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Bit Of Victorian Frame
Using 2 different Plug Ins
Tutorial

By
CC
Carol Walters
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Intermediate Level



This is absolutely a lot of fun. I like using the DragonFly's Sinedot Plug In and Alf's Border FX. Hope you have as much fun as I did creating this tutorial


What you will need to do this tutorial:

Some knowledge of PSP tools

1. PSP 6 or 7

2. Alf's FX Border
Which you can get here:
Download Here
http://www.freewareandstuff.com/photo.html

3. Dragon Fly's Sinedot Plug In
Which you can get here:
Sinedots Plug In
http://www.philipp-spoeth.de/index.html
Click on Photoshop, then Sinedots on the right side of the menu to go to the download page (this is the original Sinedots)
4. The tubes I have used in this tutorial you can download here: Download Here


1. Open a 400 x 400 transparent image.
2. In your style boxes on the left please set the top one to solid color white and the second one to null.
3. Click on your preset shape tool:

SETTINGS:
Ellipse
Antialias Checked
Line Width 25

4. Draw an oval shape on your transparent image starting at 30x15 and ending on 381X299.
5. Go to Selections>Select All
6. Go to Selections>Float
7. Flood fill your image with a color to match your graphic I used HTML code #CEAEC1.
8. Go to Effects>Plugins>ALF'S Border FX>Border Fade 1

SETTINGS:
Width 112
Intensity 72
Darken/Lighten 89
Click ok
click on the ok button

9. Go to Effects>Plugins>DragonFly>Sinedot Select the setting Turbulence on the Inverse Option there is no check mark. Click OK. (You may do this step once but in my tag above I applied it twice.)
10. Click on Magic Wand Tool

SETTINGS:
Match Mode RGB Value
Tolerance 0
Feather 0
Sample merge NO check mark

11. Click on the inside of frame to get marching ants.
12. Go Selections>Modify>Expand>type in 3 click OK
13. Go to Layers>New Rastar>Click OK
14. Get your graphic you have chosen or the one attached. Go to Edit Copy. Click on your working image Go to Edit>Paste Into Selection.
15. Go to Layers>Arrange>Send to Bottom
16. Go to Selections>Float
17. Go to Effects>3d Effects>Cut Out

SETTINGS:
Vertical & Horizontal 10
Opacity 50
Blur 25
Shadow Color Black
Click OK Do this again only this time change your Vertical & Horizontal to minus-10. Deselect.

18. You can add tubes or anything at this time to your image. I enclosed the rose tube I used. Have no idea who made it but if you know could please let me know so I can give them full credit.
19. Go to Layers>Merge>Visible
20. With the Magic Wand same settings as before click around the outside of your frame.
21. Go to Selections>Invert
22. Go to Image>Crop To Selection
23. Go to Layers>Merge>Flatten
24. Go to Image>Resize

SETTINGS:
Pixel Size checked
No number larger than 300
Make sure both boxes at the bottom are checked.
Click OK.

25. Go to Effects>Sharpen>Sharpen.

You are finished hope you enjoyed the tutorial.


Have Fun!!!
CC
Carol


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