HOLLY FRAME
PSP9 to PSPX8

This tutorial was written by Jemima ~ NOVEMBER 2015
Copyright © 2015 ~ 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

santa hat.png
Baies de houx.png
holly xmas frame.png
Gallilee_CibiBijoux.pspimage
Christmas_Word_Art.pspimage
Abstract_flowing-Lines by + J.Peirom.png
Copy of V~HollyForChristmas7Accents.png
Save to a folder on your computer

JF39.jpg
Save to your PSP Patterns folder
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Plugins

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

** MURA'S FILTER MEISTER **
MuRa's Filter Meister - 2

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STEP 1 Open a new image 700 x 600 Transparent background PSP9: Colour Depth = 16 Million Colors (24bit) PSPX-X8: Colour Depth RGB = 8bits/channel ,
STEP 2 Open up the Copy of V~HollyForChristmas7Accents image in your PSP workspace Choose your SELECTION TOOL Selection Type = Rectangle Mode = Replace Feather = 0 Antialias = UNChecked Select the " holly " shown
STEP 3 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 = 35% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE ADJUST >>> SHARPNESS >>> SHARPEN EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> MuRa's Meister >>> Copies >>> Encircle (Ignore BG Color) ,
STEP 4 Open up the Baies de houx.png image in your PSP workspace Choose your SELECTION TOOL Same settings Select the " berries " shown
STEP 5 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 = 35% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE ADJUST >>> SHARPNESS >>> SHARPEN EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> MuRa's Meister >>> Copies >>> Encircle Same settings LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE DOWN
STEP 6 NOTE: We need a blank image with equal sides for the next 3 steps to work... Open a new image 700 x 700 Transparent background PSP9: Colour Depth = 16 Million Colors (24bit) PSPX-X8: Colour Depth RGB = 8bits/channel Back to the Baies de houx.png image in your PSP workspace Choose your SELECTION TOOL Same settings Select the same " berries " as in STEP 4 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 = 50% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE ADJUST >>> SHARPNESS >>> SHARPEN ,,
STEP 7 EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> MuRa's Meister >>> Copies >>> *Line (Ignore BG Color) ,
STEP 8 PSP9: IMAGE >>> ROTATE >>> FREE ROTATE = RIGHT 90 Ensure "All layers" is UNCHECKED PSPX - PSPX8: IMAGE >>> FREE ROTATE = RIGHT 90 Ensure "All layers" is UNCHECKED EFFECTS >>> DISTORTION EFFECTS >>> POLAR COORDINATES Rectangular to Polar Edge Mode: Transparent Move up with your MOVER TOOL Save your image as "tree.png" for later use (You can select the tree with your Selection tool and IMAGE >>> Crop to Selection if you wish.)
STEP 9 Back to your frame image.. ACTIVATE Raster 1 Flood fill with LIGHT GREEN #427e5b ACTIVATE Raster 2 With your MAGIC WAND Mode = Replace Match Mode = RGB Value Tolerance = 0 Feather = 0 Antialias = UNchecked Sample Merged = UNCHECKED PSP9 - X8: Check CONTIGUOUS PSPX - X8: There is no " Sample Merged" Select the area OUTSIDE the holly frame SELECTIONS >>> INVERT SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> CONTRACT = 3
STEP 10 LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER LAYERS >>> ARRANGE >>> MOVE DOWN EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW COLOUR = WHITE
STEP 11 EDIT >>> Repeat Drop Shadow.. change DIRECTION to 135 DESELECT
STEP 12 ACTIVATE Raster 1 Open up the Abstract_flowing-Lines by + J.Peirom 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. EFFECTS >>> IMAGE EFFECTS >>> OFFSET Horizontal Offset = - (MINUS) 5 Vertical Offset = 130 Edge Mode = Transparent LAYERS >>> DUPLICATE LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE DOWN
STEP 13 LAYERS >>> DUPLICATE IMAGE >>> MIRROR LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE DOWN LAYERS >>> DUPLICATE IMAGE >>> FLIP LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE DOWN SAVE YOUR WORK
STEP 14 Open up the Christmas_Word_Art image in your PSP workspace Select the "Tis the Season" 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. PSP9: IMAGE >>> ROTATE >>> FREE ROTATE = LEFT 90 Ensure "All layers" is UNCHECKED PSPX - PSPX8: IMAGE >>> FREE ROTATE = LEFT 90 Ensure "All layers" is UNCHECKED IMAGE >>> RESIZE = 75% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE EFFECTS >>> IMAGE EFFECTS >>> OFFSET Horizontal Offset = - (MINUS) 275 Vertical Offset = 0 Edge Mode = Transparent
STEP 15 EFFECTS >>> TEXTURE EFFECTS >>> SCULPTURE PATTERN = JF39 ,
STEP 16 EFFECTS >>> 3D EFFECTS >>> DROP SHADOW Vertical & Horizontal offsets = - ( minus ) 1 Colour = Black Opacity = 100 Blur = 0 EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW COLOUR = BLACK
STEP 17 Open up the tree.png image you created 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. EFFECTS >>> IMAGE EFFECTS >>> OFFSET Horizontal Offset =260 Vertical Offset = 0 Edge Mode = Transparent EFFECTS >>> 3D EFFECTS >>> DROP SHADOW Vertical & Horizontal offsets = - ( minus ) 1 Colour = Black Opacity = 100 Blur = 0 EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW Same settings
STEP 18 ACTIVATE Raster 2 With your MAGIC WAND.... Same settings. Select the CENTRE of your image SELECTIONS >>> MODIFY >>> EXPAND = 3 ACTIVATE Raster 1 EDIT >>> CLEAR DO NOT DESELECT
STEP 19 ACTIVATE Raster 2 LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER LAYERS >>> ARRANGE >>> MOVE DOWN SELECTIONS >>> INVERT EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW Same settings EDIT >>> Repeat Drop Shadow.. change DIRECTION to 315 DESELECT SAVE YOUR WORK
STEP 20 Open up the santa hat.png 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 = 20% Ensure "Resize all layers" is UNCHECKED Resample using WEIGHTED AVERAGE ADJUST >>> SHARPNESS >>> SHARPEN EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW Same settings BUT change DIRECTION to 135 Reposition with your MOVER tool
STEP 21 ACTIVATE Raster 2 Open up the holly xmas 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. EFFECTS >>> PLUGINS >>> EYE CANDY 3 >>> DROP SHADOW Same settings EDIT >>> Repeat Drop Shadow.. change DIRECTION to 315 LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE VISIBLE Save as .pspimage image
STEP 22 LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER Flood fill with WHITE LAYERS >>> ARRANGE >>> MOVE DOWN ,
STEP 23 Open up the Gallilee_CibiBijoux 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 24 ACTIVATE the MERGED layer LAYERS >>> NEW RASTER LAYER Select your TEXT tool and with a font of your choice add your name
STEP 25 LAYERS >>> MERGE >>> MERGE ALL (Flatten) Save as .jpg image ,

TESTERS RESULTS

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