Button Frame
Created January 24, 2002 © Copyright Moon's Designs
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There is nothing more exciting
than sitting at the computer and playing with PSP and coming
up with a new design just by accident! That is exactly how
this button frame came about. It's a very simple tutorial
and there is so much you can do with your button. Let your
imagination soar!
Once again we will be using
the Silver Filter from Flaming Pear. This is part of the Designer
Sextet set and in my opinion is one of the better investments
I have made.
This tutorial is written in and for PSP
Version 7.04 and assumes you have a working knowledge of PSP
and filters 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
Flaming Pear's Designer Sextet Series ~~ You can get the trial
download HERE
My Silver Preset ~~ You can get it HERE
**unzip into your Silver Presets folder in your Sextet Folder
Step 1:
Open a new image 300x300, 16 million colors, transparent background.
Set your foreground color to white and your background color
to Null.
Step 2:
Activate your preset shapes,
,
using the Octagon Shape, line width set at 15; retain style
and create as vector UNchecked.
Step 3:
Draw out an octagonal shape covering most of your screen.
Pick up your magic wand (tolerance and feather set to 0) and
select the border you just made. Go to Effects-->Plugins-->Flaming
Pear-->Silver and apply the md-buttonframe preset. To get
to the md-buttonframe preset that I made, click on the red
arrow 
and
navigate to your Silver Presets Folder and open the md-buttonframe
preset.
Press OK. Deselect and save.
If you would like, you can
change the color of your preset by clicking on color2 (and/or
color1) and choose the color you like. It will keep the other
settings the same, just change the color.
Step 4:
Pick up your magic wand and click on the center, transparent
area inside your octagon. Go to selections-->modify-->expand
and enter 3. Flood fill with white. Go to effects-->plugins-->flaming
pear-->silver and apply your silver preset.
You now have your button
frame! You can add a new layer and apply the tube of your
choice and/or text. You can add a background and border and
save as a .jpg or you can save it as a .gif.
Here is another that I did.
I changed the color in the preset and added some text.
I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial as
much as I did creating it.
Many thanks to my tutorial testers, Terri,
Randie, Elkay, Beckie and Sue. Without these gals I wouldn't
be where I am today.
If you have any problems, comments or questions
please do not hesitate to E-mail
me.
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