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 and Soft edge: 0.
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/photo you want to use. To get the same effect as
in this tutorial, resize the photo to a Height of 400
Pixels. If necessary use the Focus (Format/Focus) to correct
the photos sharpness.
If you use this photo and want to add a colored frame, change
the photo into a RGB True Color picture.
Format/Expand
Canvas/Expand sides equally: 15 White.
Right click/All,
right click/Border: Border width: 15 (red arrow), Direction: Inward, Shape: Box and Soft edge: 0.
Click OK and keep the border selected. |
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Effect/Xero/Tekstya,
click the Load button (white arrow) and find the texture file
you've downloaded (red arrow) and saved into your Xero filter.
Click OK and keep the border selected.
Effect/Almathera/A Halo and use these settings:
Black + 15/61.
Deselect the border. |
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Expand:
50 White, select the border and go to Effect/Xero/Tekstya.
That's how your filter window should look like now - it has
the same settings from the file we used before:
Foreground: Black
Background: White
+ -100/-2/143/161/46/5
+ Use source.
You can always change the colors to your needs, and if you
find nice settings you want to use later, click the Save
button (red arrow) and save your settings.
Click OK and keep the border selected. |
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Go to
Effect/RCS Filter Pak 1.0
(red arrow)/RCS Digi-Lens - Atomic Split (white arrow) and use
this setting (1):
Effect: 210.
Your screenshot might look different, since I'm using Filters
Unlimited 2 - but the settings are the same anyway.
Click Apply and deselect the border.
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Expand:
15 White, select the border, go to Effect/Xero/Tekstya and use the same settings as before.
Keep the border selected, go to Effect/Almathera/A Halo and
use these settings:
Black (red arrow)
thickness: 15
transparency: 72.
Click OK and deselect the border.
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Activate
the first 15 Pixels border, right click/Shadow and use these
settings:
Color: Black (white hand) +
5.one (red arrow) +
70/102/10.
Click OK.
Merge All.
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By
using colors instead of a b/w photo, your frame could look
like this one :)
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That's
another example how your frame could look like :)
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it! A beautiful 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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