TUT FRAME Elassal 014

  

PI Version: X3 Level: Intermediate Featured tools: Selection Tool, Transform Tool Additional filters: Bordermania, and Almathera Additional files: Picture. I used one of my private photos, I'm sure you'll  find a nice one inside your collection too. (Width: 290 Pixels and Height: 400 Pixels.) Tutorial: Copyright © Said Elassal   DESCRIPTION: This tutorial shows you how you can make beautiful frames for any picture/photo you like ... by using PI and different filters. 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. Go to Adjust/Expand Canvas/Expand sides equally 1 pixel, Expand: White, select the border and go to Effect/Fills and Textures/Kaleidoscope Fill. Click the Edit button and choose the palette 102. Right click on the black squares (red arrows) and change the color to 75/83/87. Right click the white squares and change the color to a light color: 247/240/238. If you want to save your new palette, click Add. Click OK and choose Pattern template 12 and Pattern sample 2. Deselect. Expand sides equally 1 pixel, Expand: 198/168/169 (that's also my Foreground color - white hand). Once again make another border with the Artist Texture. Use the same settings as before. Deselect. We are going to make several more frames like these frames (same steps), so next time I'm only referring to frame 1 (Artist Texture) or to frame 2 (Foreground color). Just repeat the steps we've done right now.    Expand sides equally 15 pixels, Foreground color. Select the border, and go to Effect/Almathera/A Halo and use these settings: White (red arrow), 10/51. Deselect. Add frames 1 + 2. Expand sides equally 5 pixels, Expand color: White, select the border, and go to Effect/Fills and Textures/ Kaleidoscope Fill and use the same settings as before. Effect/Bordermania/Frame #2: 5/5/110/130 + Notch Corners. Deselect.    Expand sides equally 25 pixels, Foreground color. Select the border, go to Effect/Fills and Textures/ Texture Filter/Embossed (white hand). Click the Texture Image (red arrow) and find the pattern with the name emboss007.bmp (white arrow). Use these settings: 80/26/54/0, Dir: 45 Effect/Bordermania/Frame #2: 25/25/51/63 + Notch Corners. Deselect. Add frames 1 + 2 + 1. Expand sides equally 5 pixels, Foreground color. Select the border. Effect/Bordermania/Frame #2: 5/5/110/130 + Notch Corners. Deselect. Add a frame 1.      Expand sides equally 15 pixels, Foreground color. Select the border, and go to Effect/Almathera/A Halo and use these settings: White, 10 + 51. Deselect. Expand sides equally 5 pixels, Expand color: White, select the border, and go to Effect/All/Artist Texture and use the same settings as before. Effect/Bordermania/Frame #2: 5/5/110/130 + Notch Corners. Merge All.     That's it! A beautiful and special frame for a your special pictures ... done with PI and different filters. 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!