For this tutorial, as for all of them, we are going to make a
lot of similar frames/borders, with the same
color/fill/pattern - using the same steps over again -, so
next time I'm only referring to 1 Acadie (=downloaded tile from Acadie
Art, use Edit/Fill/Image) or 5 Gold (=Gold border made with
the Kaleidoscope Fill ). Just repeat
the steps I'm explaining for the first frame/border. (Always
expand sides equally, and with the pixels mentioned in front
of the color.)
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, go
to Adjust/Expand Canvas/Expand sides equally 2 pixels,
Expand: White. Select the border, and go to Effect/Fills and
Textures/Kaleidoscope Fill and choose Mode 17
(white arrow). Click the Edit button (red arrow) and choose
palette 008. Now you can choose the Pattern sample you like -
I used the 3. one on the first row, which has the number 17-3.
Deselect. |
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Expand:
1 White, select the border and go to Edit/Fill/ Image (red
arrow) and find the texture you've down- loaded (white arrow).
Remember to check the box Tile the
image (1).
Click OK and deselect the border.
2 Gold.
Expand: 5 White, select the border, go to Edit/Fill/Image and
fill with the same tile as before.
Keep the border selected and go to Effect/Noise/Add
Noise/Options: Uniform and Variance: 30
Deselect.
1 Gold + 1 Acadie + 1 Gold + 1 Acadie +
5 Gold + 1 Acadie + 1 Gold. |
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Expand:
15 Acadie, select the border and go to Effect/Eye Candy 3/Cutout. Use these settings:
Direction: 312
Distance: 16
Blur: 9
Opacity: 48
Shadow Color: Black
Deselect.
1 Gold + 1 Acadie + 2 Gold. |
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Expand:
22 Acadie and select the border.Go to Effect/ Fills and
Textures/Texture Filter/Embossed (1) and
choose the texture you want to use by clicking the icon (red
arrow) for Texture Image. For this border I used emboss009.bmp
(white arrow), with these settings: 100/33/9/0 and Direction: 45.
Click OK/Apply Current Frame Effect to Image.
Keep the border selected and go to Effect/Eye Candy 3/Cutout and use the same settings as
before: 312 + 16/9/48 and Shadow Color: Black.
Deselect.
1 Gold + 1 Acadie + 1 Gold. |
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Expand:
28 Acadie, select the border and go to Effect/ Eye Candy 3/Water
Drops and use the default settings:
Number of Drops: 2500
Edge Darkness: 100
Opacity: 1
Refraction: 50
Color: 0/4/255
Random Seed: 1
Highlight Brightness: 100
Highlight Sharpness: 100
Lighting - Direction: 122
Lighting - Inclination: 50
OK and keep the border selected.
Go to Effect/Eye Candy 3/Cutout, use the same settings as
before and deselect the border.
1 Gold + 1 Acadie + 3 Gold.
Merge All.
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That's
it! A beautiful and special frame for any kind of photo or
artwork ... done with PI and different filters. 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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