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 Gold (=goldfill -
fill_cmv_gold.jpg) or 2 Color (= Background Color). 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
you want to use and change the Back- ground color (white arrow) into
a color that fits your picture. For this picture I used 61/31/14.
Right click/All, right click/Border and set the Border width
to 1 (white hand), Direction: Inward (red arrow), Shape: Box .
Click OK and keep the border selected. |
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Go to Edit/Fill/Image
(white hand), and find (red arrow) the downloaded goldfill - fill_cmv_gold.jpg.
Click OK and deselect the border (spacebar).
2 Color + 3 Gold. |
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Right
click/All, right click/Convert to Object. Leave the picture
activated, go to Adjust/Expand Canvas, and expand all sides
equally with 20 Pixels. Expand color: Background color (61/31/14).
With the picture still activated - use your cursor movement keys
and move the picture 10 Pixels to the right (push 10x the right
cursor movement key), and 10 Pixels up.
Leave the picture activated, right click/Duplicate. |
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Move now the
duplicated picture (which should be activated) 20 Pixels down and
20 Pixels to the left.
Expand all sides equally: 20 Pixels, Color: Background color.
Merge All. |
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Choose
the Selection Tool/Magic Wand Tool (red arrow) set the Similarity
to 50 (white hand) and make a selection of the outer border (as
you can see on the screenshot).
Go to Effect/Graphic Plus/Cross
Shadow, and use the default settings.
Merge All.
1 Gold. |
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Expand: 30 Pixels, Color: White.
Right click/All, right click/Border Border width: 30, Direction: Inward, Shape: Box, Soft edge: 0 and
Anti-aliasing.
Go to Effect/VM Instant Art/Three Cuts
and use the default settings.
Keep the border selected.
Go to Photo/Color/Hue&Saturation: Colorize (red arrow), und use these settings:
Hue: -155
Saturation: 0
Lightness: 0.
(If you use another picture with other colors you have to find
your own settings.)
Leave the border selected.
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Effect/Almathera/A
Halo, and use these settings:
Black
(red arrow) + 35/47.
Click OK and leave the border selected.
Click 3 times
the minus Brightness in the Quick Color Panel (red arrow - below).
Merge All.
1 Gold + 2 Color + 3 Gold.
And finally ... your frame is finished :))
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That's
it! A very 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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