NEW YEAR FRAME 2015
PSP9 to PSPX6

This tutorial was written by Jemima ~OCTOBER 2014
Copyright © 2014 ~ Jemima ~ All rights reserved

This was created using PSP9 but can be adapted for other versions of PSP.

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The tubes were acquired in good faith as to their legality.
If there is a problem, please contact the author and the image/s will be removed.

You will need the following to complete this tutorial

Materials

bracket-frame.png
mou_friends.pspimage
celebrating_new_year.jpg
Fireworks_wallpaper239.png
Save to a folder on your computer

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Plugins

** EYE CANDY3 **
http://www.pircnet.com/downloads.html


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STEP 1 Open a new image 700 x 500 Transparent background PSP9: Colour Depth = 16 Million Colors (24bit) PSPX-X6: Colour Depth RGB = 8bits/channel Flood fill with PURPLE #3b2a62
STEP 2 LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER SELECTIONS >>> SELECT ALL Open up the Fireworks_wallpaper239 image in your PSP workspace Right click on the Title Bar and select COPY from the options Right click on the Title Bar of your frame image and select PASTE INTO SELECTION from the options. DESELECT
STEP 3 LAYERS >>> DUPLICATE IMAGE >>> FLIP IMAGE >>> MIRROR LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE DOWN ADJUST >>> SHARPNESS >>> SHARPEN
STEP 4 LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER SELECTIONS >>> SELECT ALL Flood fill with PURPLE SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> CONTRACT = 10 EDIT >>> CLEAR DESELECT 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
STEP 5 LAYERS >>> DUPLICATE IMAGE >>> RESIZE = 90% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE ADJUST >>> BRIGHTNESS and CONTRAST >>> BRIGHTNESS/CONTRAST Brightness = 28 Contrast = 0 PSPX6: Linear mode checked
STEP 6 LAYERS >>> DUPLICATE IMAGE >>> RESIZE = 90% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE ADJUST >>> BRIGHTNESS and CONTRAST >>> BRIGHTNESS/CONTRAST Same settings
STEP 7 LAYERS >>> DUPLICATE IMAGE >>> RESIZE = 90% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE ADJUST >>> BRIGHTNESS and CONTRAST >>> BRIGHTNESS/CONTRAST Same settings
STEP 8 EFFECTS >>> EDGE EFFECTS >>> ENHANCE ACTIVATE Copy (2) of Raster 3 EDIT >>> Repeat Enhance Edges ACTIVATE Copy of Raster 3 EDIT >>> Repeat Enhance Edges ACTIVATE Raster 3 EDIT >>> Repeat Enhance Edges ,
STEP 9 CLOSE layers Raster 2, Raster 1 LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE VISIBLE OPEN layers Raster 2, Raster 1 .
STEP 10 With the Merged layer active EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW
STEP 11 EDIT >>> Repeat Drop Shadow.. change DIRECTION to 135
STEP 12 Open up the bracket-frame image in your PSP workspace Right click on the Title Bar and select COPY from the options Right click on the Title Bar of your frame image and select PASTE AS NEW LAYER from the options.
STEP 13 With your MAGIC WAND Mode = Replace Match Mode = RGB Value Tolerance = 0 Feather = 1 Antialias = Checked Sample Merged = UNCHECKED PSP9 - X6: Check CONTIGUOUS PSPX - X6: There is no " Sample Merged" PSP9 - X6: ANTIALIAS = Outside Select the area inside the bracket shape SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> EXPAND = 9
STEP 14 ACTIVATE Raster 2 LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE DOWN EDIT >>> CLEAR DESELECT
STEP 15 ACTIVATE Raster 3 With your MAGIC WAND Same settings Select the CENTRE transparent area SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> EXPAND = 7 SELECTIONS >>> INVERT EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW Same settings EDIT >>> Repeat Drop Shadow.. change DIRECTION to 315 DESELECT
STEP 16 With your MAGIC WAND Same settings Select the area OUTSIDE the bracket SELECTIONS >>> INVERT SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> CONTRACT = 2 LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER LAYERS >>> ARRANGE >>> MOVE DOWN EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW Same settings EDIT >>> Repeat Drop Shadow.. change DIRECTION to 135 DESELECT
STEP 17 LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE VISIBLE SAVE YOUR IMAGE
STEP 18 Open up the celebrating_new_year image in your PSP workspace Right click on the Title Bar and select COPY from the options Right click on the Title Bar of your frame image and select PASTE AS NEW LAYER from the options. IMAGE >>> RESIZE = 77% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE ADJUST >>> SHARPNESS >>> SHARPEN LAYERS >>> ARRANGE >>> MOVE DOWN
STEP 19 Open up the mou_friends image in your PSP workspace Right click on the Title Bar and select COPY from the options Right click on the Title Bar of your frame image and select PASTE AS NEW LAYER from the options. IMAGE >>> RESIZE = 45% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE ADJUST >>> SHARPNESS >>> SHARPEN IMAGE >>> MIRROR Reposition with your MOVER tool
STEP 20 LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE VISIBLE LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER Select your TEXT tool and with a font of your choice add your name
STEP 21 LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE ALL (Flatten) Save as .jpg image

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