You can Drag & Drop the below hand
for a easy use of this tutorial.
What you need:
PSP. Download a 30
day trial here.
The materials: Download here.
MuRa's Seamless: Download here.
Save the filter in your Plugins folder in PSP.
Close and restart PSP otherwise your filter won't work.
Open all images from the ZIP in PSP.
Save often.
Let's get started. Good luck.....
This tutorial is done in PSP 9.
Open one of the images from the ZIP. These images are already
colorized.
If you want to use an image of your own, you'll have to
colorize it first.
Adjust > Hue and saturation > Colorize.
Open a new image 400 X 450 and fill with #585b67.
Open the MD-EmbossMask.jpg from the ZIP.
I made this mask myself.
Layers > New mask layer > From image.
Look for the MD-EmbossMask.jpg and apply.
Layers > Merge > Merge
group.
Layers > Duplicate.
Layers > Merge > Merge
visible.
Effects > Plugins > MuRa's Seamless >
Emboss at Alpha.
Apply.
Adjust > Sharpness > Sharpen.
Layers > New raster layer.
Foreground to #585b67.
Background to #a4afb9.
Foreground to gradient.
Look for the "Fore-background" gradient.
Texture unchecked (bleu hand). Style Linear.
Fill your new layer with the gradient.
In your Layer Palette, move this layer down.
It is your bottom layer now. Lock the layer.
Select the top layer (= blue).
With your magic wand
(feather 0 - tolerance 25) select the middle
part.
Selections > Modify > Expand with 3 pixels.
Now open the image you want to use and copy it.
Go back to your frame.
Unlock the bottom layer and select it (=
blue).
Edit > Paste > Paste into selection.
Selections > Modify > Contract with 3 pixels.
Effects > 3D-effects > Buttonize > Color
black.
Selections > None.
In your Layer Palette select the top layer again (= blue).
Effects > 3D-effects > Drop shadow > Black.
You can colorize the emboss layer if you like to.
Take a look at my examples at the bottom of this tutorial.
Layers > Merge > Merge all layers flatten.
Open the MD-Embossed-Corner.psp and copy.
Edit > Paste > Paste as a new layer.
Move
the decoration to the left top corner.
Repeat the drop shadow with the
same settings as you did before.
Your Emboss at Alpha Frame is done.
I hope you like this tutorial and learned something
new.
Thank you for putting my tutorials
to the test.
The frame below is done with two wood patterns.
You can download the two wood patterns here.
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(feather 0 - tolerance 25) select the middle
part.
the decoration to the left top corner.
