Cupid Frame
 (PSP all versions)
A tutorial by Mar © 2005.

What you need:
PSP. Download a 30 day trial here.
 Materials: Download here.
The filter Visman (VM) Toolbox: Download here.
Eye Candy 3.1. Download here.
Unzip the filters to your plugin folder in PSP.
 Close and restart PSP or your filter won't work.
The Song Cupid: Download here.
Unzip to your Media folder in Windows.

Save your work often.

We are going to start now.
Good luck with your Cupid Frame.

Open Love-image-1.jpg from the ZIP.
The 3 images in the ZIP are all royalty © free.

Add borders > 5 Pixels > Symmetric > Color black.

With select the black border (feather 0, tolerance 20).

Effects > 3D-effects > Drop shadow > Black.

Repeat the drop shadow but this time Vert. and Horiz. at - 2.

Select > Select none.

Add borders > 5 Pixels > Symmetric > Color #fa362a.
If you use another image, get a nice color with your color picker.

Add borders > 30 Pixels > Symmetric > Color black.

With select the black border.

Open the MD-Hearts.psp and copy.

Edit > Paste > Paste into selection.

Effects > Plugins > VM Toolbox > Instant Tile.

Add borders > 5 Pixels > Symmetric > Color #fa362a.

Add borders > 30 Pixels > Symmetric > Color black.

With select the black border.

Effects > Plugins > VM Toolbox > Instant Tile like before.
Repeat this effect another 2 times. So 3 times in total.

Add borders > 5 Pixels > Symmetric > Color #fa362a.

With select the red border.

Effects > 3D-effects > Inner bevel > White.

Select > Select none.

Open the MD-Cupid.psp and copy.

Edit > Paste > Paste as a new layer.

Move the Cupid in place (see screenshot).

Effects > Plugins > Eye Candy 3.1 > Glow > Color #f85548.

In your Layer Pallet > Duplicate.

Image > Mirror.

Lock your background for now.
Make sure the top layer is selected (=bleu).

Layers > Merge > Merge visible.

Unlock your background layer.

In the Layer Pallet > Duplicate.

Move the Cupids down to the border.

Layers > Merge > Merge all layers flatten.

Your Cupid Frame is done.
I hope you like this tutorial.
Thank you for using my tutorials.


Animation > 3 Layers:
Ad noise at 45 - 35 - 25.
Gaussian + Monochrome.

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