FUN2 3D FRAME

Created August 19, 2002 © Copyright Moon's Designs
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It's been awhile since I have written a Frame tutorial, but I have had several requests for one. This frame came about while I was playing with Filters Unlimited 2 and I knew that I had to write a tutorial for it.

This tutorial uses the Commercial Filter, Filters Unlimited 2. For a limited time (June 24 - September 23, 2002) those of you who have purchased the original Filters Unlimited can receive a FREE upgrade to Fun2. Those of you who don't have the purchased Filters Unlimited may purchase Fun2 for only $39.95, a bargain considering everything that you receive with Fun2 and the ability to keep the majority of your plugins in one place. Please note: If you have an unregistered version of Filters Unlimited you will not qualify for the free upgrade. If you would like to know more about the "Fun2" filter please view my How-To Use Fun-2 Tutorial that you can find HERE.

We will be repeating a lot of the same steps in this tutorial, however, I feel the end results will be worth it. *S*

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 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
Filters Unlimited 2 ~~ You can get it HERE
My Gold Gradient (if you don't already have it) ~~ You can get it HERE
**unzip into your Gradients Folder
A Graphic ~~ I used Running Free with Flag by Jim Warren. I chose this graphic for the upcoming one-year anniversary of 9-11. The flag that Mr. Warren has added to his Running Free graphic is wonderful! Mr. Warren has graciously given me permission to use all of his works in my tutorials. You can view his other masterpieces at his website HERE.

To use this graphic right click on the graphic and save to your hard drive.

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:
Using your eye dropper tool, , choose a light color from your graphic and left click to choose the foreground color. Choose a darker color from your graphic and right click to choose the background color. As you move your eye dropper across your graphic look to the bottom of your Color Palette and it will show the colors as you pass over them. Note where I have the arrow pointed.

Step 3:
Go to Images-->Border. Make sure symmetric is check and add a border of 4. Use your magic wand, tolerance and feather at 0, select your border to get the marching ants around it. **Each time you add a border, use your Magic Wand to select it. **

Step 4:
Go to Effects-->Plugins--><I.C.NET Software>-->Filters Unlimited 2. (In the future, I will tell you to go to your Fun2 filter). Go to Gradients on the left list and Intensity mapped to gradient on the right list.

 

At the bottom of your screen you will see the gradient bar. Click that on and choose the gradient you would like to use. I used Gradient #6. Click Select for the gradient. Use the default settings and click Apply.

Deselect (Ctrl+D or Selections-->Select None) and Save.

Step 5:
Toggle your foreground and background colors so that the light color is the background. You can do this by clicking on the arrows at the top of your Color Palette, see the arrow in the screenshot below.

Go to Images-->Border and add a symmetrical border of 10.

Step 6:
Toggle your colors so the dark color is the background. Add a symmetrical border of 4. Using your magic wand, select your border. Go to your Fun2 Filter, Choose your Gradient and click OK. Keep Selected.

Go to Selections-->Invert. Effects-->3D-->Cutout and apply the following settings:

(Offsets=3; Opacity=50; Blur=20; Shadow Color=Black; Fill Interior UNchecked)

Reapply your Cutout, but this time change your Vertical and Horizontal Offsets to Minus 3. Deselect and Save.

Step 7:
Still having the dark color for your background color, add a symmetrical border of 15. Select your border, go to your Fun2 Filter. Chose the Noise Filter on your left side and Pure noise(fore-/background) on the right side. Move the slider for the noise to 135 and click Apply. Deselect and Save. This is what your graphic should look similar to now.

Step 8:
Add a symmetrical border of 4. Select your border and apply your Fun2 Gradient filter as we have done in the previous steps. Keep selected. Go to Selections-->Invert. Effects-->3D-->Cutout and apply the same cutout twice, first with the plus 3 in the offsets and then again with the minus 3 in the offsets. Deselect and Save.

Step 9:
Add a symmetrical border of 20. Select your border, bring up your Fun2 filter. On the left side select the Tile/Mirror Option and on the right side select the Radial Tile option. Use the default settings and click Apply.

Step 10:
Add a symmetrical border of 4. Select your border and bring up your Fun2 Filter. This is where we will be doing something a little different *winks*. Choose your Gradient as we did in previous steps, BUT hold down the Alt key on your keyboard at the same time as clicking Apply. This will apply your gradient, but it will still keep your Fun2 Filter active. Click on the Tile/Mirror option on the left side and the Radial Tile on the right side. Click Apply, without holding down the Alt key.

Keep selected. Go to Selections-->Invert. Effects-->3D-->Cutout and apply the same cutout twice, first with the plus 3 in the offsets and then again with the minus 3 in the offsets. Deselect and Save.

Step 11:
We really are getting close to being done adding all of these borders LOL. Add a symmetrical border of 20. Select your border, bring up your Fun2 filter. On the left side select the Tile/Mirror Option and on the right side select the Radial Tile option. Change the Zoom Setting to 156 and click Apply. Deselect and Save.

Step 12:
Toggle your colors so that the light color is your background color. Add one last symmetrical border of 4. Bring up your Fun2 Filter, apply the Gradient filter holding down the ALT key and apply the Radial Tile (in Tiles/Mirror) with the default settings. Keep selected. Go to Selections-->Invert. Effects-->3D-->Cutout and apply the same cutout twice, first with the plus 3 in the offsets and then again with the minus 3 in the offsets. Deselect and Save. Here is what my frame looks like now.

Step 13:
This frame is pretty as it stands, but I wanted to give it a 3D effect. Change your foreground color styles to Gradient. Choose your MD-Gold gradient, (top) Linear style selected, angle set to 90. **NOTE: If you are using a different color gradient in Fun2 than the gold, you will want to choose a gradient that will match your borders prior to drawing your lines.

Go to Layers-->Add A New Raster Layer. Open your Draw Tool, , set at single line; width=4; antialias checked, create as vector and close path UNchecked.

Starting at the upper left corner of your frame, hold down the shift key and draw a straight line to the first border you come to.

Step 14:
Go to Effects-->3D-->Drop Shadow and apply the following settings:

(Offsets=1; Opacity=100; Blur=8.2)

Go to Layers-->Duplicate. Go to Images-->Mirror. Your duplicated line should be in the upper right corner now. Go to Layers-->Duplicate. Go to Images-->Flip. Go to Layers-->Duplicate. Go to Images-->Mirror. You should have a line around all 4 corners.

Step 15:
We are going to do the same thing between the two gold borders around your Noise Border. Add a new layer. With your draw tool, draw a straight line between those two borders, as shown below. Add a drop shadow, but change the Opacity to 95 and the blur to 2.1.

Do the duplicating/mirror and duplicating/flip as you did in the above step.

Step 16:
We're done!!! Go to Layers-->Merge-->All Flatten. If you will be using your creation to send in to a group, please resize your image to meet group standards. To resize, go to Images-->Resize. Click on the pixel size and enter the number you want to resize it to on the longest side. Make sure that all layers is check and maintain aspect ratio is checked.

Whenever you resize an image, it tends to blur it up a bit. Go to Effects-->Sharpen-->Unsharp Mask and apply the following settings:

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

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial as much as I did creating it for you. Below is another one that I did with another graphic.

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

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