Hot Wax Frame

This tutorial was created on May 5, 2002 and is of my own doing. Any likeness to other tutorials is purely coincidental.

You will need:
JASC's PSP (30 day free trial)- You can get it HERE
Dee's Gold Fold. You can get it HERE
**You will need to extract the D_Gold Fold to your Pattern folder within Paint Shop Pro.
Graphic of your choice

Step 1:
Open the graphic of your choice, duplicate by selecting the Shift plus D key and close your original graphic.

Step 2:
Resize your image to not more than 350 on the longest side. Then go to Effects/Sharpen/Sharpen. Duplicate the image again and minimize it, we will be using it later.

Step 3:
On your first copy of the image, go to Effects/Artistic Effects and apply the Hot Wax Coating 2 times.
Note: There is nothing to set for this filter. This is what you should have.

Step 4:
Go to Selections/Select All. Then Selections/Modify/Contract and contract by 20 pixels. Hit your delete key once.

Step 5:
Activate the second copy of your image and go to Edit/Copy, then go back to the first copy and Edit/Paste/Paste into Selection. Do not Deselect. Minimize the 2nd copy again, as we'll be using it later.

Step 6:
Go to Selections/Float. Then Effects/3D Effects/Cutout and use the following settings:
Vertical and Horizontal = 4, Opacity = 42, Blur = 28.6

Reapply the cutout only this time change the Vertical and Horizontal to a minus 4. Do not Deselect.

Step7:
Go to Selections/Invert. Then go to Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel and choose the following settings:
Rounded Bevel, Width = 8, Smoothness = 15, Depth = 31, Ambience = 0, Shininess = 50, Color = White, Angle = 58, Intensity = 31, Elevation = 47
Selections/Select None

Step 8:
Change your foreground to pattern and select the D_Gold Fold, Scale 100, Angle 0.

Change your background to White.

Step 9:
Go to Image/Add Borders and add a Symmetrical 10 Border. Using your magic wand with Matchmode: RGB Value, Tolerance = 0, Feather = 0, Sample Merge-Unchecked, select your border, and flood fill with the D_Gold Fold. Selections/Select None.

Step 10:
Go back into your Foreground/Pattern and select the minimized image, Scale 100, Angle 0.

Step 11:
Go to Image/Add Borders and add a Symmetrical 20 border. Select the border with your magic wand and flood fill with your image. Do not Deselect.

Step 12:
Go to Effects/Artistic Effects and apply the Hot Wax Coating 2 times. Do not Deselct.

Step 13:
Go to Effects/Inner Bevel and apply the same inner bevel as used in Step 7.
Note: your settings should be the same as used before.
Do Not Deselect

Step 14:
Go to Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow and apply the following:
Vertical = 1, Horizontal = minus 1, Opacity = 80, Blur = 7.1 Selections/Select None.

Step 15:
Resize for group requirements. Effects/Sharpen/Sharpen.

The final image is yours to do with as you choose, however, the tutorial is copyrighted by me, please do not copy and paste to any groups without express written permission from me. You may however, supply a link to your groups.