PAINT ENGINE
FUNHOUSE 2(Quantum Tile) NOTE: Click on Raving Concepts title, which will take you to a page with the link to the site index; click on site index and a popup will appear; from the popup click on Plugin Filters.
You can get the mask that I"m using here. The mask is from A-B-Z PSP 7 Nonsenses. From the menu at the top of the page, click on Downloads; when you get to that page there is a menu on the left; under Masks click on Page 1 and download the last mask on that page, which is mask #18.
If you wish to use the image that I am using, just click here. Artwork is by Jonathon Earl Bowser and used with permission. You can visit Mr. Bowser's site by clicking on his banner at the end of the tutorial.
Okay, let's get started on our frame!!
1. Open your image in PSP; Shift+D to make a copy of your graphic; close the original as we will be working with the copy of your graphic.
2. Set your foreground color to a color from your graphic and your background to the color white (#FFFFFF). I'm using color #242448 for my foreground color. Layers/New Raster Layer. Floodfill this layer with your foreground color. Effects/PluginFilters/Fantastic Machines/ Paint Engine using the borg preset. See settings below.
3. Masks/New/From Image/cat018. Masks/Delete. Merge into current layer? Yes.
4. Layers/Merge/Merge All (Flatten). Image/Add Borders 3 pixels symmetric checked. Click on your white border with your magic wand (tolerance 0 feather 0) to select. Apply your favorite BP preset or goldfill pattern. I'm using emmeshed gold from The Treasure Trove. She has some of the best BP presets that I have ever seen.
5. Selections/Invert. Effects/3D Effects/Cutout using these settings: Opacity 75; Blur 25; Vertical 3; Horizontal 3; repeat this cutout changing the vertical and horizontal settings to (-3). Selections/Select None.
6. Image/Add Borders 15 pixels symmetric checked. Select your border with your magic wand and floodfill with your foreground color. Effects/Texture Effects/Mosaic Glass using the settings shown below. Effects/Sharpen/Sharpen. Selections/Select None.
7. Image/Add Borders 3 pixels symmetric checked. Select your border with your magic wand and apply your favorite BP preset or goldfill pattern. Selections/Invert. Effects/3D Effects/Cutout using the same settings as in Step 5; Opacity 75; Blur 25; Vertical 3; Horizontal 3; repeat this cutout changing the vertical and horizontal settings to (-3). Selections/Select None.
8. Image/Add Borders 25 pixels symmetric checked. Select your white border with your magic wand and floodfill with your foreground color. Effects/PluginFilters/FunHouse/Quantum Tile using the settings shown below. Do not deselect.
9. Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel using the pillow preset but changing the Intensity setting to 60. Selections/Select None.
10. Image/Add Borders 2 pixels symmetric checked. Select your border with your magic wand and apply your favorite BP preset or goldfill pattern. Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow using these settings: Opacity 100; Blur 2.5; Vertical 1; Horizontal 1; repeat drop shadow changing the vertical and horizontal settings to (-1). Selections/Select None.
11. Add corners if desired. Resize if necessary remembering to go to Effects/Sharpen/Sharpen after each resize. Save in desired format. Below is another sample of the Quantumtile Frame using a light colored graphic.
I want to thank Sherry and Jenni Jo for testing my tutorial; below are their lovely results.
Sherry
Jenni Jo
