Floral Overlay Frame
A tutorial by Mar ©2003


Image © Corey Wolfe

What you need:
The overlay and the MD-Goldsatin.bmp in
this zip.
Open the overlay in PSP.
Extract MD-Goldsatin to your folder Patterns in PSP.

Filter Factory T (free): download here.
Look if you really are loading
Filter Factory Gallery T .
Download the file with this  logo.
Extract to your Plugins
folder in PSP.
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Watch out!!
If the plugin might not work you maybe
need this file
MSVCRT10.DLL download here.
Unzip to your Windows/System directory.
For XP to system 32.
You may not need it, but you never know.

With some of the filter factory plugins, you need
PluginCommander to configure the plugin.
PluginCommander get it
here. Click the link for Nandin's
tutorial
"HOW TO USE PLUG-IN COMMANDER".
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Restart PSP to make your plugin load.

Let's begin. Good luck.....

Open an image or use this one by Corey Wolfe.


Teal Fairy © Corey Wolfe

Take a look at his wonderful site by clicking the button below.

Background to #64CDAD.
Foreground
to pattern.
Find the MD-Goldsatin.bmp.


Image > Add borders > 3 Pixels.

With select the green border and fill with MD-Goldsatin.

Image > Add borders > 15 Pixels.

Select the green border.

Effects > Plugins > Filter Factory Gallery T > Magic Triangles R.

If you use another picture:
Move the sliders till your satisfied with what you have.

Effects > Blur > Gaussian blur 4.

Effects > 3D effects > Inner bevel:

Background to #003878.

Add borders > 25 Pixels.

Select your border.

Effects > Plugins > Filter Factory Gallery T > Ray Dream 1.
If you use another picture, play with the sliders.

Effects > Blur > Gaussian blur at 4.

Selections > Invert.
Effects > 3D effects >
Drop shadow.

Repeat with H and V on -4.

Add borders > 3 Pixels.

With select and fill with MD-Goldsatin.

Repeat the drop shadow but with H and V on 2 and -2.

Selections > None.

Open  MDoverlay-org.psp you found in the zip.
Hold shift  + D to copy.
Close the original for later use.

Effects > Plugins > Filter Factory Gallery T > Color Cocktail 1.1.
For another picture, play with the sliders for an effect you like.

Copy and paste the overlay on your frame.
With move to the bottom left.
Position the left top flower over your gold border.

Add a drop shadow, Hor. and Vert. to 2.

Paste the overlay once more. 
Image >
Mirror.
With move to the top right.

Use your    and select the left side of your overlay.

Hit delete.

Make some hearts on your flowers.
Layers > New raster layer.

Zoom in close.
Selection tool circle >
Feather 0.

Draw tiny circles all around the heart of your flower.
If you have trouble finding the right spot with
 and right mouse button you can move your selection.
To big??
Selections > 
Modify > Contract 1 or 2.
Layers > Merge > Merge all layers flatten.

With Colorize 1.2 in  Filter Factory Gallery T
you can make various color effects.

You are done!!
Thanks for doing my tutorials.


Girl and Cat on stage © Corey Wolfe


Silent Vigil © Corey Wolfe

This tutorial is written and designed by Mar and therefore her property.
 

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Translation into English with help of my best friends, Trudie.
Thanks sweetie! Couldn't do it without you.



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