MAKING My Favorite FRAME using

 FILTER FACTORY A - KALIDESCOPE II FILTER

 

 

Start with an image, between 250px and 300px in width.  We will be adding borders to it, and anything larger than that would probably be too large for you to use in your stationery.......

 

 

Prepare your image as you would normally do, embossing, etc. 

and then using select all,  apply an inner bevel  to your image. 

These are the settings that I used for mine.....

 

 

After applying the inner bevel, add a 5px border in

whatever color you would like to use......

 

 

To that border, you want to use your selection wand to

select it and apply texture to it.   This texture will repeat throughout

the border and will make it more interesting. 

These are the settings i used ......

 

 

Now you have this,

 

 

Add a 20px border to all sides ........

 

 

You are ready for your first Kalidescope II effect. 

Select the border with your selection wand and click on

Images/ Filter Factory Gallery A/Kalidescope II.  I normally

start by putting up the top and sides.  Remember that you will

only see the outer edges of this shape on your image. 

Here are the settings that i used for this first part.

 

 

Now you can see how you only get part of the shape in your actual border.

 

 

At this point, I would add a 10px border onto the image.....

 

 

Now, using your selections wand again, you will want to choose

 another shape.  This time I have chosen a shape that will add to the

top and sides of the border.  Here are the settings that i used for it.....

 

 

Now I have the top, bottom  and part of the sides done, but i need a midpoint  and i would like more trim on the top and for the sides....

 

 

There is no need to add another border here unless you want to. 

 I did not add any more border at this point, I selected the border again and applied the filter factory A/kalidescope filter again using this setting, and added more trim to the top and sides.......

 

 

This is what I have so far.....still need a midpoint for the center on each of the sides.  To accomplish that, I once again selected the border.....

 

 

and selected the kalidescope II filter with these settings for the

center point on both of the sides.....

 

 

And this is what i got.....now all i need is to finish it off with an outer border, or stop here and export it as a gif for only the border shape.

 

 

What I like to do is add another color for a border........5-10px in size.

 

 

 

Select the new border and apply first a kalidescope from your main PSP.  Images/Kalidescope.  I used the following settings for mine.....

 

 

 

This is what i got,  then

 

 

 i applied the inner bevel setting below to it..... 

 

 

This is my finished frame....All I need to do now is put my name on it, merge the layers once i have named it.....

 

 

And export it as a transparent gif using the first border color

and 0 for the tolerance.....

 

 

I hope that you were able to follow my instructions.  Once you have done this a few times, it will not seem as difficult.  Remember that you can pick and choose whatever shape you want and that the outer edges are what will appear on your border, not the whole shape.  Experiment......if you don't like what you get with a setting, click on edit/undo and try it again till you get what you want.  Can't wait to see what you come up with.  I am enclosing the addy for downloading the Filter Factory A Filter so that you can try it right away......Enjoy !

 

"http://showcase.netins.net/web/wolf359/plugins.htm"

 

If you have any problems or questions, email me at

 

karebear56@windstream.net

 

and I will be glad to help if i can.

 

Hugs,

 

Karen

 

Copyright İFebruary, 2002 - All Rights Reserved.