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PI
Version: X3
Level: Intermediate
Featured tools: Pick Tool, Zoom Tool, Selection Tool
Additional filters: Filters
Unlimited 2.0,
Greg's
Factory Output Vol.II
and Almathera.
Additional files:
Picture. I used one of my private photos, I'm sure you'll
find a nice one inside your collection too. (Width: 265
Pixels and Height: 380 Pixels.)
Additional material: None
Tutorial:
Copyright © Inge Klement
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DESCRIPTION:
This
tutorial shows you how you can make a beautiful and special frame to
decorate your photos or artworks ... by using PI and different
filters. Be aware - because I
use a lot of screenshots, this tutorial has 2 parts!
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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, and choose a
Background color (white hand) from your picture. For this
example I used 166/58/32.
Effect/Filters Unlimited/Paper Textures (red arrow)/ Canvas,
Fine (white arrow) with the default settings
(1):
Intensity: 156
Lightness: 87.
Click Apply.
If you don't have Filters Unlimited try to find a canvas
texture inside the Texture Filter from PI X3, or use the
Texturizer if you have it. Use your chosen texture whenever I
ask for the Filters Unlimited/Paper Texture in this tutorial. |
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Right click/All, right click/Border: Border width: 3 (white
hand), Direction: Inward
(red arrow), Shape: Box.
Click OK and keep the border selected. Go to Edit/Fill/ Color
and fill the border with your Background color.
Go to Effect/Filters
Unlimited/Paper Textures and use the same texture as before.
Keep the border selected. |
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Effect/Almathera/A
Halo and use these settings:
Black (red arrow)
thickness: 4
transparency: 22.
Click OK and deselect the border. |
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Expand: 20 Color (166/58/32),
select the border and go to Effect/ Greg's Factory Output
Vol.II (red arrow)/Pool Shadow (white arrow) and use these
settings (1):
50/50/50/50/50/50/80/200.
Your screenshot might look different, since I'm using Filters
Unlimited 2 - but the settings are the same anyway.
Click Apply.
Merge All. |
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Expand:
25 White, go to View/Ruler and View/Guidelines & Grid/Guidelines.
Zoom in on your left top corner, and use the the Pick Tool
(white arrow) to set the Guidelines (blue lines on the
screenshot). I've set mine to 80 Pixels (red arrows), but it's
up to you how you want your frame to like like.
Set the Guidelines for all corners.
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it for the first part of this tutorial! In the second part we will
finish off this special frame. 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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Copyright © inkl-Designs. All
rights reserved.
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