To make it more easy to select a border, right click/All,
right click/Border and set the Pixels of the border for the
Border width, Direction: Inward, Shape: Box.
You can always use the Magic Wand Tool, but this way it's more
easy if you use similar colors for the background and the
border. (On the assumption that all sides have been expanded
equally!)
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Open
the picture you want to use.
Go
to Adjust/Expand Canvas/Expand sides equally 1 pixel,
Expand: White
and select the border. Go to Effect/Fills and
Textures/Kaleidoscope Fill, click Edit (red arrow) choose palette 008, Pattern
template 5 (1) and Pattern sample 6 (white arrow).
Deselect.
Expand: 1 pixel, Color: Black.
Add one more time a frame like the golden one. Deselect. |
We are going to make several more frames like these frames (same
steps), so next time I'm only referring
to frame 1 (golden one) or to frame 2 (black one). Just repeat the steps we've done right
now.
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Expand:
5 pixels,
Expand color: Black. Select the border,
go to Photo/Noise/Add Noise/Options. Choose Uniform (red
arrow), Monochromatic (white arrow) and set the Variance (1)
to 50.
Deselect.
Add frames 1-2-1.
Merge All.
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Expand:
15 pixels,
Expand color: Black. Select the border,
go to Photo/Enhance/Diffuse Glow and use these settings:
12/14/2 + Custom color: White (red arrow).
Click OK and deselect the border.
Add frames 1-2.
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Expand sides equally 5 pixels,
Expand color: White. Select the border, and go to Effect/Fills
and Textures/ Kaleidoscope Fill and use
the same golden pattern as we did for our 1 pixel borders.
Keep the border selected, and go to Effect/Bordermania/
Frame #2: 5/5/136/41.
Merge All.
Expand sides equally
10 pixels,
Expand color: Black. Select the border,
go to Photo/Enhance/Diffuse
Glow and use same settings as before: 12/14/2 + White.
Deselect the border.
Add a frame 1.
Merge All.
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Expand:
30 pixels,
Expand color: Black. Select the border, open your EP/Galleries (red
arrow)/Particle/ Stars (1). Right click the thumbnail Stars 10 (2)/Modify Properties
and Apply and use these settings for the Basic (white hand) in
the Particle window (3):
70/8/0/5 + 38/21/100/-7/45/100
Change the colors (red circle):
1.one: 255/245/162
2.one: 205/192/112
3.one: 180/166/92
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Now
start to move the stars as you wish with your mouse. There are
a lot of stars under the picture, but as soon as you move the
mouse over it you will easily find out where they are (red
arrow). It's up to you how many stars are showing.
Click OK/Apply Current Frame Effect to Image and keep the
border selected.
Effect/Bordermania/Frame #2, with these settings:
30/30/83/99. Deselect.
Add frames 1-2-1.
Merge All and Save As.
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That's it! A beautiful, special
frame for a your pictures ... most of it done with PI,
with a little help from Bordermania. HAVE FUN!!!
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If you need any help with
this tutorial - or want to make suggestions to improve it -
please email
me!
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