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How to for Frame from "If at first..."
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akida29 says:
Because JenKev asked :)
open a new image in the size you want the frame. Choose "select all" and contract the selection by 12, then invert selection. Flood fill with your choice of color, then deselect. Using the magic wand, click in the center of the image, and contract selection by about 48, then invert selection. Deselect the flood filled band of color (press and hold CTRL and click anywhere on color band). Flood fill the remaining area with chosen color. Promote selection to layer (command found under "Selections"), then deselect. switch back to the first layer, and use the magic wand to click in the center of the canvas, contract by 12, and invert selection. Deselect the two existing bands of color using the CTRL key, and flood fill remaining selection with color of choice. Deselect. Switch back to the promoted layer with the band of color. Use the magic wand to click in the
band of color, so that it is selected. Switch back to the first layer and delete (CTRL + X)the area that is selected. Switch back to layer 2 and add the weave texture (found under "Effects") or any other texture you like. Set the opacity slider in the layer palette to 40. Merge layers (visible, not flatten) and you have your frame :). If you want to save it to use in the future, save is as PSP image, NOT Jpg, as Jpg will add a white background, even behind the "mesh" part of the frame. Hope this makes sense!! Let me know :)
Apr 23, 2007
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Doormouse says:
This makes sense! - I have had a go and am very pleased with the results! (you can also save as a .png as this will retain the existing transparency)
I shall have to use them in a LO soon!
Apr 18, 2007
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akida29 says:
I'm glad it worked!! I've never worked in .png before, other than images I downloaded for scrapbooking, which I then loaded from alpha and saved as PSP images, LOL. I'll have to explore them at some point :))
Apr 18, 2007
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jenkev4 says:
Thanks you so much, i figured it out what i was doing wrong!!
I posted a scrapbook of my finished border, called my shining star!
thanks again!
~Jen
Apr 18, 2007
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Penabby says:
how clever, will this work on psp 7?
If so Ill give it a try,
Thanks akida x
Apr 23, 2007
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akida29 says:
It definitely should! The only difference may be the textures available.
Apr 23, 2007
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