Sepia Mask Frame

This tutorial was created on May 4, 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
Funhouse 1 and 2 Filter. You can get it HERE
Fantastic Machine Paint Engine and Tile Tools. You can get it HERE
Dee's Gold Fold and Round Fade Mask. You can get it HERE
** Extract the D_Gold Fold to your patterns folder and the mask to your Mask folder of PSP.
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 350 Width on Longest side. Then go to Effects/Sharpen/Sharpen

Step 3:
Go to Effects/Artistic Effects/Sepia. Set the amount to age at 90. Click ok.

Step 4:
Go to Effects/Plugin Filters/FM Tile Tools/Blend Emboss and apply the preset.

Step 5:
Set your foreground to #C9BCAO and your background to #6A3825.

Step 6:
Go to Layers/New Raster Layer. And floodfill this with your foreground color.

Step 7:
Go to Masks/Load from Disk and select the RND_Fade Mask. Then go to Masks/Delete and say Yes to the pop-up window. This brings the mask into the current layer.

Step 8:
Go to Effects/Plugin Filters/Fantastic Machines/Paint Engine and select the "brush strokes" preset.

Step 9:
Go to Layers/Merge/Merge All (Flatten).

Step 10:
Making sure your background is the dark brown, go to Image/Add Borders and add a symmetrical 10 border.

Step 11:
Using your magic wand with the following settings: Matchmode: RGB Value, Tolerance = 0, Feather = 0, Sample Merge-Unchecked. Select your border.

Step 12:
Go to Effects/Plugin Filters/Funhouse and select the Quantum Tile with the following settings:
Uncertainty: 59
Tiles: 53
Do Not Deselect

Step 13:
Go to Selections/Invert and then Effects/3D Effects/Cutout and apply the following: Vertical and Horizontal = 2, Opacity = 42, Blur = 28.6, then reapply the cutout changing the Horizontal and Vertical to a minus 2

Step 14:
Go to Selections/Invert. Then go to Effects/Blur/Motion Blur and apply the following settings:
Angle = 135, Pixels = 19. Do not Deselect.

Step 15:
Go to Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel and apply the following:
Bevel = Round, Width = 10, Smoothness = 20, Depth = 4, Ambience = 0, Shininess = 13, Color = White, Direction = 308, Intensity = 50, Elevation = 40. Selections/Select None.

Step 16:
Making sure you background is still set to dark brown. Go to Image/Add Borders and add a symmetrical 5 border.

Step 17:
Switch your background and foreground again, so that the light beige is now your background. Add a symmetrical 10 border.

Step 18:
Select your border with the magic wand, and apply the Quantum Tile: Uncertainty = 59, Tiles = 53
Then the Motion Blur and Inner Bevel, using the same settings as before.
**Note: The settings for the Motion Blur and Inner Bevel should still be set to the setting used earlier.
Do not Deselect

Step 19:
Go to Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow and apply the following:
Vertical and Horizontal = 1, Opacity = 80, Blur = 3.5. Reapply the drop shadow changing the Vertical and Horizontal to a minus 1. Selections/Select None.

Step 20:
Changing your background to a light gray, add a 2 pixels border and select with your magic wand. Change your foreground to pattern and select the D_Gold Fold Pattern, Scale = 100, Angle = 0, and flood fill the 2 pixel border. Selections/Select None.

Step 21:
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.