TUT FRAME Elassal 002

PI Version: X3 Level: Intermediate Featured tools: Selection Tool Additional filters: Xero (Porcelain - this filter can be found in set 1) Additional files: Picture. I used one of my private photos, I'm sure you'll  find a nice one inside your collection too. (Width: 256 Pixels and Height: 400 Pixels.) Tutorial: Copyright © Said Elassal   DESCRIPTION: This tutorial shows you how you can make a fantastic frame for any artwork you wish ... with PI and Xero's Porcelain filter.  Remember to save often! To make it more easy to select a border, right click/All, right click/Border and set the Pixels of the border for the Border width, Direction: Inward, Shape: Box. You can always use the Magic Wand Tool, but this way it's more easy if you use similar colors for the background and the border. (On the assumption that all sides have been expanded equally!)   Open the picture you want to use. I've resized this mine to an height of 400 pixels. Go to Adjust/Expand Canvas/Expand sides equally 2 pixels, Expand: White, and select the border. Effect/Fills and Texture/Kaleidoscope Fill, click Edit (red arrow) and choose the golden palette - 008. Click OK, and choose Pattern template 5 (1) in the next window. Use one of the Pattern samples you like. I've used the first one (white arrow) with the name 5-1. Click OK and deselect the border.   Expand sides equally 5 pixels, Expand: White. Select the border and go to Effect/Fills and Texture/Kaleidoscope Fill. Click the Edit button and choose the palette 102 (white hand). Right click on the black squares (red arrows) and change the color to one that fits your picture (11/138/181). Right Click the white squares and change the color to a matching color (243/252/254). Click Add (1), and your palette will be saved to the Palette Ramp Editor. Click OK, and choose Pattern template 5 (1) in the next window. Use the Pattern sample as you did for the gold palette. Click OK and deselect the border. Now we will make another golden frame with the same  Kaleidoscope Fill, like we've done before. Deselect. We are going to make some more frames like the first one (same steps - Expand, Selection, Effect/Fills and Texture/Kaleidoscope Fill with the same golden color and pattern), so next time I'm only referring to the frame 1. Just repeat the steps we've done right now for our first frame.   Expand sides equally 15 pixels, Expand color: 22/65/146. Select the border go to Edit/ Fill/Gradient (1)/Magic Gradient (2) and find Mode 9 (white arrow). Click the Edit button (red arrow) and choose the palette 008. Click OK and change the Merge (3) to Lighting and the Transparency (4) to 70. Click OK and keep the border selected. Go to Almathera/A Halo and use these settings: Black + 16/55. Deselect the border. Add one frame 1.     Expand sides equally 30 pixels, Expand color: white. Select the border go to Edit/Trace/Selection Marquee and accept the standard settings. Change the Mode (1) from Horizontal Deform to 3D Round, and set the Border (2) to 15 and the Depth to 30. Click the Material button (red arrow) and choose File (white arrow) in the Material window (3). Find your original picture and click OK.        Effect/Xero/Porcelain and use settings you like, or fit your picture. I used these settings: Softness: 170 / Strength: 164 / Brightness: 114 + Red channel: 0 / Green channel: 0 / Blue channel: 255. Click OK and keep the border selected.  Go to Photo/Blur/Gaussian Blur/Options and set the Level to 2. Keep the border selected.      Photo/Enhance/Diffuse Glow and use these settings: Threshold: 12 Degree of glow: 12 Graininess: 2 Glow color (white arrow): 68/202/244 (find a color that fits the picture you're using!) Click OK and deselect. Add one more time a frame 1. Merge All and Save As.     That's it! A beautiful, special frame for a really fantastic artwork. HAVE FUN!!!  Download the filter of the site If you need any help with this tutorial - or want to make suggestions to improve it - please email me!