Triple Chisel Frame

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This tutorial is my own creation;
however, most of the techniques used in this tutorial, I have learned from others!
Therefore, if you recognize any contribution you have made, I thank you!
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Still loving those frames, and exploring Paint Shop Pro built-in Effects! I was inspired to do this tutorial by one of Julie's tutorials that I recently tested - it uses the 3D Chisel effect, along with layers and lots of selecting and modifying selections! Have fun! I also tried something very different in this tutorial. Instead of including paths for effects and detailed how-to's for techniques, I wrote the entire tutorial as a narrative. For those veterans among you, this will be a welcome relief! But for those less familiar with PSP, I included a "Glossary" that contains all the details omitted in the tutorial! If you need a little extra help, check the Glossary section! It's on a separate page, so print it if you like, and follow along. To view the Glossary, just click on the button below - the Glossary will open in a new window. I don't think I've ever seen a tutorial written in this fashion! It's the second one I've written this way - the Ripple Ribbon Frame was the first! So far, the feedback has been positive, but the jury is still out! I'd really like your opinion, either for or against, so I can decide whether to continue writing tutorials this way! Please EMAIL ME and tell me what you think! Thanks! Now, on to the Triple Chisel Frame!

This tutorial assumes you have a working knowledge of Paint Shop Pro at the intermediate to advanced level, and is written in and for PSP Version 7. It will probably work just as well in version 6, with a few adjustments in paths!

Screen shots in this tutorial are resized - your work will be larger than this!

Supplies - For this tutorial, you will need the following:

• Jasc's Paint Shop Pro - you can get the 30-day trial version HERE.



• An image to frame.

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Ok, now we're ready to begin! Grab your mouse, and let's go create!

Remember to save often!

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STEP 1

Open the image you have chosen to frame. Duplicate, and close the original. Resize to not more than 350 pixels on the longest side. Sharpen as needed.

Set the background color to a color from your image - not too dark, as the Chisel effect tends to darken the color you use. For my image, I used 684121.

If you wish to use a pattern or a gradient for your Chisel borders, set your foreground to this pattern or gradient. For the image at the end of this tutorial, I used one of Nanson's wonderful gradients called Moss - you can find this gradient, and all Nanson's gradients HERE.

On your image, select all and copy the selection to place a copy of the image on the clipboard. Contract the selection by 35 pixels and paste the copied image into the selection. Invert the selection, and apply a Gaussian Blur with Radius of 4.00:

Deselect and SAVE!

Select all.

STEP 2

Add a new layer. FLOOD FILL with your background color, or your foreground pattern or gradient, whichever method you have chosen. Contract the selection by 6 pixels and press the DELETE key. Apply the Chisel Effect with Size = 4 and Background color checked:

Note: If you wish the chiseled area to be transparent, select Transparent in the Chisel Effect dialog box rather than Background color. See the image at the end of this tutorial for an example of the transparent chisel effect.

Keep selected and SAVE!

STEP 3

Contract the selection by 10.

Repeat Step 2.

Keep selected and SAVE!

STEP 4

Contract the selection by 10.

Repeat Step 2.

Apply a cutout effect with the following settings:

Vertical offset (0), Horizontal offset (0), Shadow color (black), Opacity (89), Blur (36.3)

Now all you need to do is watermark, merge all layers, save, and that's it!

Don't forget to sharpen your image if you resize it at this point!

Here's another frame using a photo of some chive blossoms from my back yard. For this one I used the Moss gradient in the foreground (with Angle = 45 and Repeats = 5), D8FCE2 as my background color, and the Chisel Effect with Transparent checked:

Hope you have enjoyed this tutorial as much as I did creating it!
If you have any problems, comments, or questions, please do not hesitate to Email me.

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