Greg's Factory Output Vol 2

 Here

Simple Filters

Here

F M Tile Tools

Here

1. Choose a color from your image, duplicate your image and minimize the copy
    
2. Go to Image >>> Add Border of 20 pixels in a color NOT in your image. Select the border with your Magic Wand - Tolerance 0; Opacity 0.
   Fill the border with your color. 
    
3. Go to Effects >>> Distortion Effects >>> Wind: windstrength 100; Wind Direction: from Left.
   
   Repeat this Distortion effect with the Wind Direction from the Right.
    
4. Go to Selections >>> Invert
    
5. Go to Effects >>> 3D Effects >>> Cut Out, with these settings:
   
    

   Cut Out - settings   Vertical: 2 Horizontal: 2 Opacity: 50 Blur: 5.00 Shadow Color: Black

   
   
    

6. Repeat the Cut Out effect with the horizontal- and Vertical settings on -2
    

7. Deselect ( Ctrl +D)
    

8. Select the top and bottom borders with your Magic Wand with the Shift-key on the keyboard pressed in.
    

9. Go to Effects >>> Artistic Effects >>> Topography, with these settings:
   
    

   Topography settings: Width: 96 Density: 36 Angle: 257 Color: White

   
   Apply the effect again.
   Now go to Effects >>> Filters >>> FM Tile Tools >>> Blend Emboss
    

10. Selections >>> Select None ( or Ctrl+D)
     

11. Go to Image >>> Add Borders - 5 pixels, select with your Magic Wand and fill with the gold pattern.
     

12. Go to Effects >>> 3D Effects >>> Inner Bevel - with these settings:
    
     

    Inner Bevel Settings:   Bevel no. 8 Width: 4 Smoothness: 0 Depth: 5 Ambience: 0 Shininess: 0 Color: WHITE Angle: 315 Intensity: 35 Elevation: 30

    Deselect.(Ctrl +D)
     

13. Add a 15 pixel border again and fill with your color.
    Go to Effects >>> Filters >>> Greg's Factory Filters Vol 2
    with these settings:(default settings)
    
    
    Deselect ( Ctrol +D)
    
     

14. Add a 5 pixel border and fill with the gold pattern. Apply the same Inner Bevel effect as in step 9.

Your frame is finished.

 Now you can make a background for it:-)

If you want to add the picture to a background,

you must now reduce the size of the image to 300 pixels in height.

Adjust >>> Sharpen.

BACKGROUND

1. Open a new image of 1024x350. Go to Selections >>> Select All.
    

2. Activated the copy of your image that was minimized. Copy and Paste it into the selection
    

3. Deselect
    

4. Adjust >>> Sharpen >>> Unsharpen.
   Adjust >>> Blur >>> Gaussian Blur - Radius 20
    

5. Effects >>> Simple Filters >>> Diamonds
    

6. Effects >>> Image Effects >>> Seamless Tiles - with these settings:
   
    

   Seamless Tiles Settings: Tiling method: Corner Direction: Biredirectional Horizontal offset: 0 Vertical offset: 0 Corner Style: Linear.

   
    

7. Add a new Raster layer. Fill with your color and chnage the opacity of this layer to 80% on your layer palette. Merge all layers.
    

8. Effects >>> Edge Effects >>> Enhance.
    

9. Adjust >>> Add/ Remove Noise - Add Noise of 8% - monochrome disabled.
    

10. Activate your framed image >>> Edit >>> Copy. And Edit >>> Paste onto your background canvas. Drag into the position you prefer it to be.
     

11. You can add a drop shadow to your frame but it is not necessary.
    Settings for the drop shadow: Vertical and Horizontal = 10
    Opacity: 100; Blur: 5; Color: Black.

You are finished.

I hope you enjoyed the tutorial.

I wrote this tutorial myself from an idea I had.

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June 2005

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