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Spiky Halo Frame
This tutorial was written using PSP7, but can probably be done in earlier versions with a few adjustments.
** Remember to save your work often! **
1. Open the image you wish to frame. I am using an image called "Granny's Attic" by Paula Vaughn. I'm very proud to say that Ms. Vaughn has given me permission to use her works in my tutorials. To see more of her beautiful work, visit her website HERE. Open the gold fill.
2. Choose a dark color from your image and make this your background color. Set your foreground to texture  and select the gold fill (scale 100 - angle 0).
3. Go to Image - Add - Borders. Make sure Symmetric is checked and 5 is in all of the boxes. Click OK.
4. Using your magic wand  , Tolerence and Feather set to 0 and Sample Merged UNchecked, click on the new border. Flood fill  the border with the gold.
5. Go to Selections - Invert. Go to Effects - 3D Effects - Cutout and use these settings:
Color Black
Opacity 65
Blur 20
Vertical and Horizontal 2.
6. Repeat the Cutout but change the Vertical and Horizontal to -2. Selections - Select None.
7. Go to Effects - Plug-in Filters - NVR BorderMania - Frame 2 and use these settings:
Border Width 5
Frame Width 5
Highlight Intensity 110
Shadow Intensity 180
Notch Corners checked
8. Go to Selections - Select All. Then Selections - Modify - Contract by 1. Then Image - Crop to Selection.
9. Add another border using the same settings as before. Select and fill with the gold. Selections - Select None. Repeat the NVR BorderMania. Here is what you should have so far:
10. Add another border of 15px and select with the Magic Wand. Go to Effects - Geometric Effects - Spiky Halo. These are the settings I used:
Horizontal Offset 5
Vertical Offset 5
Radius 1
Amplitude 50
Frequency 50
11. Go to Effects - 3D Effects - Inner Bevel and use these settings:
12. Add another border of 5px. Select with the Magic Wand and fill with the gold. Apply NVR BorderMania using the same settings as before. Selections - Select None.
13. Resize and sharpen if necessary. Here is our finished image.
Here is the same image using a solid color instead of the gold fill.
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