ShadowBorderFrame

What you need for this tutorial:

PSP Version 7.04 30 day trial version

Simple filters Quick tile

A pretty gradient, I have used L-M-Cleanslate.

You can download it HERE.

Put this gradient in your gradients folder of PSP.

I have used a graphic from Penny Parker with her permission.

Please take a look at her site

Penny Parker Graphics

Let's get started:

1. Open a new picture of your choice !!!

2. Put your foregroundcolor on grandient and search for the gradient that matches 

beautiful with your picture and put your backgroundcolor on white !!!

3. Image > add borders > 10, symmetric checked.

4. Take you magicwand with tolerance and feather 0.

Select the added border.

5. Floodfill the select border with your gradient.

6. Effects > 3D effects > dropshados:

Color: black

Horizontal and Vertical: 0

Opacity: 100

Blur: 10

7. Take you droppen and choose a pretty color from you image.

Click on your rightmousbutton and it will become your backgrondcolor.

8. Image > add borders > 20.

9. Select the added border with your magicwand.

10. Effects > plugins > Simple > Quick tile.

11. Effects > 3D effects > dropshadow

with the settings of step  6.

12. Image > add borders > 10.

13. Select the added border with your magicwand.

Their will be selected a bit of the border added before, that is right !!!

14. Effects > 3D effects > dropshadow

with the settings of step 6.

15. Put your backgroundcolor on white.

16. Image > add borders > 10.

17. Select the added border with your magicwand.

18. Floodfill the selection with your gradient.

19. Effects > 3D effects > dropshadow

with the settings of step 6.

20. Selections > select none.

21. Change the size if you want to, 

but don't forget to sharpen after resizing.

Have fun with this tutorial !!!

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This tutorials is written by Inge Bruggeman july 16th 2003.

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