new border
35 Flood Fill Tool
Flood with your gold fill
36 Effects > 3D Effects > Inner Bevel
37 Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow
38 Image > Add Borders = 5
39 Magic Wand
Select new border
40 Flood Fill Tool
Flood with your gold fill
41 Effects > 3D Effects > Inner Bevel
42 Image > Add Borders = 15
43 Magic Wand
Select new border
44 Flood Fill Tool
Flood with your Gold pattern
45 Image > Add Borders = 2
46 Magic Wand
Select new border
47 Flood Fill Tool
Flood with your gold fill
48 Effects > 3D Effects > Inner Bevel
49 Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow
50 Selections > Invert
51 Layer > New Raster Layer
52 Effects > 3D Effects > Cutout
Settings:
Vertical and Horizontal both at 0
Opacity = 80, Blur = 20.00
Shadow Color = Black
Fill interior with color = NOT Checked
OK
53 Image > Add Borders = 5
54 Magic Wand
Select new border
55 Flood Fill Tool
Flood with your gold fill
56 Effects > 3D Effects > Inner Bevel
57 Selections > Select None
58 Material Palette
Click on the double arrow toggle so
your gold is now in the Foreground
square.
59 (V) Pen Tool
Settings:
Mode = Draw point to point
All of the following 3 are Checked ...
Connect Segments, Create on Vector
and Show Nodes.
Line style = Arrowhead ball
Width = 4.00 , Anti-alias = Checked
60 Layers > New Raster Layer
61 Turn off the (now) background aka
Foreground - Background Gradient fill (null)
62 We are going to click 3 times on the
2nd biggest gold border from the out
side of the frame.
Note the 3 white arrows above:
Click one = middle left
Click two = top corner
Click three = top middle
Apply (click the check mark)
Note: It is ok if you miss
the center
targets a bit. It may look a little different
but will still be good and looking fine!
If you messed up that badly you can
always Edit > Undo LOL
63 Layers > Convert to Raster Layer
64 Effects > 3D Effects > Inner Bevel
65 Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow
66 Effects > Plugins > Simple
Top Left Mirror
OK
67 Finish it up. Add your Watermark !
68 File > Export > JPEG Optimizer
Compression at about 20-25 suggested
MAKING THE BACKGROUND
1 Materials Palette
Turn your Foreground - Background
Gradient fill back on
2 File > New
Transparent = Checked
Raster Background = Checked
Width = 30 pixels
Height = 490
OK
3 Flood Fill Tool
Fill your transparent image with your
Foreground - Background Gradient
4 Effects > Plugins > Simple
Top Left Mirror
OK
5 Layers > New Raster Layer
6 Image > Canvas Size
Settings:
Width = 31 , Height = 490 pixels
Lock aspect ratio = NOT Checked
Placement = middle - left
(All should be zero (0) on the bottom
right side except for Right = 1)
OK
7 Flood Fill with your gold
8 Layers > Arrange > Send to Bottom
9 Layers > Merge > Merge All (flatten)
10 Effects > Image Effects > Seamless
Settings:
Tiling method = Mirror
Direction = Vertical
OK
11 File > Export > JPEG Optimizer
Compression at about 20-25 suggested
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For the styled lines, of course you can
use your own or different styled
lines.. (we teach how to make them in
saw that using silver instead of gold
fills looked really good with some, also
another variation showed that
filling
the styled line with one or both of the
colors from the Fore-Background gradient
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