Here goes!
I leave a lot up to you so you
have freedom to create because the end result is YOURS
and besides, you may have
an easier way of doing things. I prefer it if you go your own way!
Remember to SAVE often.
Open the Image you want to use
duplicate and close original - keep the duplicate in your workspace.
Open a new Image 400 x 400
Pixels transparent
Layer 1
Choose your colour for the back
ground and flood fill
(It is the pale green textured
layer in my graphic.)
Apply a texture of your choice to
this layer
Layer 2
Go to your image and using your
selection tool on rectangle
select the area of your picture
that you want as the central point of your frame
COPY and paste onto your new
image as a new layer, it will automatically center itself.
Apply a soft drop shadow.
Layer 3
Add a new layer Flood fill with
your next choice of colour (mine was the off-white colour)
Contract by about 20 and delete
leaving a wide border,
go to image resize and change to
95% all layers Unchecked.
This will make the wide border
you see in mine - then apply the same drop shadow.
Layer 4,5,6,etc;
(Overflow layers)
This is the fun part - using
your selection tool on freehand and set feather on about 15
- you can play with the
settings to suit your self -
Go back to your duplicate of the
original graphic that you kept in your workspace.
Draw around an area on your
original graphic that you would like to overflow
Copy and paste as a new layer
- and then use your mover tool to position to match it's place on the
central image
repeat the above Two or Three
times on different areas. No drop shadow here.
Top Layer
Add a new layer and flood fill
with your choice of colour as you did above.
Contract by 3 and delete leaving
the narrow outside edge you see in mine.
Apply the same drop shadow you
used before.
Add your name or watermark and
you are done!!
Hope this was fun for you.
Until next time...enjoy
creating.
©PCArt
