Gold Glitter Frame

 

This tutorial was done in PSP XI but could be done in previous versions of PSP.

Materials needed:

Paintshop Pro - get it here

Gold-fill glitter tile - here is the one I used. I do not know who made this so if anyone does, please let me know
so I can give credit

An image to frame - this frame would probably work best with images that have golds in them

1. Open your image, duplicate (shift+d) and close original. Resize your working copy if need be. It's usually a good idea to sharpen after resizing - I prefer to use unsharp mask.

2. Image--->Add Borders. Add a border of 5 pixels, symmetric checked. I used white but colour doesn't really matter, just make it a contrasting colour so you can select it without the selection running into your image.

 

3. With your magic wand, select the border and flood fill with your goldfill-glitter tile. Angle 0 and size 100%.

4. Keep selected and add a drop shadow with these settings:

Vertical 2
Horizontal 2
Opacity 50
Blur 5
Colour black

Repeat drop shadow, using Vertical and Horizontal of -2. Deselect.

 

 

5.With your dropper tool, select a dark colour from your image and add border of 10 pixels in that colour. Select with the magic wand.

6.Effects--->Texture Effects--->Mosaic Glass. Here are the settings I used:

Deselect.

 

7.Add a white border of 7 pixels, select with magic wand and fill with gold glitter pattern. Apply the same drop shadow as in step #4. Deselect. You now have your frame.

 

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