DIMENSIONAL FRAME

Created December 9, 2002 © Copyright Moon's Designs
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In this tutorial I will show you how to use the Inner Bevel to give the appearance of a cutout. It's a very quick and simple tutorial where you will be doing a lot of toggling on your color palette and using a lot of borders, but the end result has people thinking you spent hours creating. We will be using only PSP effects for this tutorial.

My tutorials are only guidelines to help you accomplish a certain creation. Please feel free to be inventive and take whatever liberties you would like. I encourage each of you to do your "own thing" and make your creation yours! Your finished creation is yours to do with as you please.

Screenshots are resized and compressed for faster loading. Don't forget to SAVE your work often.

This tutorial is written in and for PSP Version 7.04 and assumes you have a working knowledge of PSP at a beginners level. I am sure this can easily be done in Version 6 with a few adjustments in paths but I have only used Version 7 so I can't make promises *S*

FOR THIS TUTORIAL YOU WILL NEED:
JASC's PSP (30 day free trial)- You can get it HERE
A graphic - I used a picture that I took of one of the cats we have rescued. His name is Handsome and is a beautiful Himalayan. I have the copyright photograph below if you would like to use the same graphic. Please right click on the graphic and download to your computer.

Step 1:
Open your graphic in PSP and make a copy of it (Shift+D). The main reason for making a copy is in case I want to use the image again and forget to change the name when I save *S* You can close out your original graphic. Remember to save often.

Step 2:
Set your background color to black and your foreground color to a complementary color from your graphic. I used #768C84.
Go to Image-->Add Borders. Make sure symmetric is check and add a border of 3. You now have a small black border around your image.

Step 3:
We will be using the top colors panel on your color palette to toggle. Click the double arrows and your foreground and background change. The screenshot below shows the black background on the right and the color you chose for your frame on the left. When you press the double arrows your foreground and background colors reverse.

Step 4:
Go to Image-->Add Borders (from here on out I will instruct you to add a border and the size) and change your number to 10.

Step 5:
Pick up your Magic Wand and click on your colored border.

Go to Effects-->3D-->Inner Bevel and apply the following settings:

This is how my first inner bevel/cutout border looks.

Step 6:
Toggle your color palette so black is the background color. Add a border of 3.

Step 7:
Toggle your color palette to your color is the background color. Add a border of 10.

Step 8:
Toggle your color palette so black is the background color. Add a border of 3.

Step 9:
Toggle your color palette to your color is the background color. Add a border of 10. Select your border with your Magic Wand. Go to Effects-->3D-->Inner Bevel and apply the same Inner Bevel as before.

Step 10:
Do NOT toggle your color palette. Add a border of 10. Select your Border with your Magic Wand and apply your Inner Bevel again.

Step 11:
Toggle your color palette so black is the background color. Add a border of 3.

Step 12:
Toggle your color palette to your color is the background color. Add a border of 15.

Step 13:
Select your border with your Magic Wand. Go to Effects-->3D-->Inner Bevel. Change the Angle to 315 and hit okay. That reversed the bevel so it is no longer a cutout *smiles*.

Step 14:
Depending on the size of your original image you will more than likely need to resize your graphic for sending in for a group lesson. Go to Image-->Resize. Resize to to your group's specifications. Most groups have their rules at no longer than 350 pixels on the long side. Make sure all layers and maintain ratio is checked.

Step 15:
After resizing you tend to lose some clarity. Go to Effects-->Sharpen-->Unsharp Mask and use these settings:


(Radius=2.00; Strength=85; Clipping=5)

You're done.

Here is another one that I did. This time I used a photograph of Roxie, the mother cat of our 4 kittens that we have been taking care of since birth.

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial as much as I did creating it.

A big thank you to the PSP_Dynasty's Tutorial Testing team for testing this tutorial for me.

If you have any problems, comments or questions please do not hesitate to E-mail me.

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