DIAMOND PATTERN FRAME
PSP8/9

This tutorial was written by Jemima ~ December 2005
Copyright © 2005/6 ~ Jemima ~ All rights reserved

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You will need the following to complete this tutorial

DPF Materials
: HERE
Download and extract "heckerb.bmp" and "jb-s063_gold.bmp"
to your PSP Patterns folder.

Extract
Corner22 tube and Owls painting to a folder on your computer


EYE CANDY3
Download and extract ( from one of these sites ) to your PSP Plugins Folder.
http://www.pircnet.com/downloads.html
http://www.chezkiki.com/filtre/eye%2031.zip

http://pspdutch.info/
(Click on 'Downloads' link at top of page >> Filters)

The
EYE CANDY 4000 (demo) plugin

SIMPLE FILTERS

Download and extract ( from one of these sites ) to your PSP Plugins Folder.
download



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On your COLOUR PALETTE
Load
'heckerb' PATTERN into your background
SCALE = 100
ANGLE = 45

Load
'jb-s063_gold.bmp' PATTERN into your foreground
SCALE = 100
ANGLE = 0


Open a new image 425 x 425
Transparent background

LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER
Flood fill with gold pattern

LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER
Flood fill with'heckerb' pattern


Choose your SELECTION TOOL then click on the CUSTOM SELECTION symbol
and enter these co-ordinates



IMAGE >>> CROP TO SELECTION

Choose your SELECTION TOOL then click on the CUSTOM SELECTION symbol
and enter these co-ordinates



EDIT >>> CLEAR



DESELECT


With your MAGIC WAND
Match Mode = RGB Value
Tolerance = 100
Feather = 0
Anti-alias = UNCHECKED
Sample Merged = UNCHECKED
Contiguous = UNCHECKED

Select the WHITE area
EDIT >>> CLEAR

DESELECT



With your MAGIC WAND
Match Mode = RGB Value
Tolerance = 0
Feather = 0
Anti-alias = UNCHECKED
Sample Merged = UNCHECKED
Contiguous = UNCHECKED

Select one of the black diamonds
SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> EXPAND = 2

Go to your LAYER PALETTE.. Activate Layer 2
SELECTIONS >>> INVERT
EDIT >>> CLEAR
DESELECT



Go to your LAYER PALETTE
CLOSE RASTER 1

LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE VISIBLE

IMAGE >>> RESIZE = 98%
Resample using BICUBIC
Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED

EFFECTS >>> 3D Effects >>> Drop Shadow
Vertical & Horizontal offsets = 1
Colour = Black
Opacity = 100
Blur = 0

Repeat Drop Shadow effect changing
Vertical & Horizontal Offsets to - ( minus ) 1
Click OK

IMAGE >>> RESIZE = 98%
Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED

With your MAGIC WAND...CONTIGUOUS = CHECKED
Select the OUTER transparent area



LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER
LAYERS >>> ARRANGE >>> MOVE DOWN
SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> EXPAND = 2

Flood fill with BLACK
DESELECT



LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE VISIBLE

EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 4000 >>> GLASS
1: Click on SETTINGS... select GLASS TUBING
2: Click on BASIC tab and enter the following settings
COLOUR = ( #C0C0FF )






IMAGE >>> RESIZE = 70%
Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED

ADJUST >>> SHARPEN >>> SHARPEN
EDIT>>> REPEAT SHARPEN

With your MAGIC WAND
Tolerance = 0
Select the OUTER transparent area
LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER
SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> EXPAND = 2

Flood fill with MAUVE ( #C8C8E5 )
LAYERS >>> ARRANGE >>> MOVE DOWN
SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> CONTRACT = 25



Go to EFFECTS >>> 3D EFFECTS >>> INNER BEVEL
COLOUR = ( #C8C8E5 )



EDIT >>> Repeat Inner Bevel
DESELECT

With your MAGIC WAND
Select the area indicated



SELECTIONS >>> INVERT

EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW



SELECTIONS >>> INVERT
EFFECTS >>> TEXTURE EFFECTS >>> BLINDS
COLOUR = ( #A5A2FF )



EFFECTS >>> EDGE >>> ENHANCE
DESELECT



SELECTIONS >>> SELECT ALL
SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> CONTRACT = 25
SELECTIONS >>> INVERT

EFFECTS >>> 3D Effects >>> Drop Shadow
Vertical & Horizontal offsets = 1
Colour = Black
Opacity = 100
Blur = 0

Repeat Drop Shadow effect changing
Vertical & Horizontal Offsets to - ( minus ) 1
Click OK

EFFECTS >>> TEXTURE EFFECTS >>> BLINDS
Same settings

REPEAT Blinds Effect.. UNCHECK 'Horizontal'

EFFECTS >>> EDGE EFFECTS >>> ENHANCE



LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER

EFFECTS >>> 3D Effects >>> Cutout



LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER

Flood fill with Gold pattern
SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> CONTRACT = 3
Go to EDIT >>> CLEAR
Go to SELECTIONS >>> INVERT

EFFECTS >>> 3D Effects >>> Drop Shadow
Vertical & Horizontal offsets = 1
Colour = Black
Opacity = 100
Blur = 0

Repeat Drop Shadow effect changing
Vertical & Horizontal Offsets to - ( minus ) 1
Click OK
DESELECT

LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE VISIBLE

With your MAGIC WAND
Select the CENTRE transparent area
SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> EXPAND = 2
SELECTIONS >>> INVERT

OPEN and ACTIVATE RASTER 1

EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW
Same settings
DESELECT

LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE VISIBLE

LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER
Open up the Corner22 tube

Right click on the Title Bar and select COPY from the options

Right click on the Title Bar of the frame
and select PASTE AS NEW SELECTION from the options.

IMAGE >>> RESIZE = 70%
Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED

Position the corner as shown below


DESELECT
EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> SIMPLE >>> TOP LEFT CORNER
LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE VISIBLE

Save for future use as a ".psp" image

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If you are using the image supplied:


WINDOW >>> DUPLICATE
Close the original frame image
LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER
LAYERS >>> ARRANGE >>> MOVE DOWN

Open the OWLS image
Right click on the Title Bar of the Owls image and select COPY from the options

Right click on the Title Bar of the frame
and select PASTE AS NEW LAYER from the options.

LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE ALL (Flatten)

Save as a .jpg image





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