Plaid Frame

This tutorial was created on June 1, 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
Unplugged Tools. 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:
Set your foreground to patterns and select the D_Gold Fill, Scale 100%, Angle = 0. Set your background to white.

On your first copy of the image, go to Image/Add Borders, and add a 5 Symmetrical border.

Step 4:
Select the border with your magic wand and floodfill with the gold. Go to Selections/Invert, then to Effects/3D Effects/Cutout and apply the following cutout:
Vertical and Horizontal = 4; Opacity = 80; Blur = 20

Reapply the cutout changing the vertical and horizontal to a MINUS 4. Selections/Select None.

Step 5:
Changing you background to a complimentary color from your picture, add another 5 pixel border. Select with the magic wand, then Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel choosing the rounded bevel apply the following settings:
Width = 14; Smoothness = 15; Depth = 5; Ambience = 0; Shininess = 10; Color = White; Angle = 315; Intensity = 50; Elevation = 30.
Selections/Select None

Step 6:
Changing your background to white, add a 30 pixel border. Select the border with your magic wand. Click once on your floodfill icon, change your foreground pattern to your minimized image, Scale 100; Angle 45. Floodfill your border. Do Not Deselect.

Step7:
Go to Effects/Plug-in Filters/UnpluggedTools and Select Transition with the following settings:
Left = 0; Right = 255; Top = 0; Bottom = 255; Horiz/Max/Vert = 128; Transparency = 4. Do Not Deselect.

Step 8:
Go to Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel and use the same seetings as before. Selections/Select None.

Step 9:
Change your background to the complimentary color you used before and add a symmetrical 5 pixel border. Select the border with your magic wand and apply the same inner bevel. Do Not Deselect.

Step 10:
Go to Selections/Invert. Apply the same two cutouts as before. Selections/Select None.

Step 11:
Change your background to white and add a 5 pixel border. Select the border with your magic wand. Change your foreground pattern to the gold fill and floodfill the border.

Step 12:
Go to Effects/Drop Shadow and apply the following settings:
Horizontal and Vertical: 4 Opacity: 70 Blur: 20 Color: Black

Reapply the Drop Shadow changing the Horizontal and Vertical to a Minus 4. Selections/Select None.

Step 13:
Resize for group requirements. Effects/Sharpen/Sharpen.

The final image is yours to do with as you choose, as long as it's not for monetary purposes, 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.