I was inspired to do this tutorial after I did one of Sandy Moore's lessons for the PSPStudio group. Sandy wrote this originally for a beginners class she teaches online. Sandy offers PSP7 classes and you can get more details from her by going HERE. Sandy has graciously given me permission to expand on her technique with this tutorial. Thank you Sandy and I hope we can collaborate again on more tutorials.

This tutorial will be using several PSP 7 filters along with EyeCandy 3, U-Lead Art Texture and the Sinedot Plug In Filter. It is not necessary to use all of these filters as I will be giving several examples to complete the final objective. Remember, my tutorials are written as guidelines, please use your imagination and make it your own. *smiles*

This tutorial is written in and for PSP Version 7 and assumes you have a working knowledge of PSP at an intermediate 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*

You will need:

JASC's PSP (30 day free trial)- You can get it HERE
ULead's Art Texture - You can get the free version HERE
DragonFly's Sinedot Filter - You can get it HERE
**Unzip to your plugin folder
Eye Candy 3 - You can download the free version HERE
A Graphic - The one I used is called Spirit Dreaming by Blaze. You can see more of her beautiful creations here. You may use this graphic (right click on the graphic below and save to your own hard-drive) or one of your own choosing.

The Retouch tool on your tool palette has several effects that can be chosen from the tool options panel, one of which is Smudge. Usually the smudge retouch tool is used in a small size to smudge an image's colors or edges. When used in a very large size it produces a completely different effect and that is what we'll be doing here.

Step 1:
Open your image in PSP and make a copy of it (Shift + D) We will be working on the copy but minimize the original image as we will be using it later. Don't use a small image for this effect, at least not the first time you do this.

Step 2:
Click on the Retouch tool in your tool palette and set up the tool options as I have here:

Notice that the size 255 is as large as it can go. (When used for actual smudging effects, the size is usally 50 or lower)

Step 3:
Put your cursor over your image and it turns into a little paintbrush with a huge circle around it. I apologize that the screen shot below isn't the best but I think you can see what I am saying. I have the circle around the lady and the beast.

Step 4:
Click, hold, and drag down and toward the left until you see a soft "copy" of a portion of your image. (Obviously you can drag it to any position where you are most comfortable on your own graphic that you are using *S* ~~ I am just showing you the way I did it)

If you should start with part of your large circle outside of the image your "copy" image will leave a square impression instead of a round one. That's okay. Save your image.

Step 5:
Now click on your selection tool, set tool options to Rectangle, feather 0, check antialias. Start your cursor at the left edge and at the top of your "copy", drag down and to the right until you get to the right edge of the copy. Leave this area selected on the large image. Save your image.

Step 6:
Go to Edit-->Copy (Ctrl + C) and then Edit-->Paste-->as New Image (Ctrl V). This is what I had.

This is where I started to deviate from Sandy's tutorial and made it my own. Feel free to do the same.

Step 7:
We are going to be working on the smaller "copy" image for these next couple of steps. I wanted my "copy" image to be a little more faded than what it was so set your foreground color to white, add a new layer and flood fill with the white. Lower the opacity of the layer to about 60, or whereever you are most comfortable.

Step 8:
Change your background color to white. Go to Image -->add borders Make sure symmetric is checked and enter 5 for the border size Click OK

Step 9:
Take your magic wand and select the white border -- you will get marching ants around the border.

Step 10:
Open your Ulead Art Texture plugin. Effects -->PlugIns-->Ulead-->Art Texture. Press edit and choose Palette 5 (this is the gold one) Click OK and select one of the patterns and press OK (I used the top left one). You could also use a BladePro gold preset of your choice as well. Deselect. (Ctrl + D)

Step 11:
Go to Edit-->Copy this image. Bring your larger image to the forefront and Edit -->Paste-->New Layer (Ctrl+L) and place it on top of your "copy" image. We want the small image on it's own layer so you can work on the bottom layer without affecting the inner bevel and drop shadow you'll be applying.

Step 12:
You can leave the image flat if you would like or you can apply an inner bevel as I did. To apply the inner bevel go to Effects-->Plug-ins-->EyeCandy3-->Inner Bevel and apply the following settings. Click the check mark to apply.

Step 13:
Apply a drop shadow with the following settings: Color Black; Vertical and Horizontal = 8; Opacity = 25; Blur = 8 Save your image.

At this point you will have some options for the bottom layer. Let's take a bit of a breather here ~~ get up, stretch, grab something to drink and we will continue with the bottom layer and framing.

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