INNOCENT FRAME

Hi Everyone,
Well seeing as you all like to do tuts, I wrote one today and am in the process of learning how to turn it into a script. I have had a couple of people try it and they found it fun but challenging LOL. So I thought why not give all of you a crack at it. I have included the original of the pic below for you to use if you so desire. It is long so follow the instructions carefully.

First of all my biggest problem was getting the drop shadows in the right place. I think this could be done with a tube but not sure. You will need a gradient (I used metal brass) and a dark foreground color for your picture, I used 555a56, and will you will use for your pattern the framed picture after you complete the first part of step 13.
First select a picture no more than 400 in height.

1. Add borders of 5 px in white.

2 Select borders with magic wand tolerance and feather set to zero, rest are defaults as I didn't change any of them

3. Choose a gradient, I used Metal brass with these options
Angle 90
Repeats 5
all the rest are defaults and the Horizontal is 50 and the Vertical is 50

4. Apply Inner bevel with these options
Inner bevel option 2
Width 8
Smoothness 16
Depth 6
Ambience 5
Shininess 5
Angle 315
Intensity 44
Elevation 35
Color white
This will be was used each time I use the gradient.

5. Now I inverted selection and applied the drop shadow.
Drop Shadow
Black This should put the shadow in the top left corner if I have the numbers right
H = -1
V = -1
Opacity = 100
Blur = 3

6 Drop shadow again using white and this should put the color in the bottom right had corner.
V = 1
H = 1
Opacity = 100
Blur = 1

7 Deselect

8 Select all

9 Drop shadow Black This should put the shadow in the bottom right corner
V = 1
H = 1
Opacity = 100
Blur = 3

10 Drop shadow white This should put the shadow in the Top left corner
V = -1
H = -1
Opacity = 100
Blur = 1

11 Do not deselect

12 Add borders - white 20 all around

13 Invert selection and fill with your dark color and then select pattern and fill with your framed pattern with these selections
Angle 45
Scale 45

14 Go to adjust/guasian blur and enter 5 then accept

15 Go to filters unlimited select psychosis or select the filter psychosis with these options
select color streaker
H=17
V=20

16 Drop shadow black This should put the shadow in the upper left corner
V= -1
H= -1
Opacity 100
Blur 3

17 Drop shadow white again This should put the color in the bottom right corner
V = 1
H = 1
Opacity 100
Blur 1

17 deselect

18 same as 1 above

19 same as 2 above

20 same as 3 above

21 same as 4 above

22 same as 5 above

23 same as 6 above

24 same as 7 above

25 same as 8 above

26 same as 9 above

27 same as 10 above

28 same as 11 above

29 same as 12 above

30 add layer

31 invert selection

32 fill with dark color

33 decrease layer opacity to 48

34 Merge layers

35 Filters unlimited VM texture or VM texture with these settings
Stardust
Amt 41
Red 231
Green 213
Blue 187
Sharpness 141
# of spikes 150
Random 122
36 Deselect

37 Add borders 5 px and select with the magic wand

38 Fill with gradient

39. Inner bevel option 2
Width 8
Smoothness 16
Depth 6
Ambience 5
Shininess 5
Angle 315
Intensity 44
Elevation 35
Color white

40 Invert selection
Drop shadow Black This should put the shadow in the upper left corner
V = -1
H = -1
Opacity 100
Blur 3

41 Drop shadow White This should put the shadow in the lower right corner.
V = 1
H = 1
Opacity 100
Blur 1
Deselect

You are now finished with the frame so add a layer and then your water mark then merge layers and save as a jpg.

**Hugs**
Safiyyah