SPRING FRAME
PSP9 to PSPX6

This tutorial was written by Jemima ~ DECEMBER 2013
Copyright © 2014 ~ Jemima ~ All rights reserved

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

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No artists or copyright infringement is intended on any of the tubes used in this tutorial.
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

letter_H.pspimage
fburnettILF-FLOURISH1.png
bluemermaid-Halstenberg.pspimage
js_accents_brown-center_daisies_5052.pspimage
Save to a folder on your computer

Novak Spring.ttf
Save to your WINDOWS >>> FONTS folder
or
to a folder where you store your extra fonts.
NOTE: This is the font used for the "letter_H.pspimage" listed above.
Since there's too much variance in TEXT settings in higher versions of PSP
I created the letter we will be using here so everyone has the same size letter to work with.


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Plugins

** EYE CANDY3 **
http://pspgroep.seniorennet.be/filterpagina.htm

** DC SPECIAL **
download

** SIMPLE FILTERS **
download

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You can drag this hand down the page with you to keep your place in the tut.

We're going work with a big canvas for a change. You can resize once you have completed the tutorial if you wish.
STEP 1 In your MATERIALS PALETTE Load BLACK ' #000000 'in your foreground Load Dark Blue ' #1964df ' in your background Open a new image 800 x 600 Transparent background PSP9: Colour Depth = 16 Million Colors (24bit) PSPX-X6: Colour Depth RGB = 8bits/channel VIEW >>> RULERS
STEP 2 Open up the letter_H 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 3 EFFECTS >>> IMAGE EFFECTS >>> OFFSET
STEP 4 LAYERS >>> DUPLICATE IMAGE >>> MIRROR LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE DOWN LAYERS >>> DUPLICATE IMAGE >>> FLIP LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE DOWN EFFECTS >>> 3D EFFECTS >>> DROP SHADOW Vertical & Horizontal offsets = 2 Colour = Black Opacity = 85 Blur = 0 Repeat Drop Shadow effect changing Vertical & Horizontal Offsets to - ( minus ) 2 Click OK
STEP 5 EFFECTS >>> 3D EFFECTS >>> INNER BEVEL
STEP 6 LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER Choose your SELECTION TOOL Selection Type = Ellipse Mode = Replace Feather = 1 Antialias = Checked Starting at 400 pixels across and 300 pixels down drag your cursor to 585 pixels across and 570 pixels down and release Flood fill with BLACK
STEP 7 SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> CONTRACT = 3 EDIT >>> CLEAR Flood fill with Dark Blue SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> CONTRACT = 30 EDIT >>> CLEAR ACTIVATE Raster 2 EDIT >>> CLEAR DESELECT
STEP 8 ACTIVATE Raster 3 EFFECTS >>> 3D EFFECTS >>> INNER BEVEL Same settings
STEP 9 EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW
STEP 10 In your MATERIALS PALETTE Change the foreground colour to LIGHT BLUE #abcdfb Select the GRADIENT option on the foreground.. Choose the "Foreground-background" gradient and use these settings
STEP 11 ACTIVATE Raster 1 Flood fill with the gradient EFFECTS >>> REFLECTION EFFECTS >>> ROTATING MIRROR
STEP 12 EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> DC Special >>> Rain EFFECTS >>> EDGE EFFECTS >>> ENHANCE IMAGE >>> FLIP
STEP 13 Open up the fburnettILF-FLOURISH1 image in your PSP workspace WINDOW >>> DUPLICATE Close the original Image Using the duplicated image SELECTIONS >>> SELECT ALL SELECTIONS >>> FLOAT SELECTIONS >>> DEFLOAT Flood Fill with YELLOW #fffa00
STEP 14 DESELECT 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. LAYERS >>> ARRANGE >>> BRING TO TOP PSP9: IMAGE >>> ROTATE >>> FREE ROTATE = RIGHT 90 Ensure "All layers" is UNCHECKED PSPX - PSPX6: IMAGE >>> FREE ROTATE = RIGHT 90 Ensure "All layers" is UNCHECKED IMAGE >>> RESIZE = 80% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE
STEP 15 EFFECTS >>> 3D EFFECTS >>> DROP SHADOW Vertical & Horizontal offsets = 2 Colour = Black Opacity = 85 Blur = 0 Repeat Drop Shadow effect changing Vertical & Horizontal Offsets to - ( minus ) 2 Click OK EFFECTS >>> 3D EFFECTS >>> INNER BEVEL Same settings
STEP 16 EFFECTS >>> IMAGE EFFECTS >>> OFFSET
STEP 17 LAYERS >>> DUPLICATE IMAGE >>> MIRROR LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE DOWN EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW Same settings
STEP 18 Open up the js_accents_brown-center_daisies_5052 image in your PSP workspace Activate the 'yellow' layer 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. Reposition with your MOVER tool to top left as shown
STEP 19 EFFECTS >>> 3D EFFECTS >>> INNER BEVEL Same settings BUT Change DEPTH to 4 EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> SIMPLE >>> TOP LEFT MIRROR ADJUST >>> SHARPNESS >>> SHARPEN
STEP 20 EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW Same settings ACTIVATE Raster 3 With your MAGIC WAND Mode = Replace Match Mode = RGB Value Tolerance = 0 Feather = 0 Antialias = UNchecked Sample Merged = UNCHECKED PSP9 - X6: Check CONTIGUOUS PSPX - X6: There is no " Sample Merged" Select the centre of the oval frame Depress your SHIFT key to pick up the shadow SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> EXPAND = 8 ACTIVATE Raster 1 Hit your DELETE key LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER Flood fill with Light Blue #abcdfb DESELECT
STEP 21 ACTIVATE Raster 3 EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW Same settings change DIRECTION to 135
STEP 22 CLOSE Raster 1 and Raster 6 Make sure one of the other layers is selected LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE VISIBLE OPEN Raster 1 and Raster 6
STEP 23 With the Merged layer ACTIVE LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER Flood fill with Dark Blue #1964df SELECTIONS >>> SELECT ALL SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> CONTRACT = 3 EDIT >>> CLEAR (Border 1) ***** Flood fill with Yellow #fffa00 SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> CONTRACT = 5 EDIT >>> CLEAR (Border 2) ***** Flood fill with Dark Blue #1964df SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> CONTRACT = 3 EDIT >>> CLEAR (Border 3) ***** Flood fill with Light Blue #abcdfb SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> CONTRACT = 5 EDIT >>> CLEAR (Border 4)
STEP 24 EFFECTS >>> 3D EFFECTS >>> DROP SHADOW Vertical & Horizontal offsets = 2 Colour = Black Opacity = 85 Blur = 0 Repeat Drop Shadow effect changing Vertical & Horizontal Offsets to - ( minus ) 2 Click OK DESELECT
STEP 25 EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW Same settings EDIT >>> Repeat Drop Shadow.. change DIRECTION to 315
STEP 26 ACTIVATE Raster 6 Open up the bluemermaid-Halstenberg 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 = 85% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE ADJUST >>> SHARPNESS >>> SHARPEN In your LAYER PALETTE change the BLEND MODE to MULTIPLY
STEP 27 ADD your NAME LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE ALL (Flatten) Resize if you wish. (I did so it would fit in this table *S*) Save as .jpg image

TESTERS RESULTS

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