For this tutorial 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 2 Gold (=gold fill you've
downloaded) or 2 Color (=your
chosen 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
your picture and choose a nice color from your picture to use as
Background color - here I used 51/68/62 (white hand).
Expand
Canvas/Expand sides equally: 1 Grey (238/238/238).
Right click/All,
right click/Border: Border width: 1 (white hand), Direction:
Inward
(red
arrow), Shape: Box.
Click OK and keep the border selected.
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Go
to Web/Button Designer/Rectangular and use these settings:
Style: 1.altern. (1), Direction: Inward (white arrow), choose the
2.altern. from the border alternatives - R02 (white hand) -,
and change the Width of all four side to 1 (red arrows).
Click OK and deselect the border.
Expand sides equally: 29 Grey (238/238/238), select the border.
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Effect/Fills and Textures/Texture Filter/Embossed (1), and use the
default Texture Image with these settings (2):
Scaling: 100
Level: 12
Transparency: 90
Variation: 0
Direction: 45
Click OK/Apply Current Frame Effect to Image (white arrow), and deselect the border. |
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Expand sides equally: 2
White and select the border.
Go to Edit/Fill/Image (white
arrow)/File
and find the file (red arrow) you've downloaded
(GoldPatternFill). Remember to check the box Tile
the image (white hand).
Click OK and deactivate the border. |
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Expand sides equally: 2 Color (your chosen Background
color - white arrow).
2 Gold + 5 Color + 2 Gold + 10 Color +
2 Gold + 2 Color + 2 Gold
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Expand sides equally: 40 Color, select the border and
go to Effect/Bordermania/Ripple and use these settings:
Border Width: 9
Ripples: 3
Light Angle: 246
Symmetry: 30
Light Intensity: 16
Phase: 68
Tint: 0
Contrast: 0
Color: 51/68/62 (or your chosen Background color)
Click OK.
You can always play with the settings - that way you can
achieve a lot of beautiful effects!
2 Gold
Merge All.
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it! A beautiful frame for any kind of photo or artwork ... done
with PI and just one 3rd
party filter. 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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