Wood Frame

For this tutorial
you will need:

A wood pattern of your choice; if you would like to use any of these, right click and save to your computer.

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Wood 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 a new transparent image 300 x 350.

Flood fill with a wood pattern.

2. Go to Selections - Select All. Then Selections - Modify - Contract by 25.

3. Hit Delete on your keyboard. Now Selections - Invert. You will now have this:

4. Go to Effects - 3D Effects - Inner Bevel. Select the Frame Preset from the drop-down list and leave the default settings.

5. Selections - Select None.

6. You can now save in psp format, export as a tube (File - Export - Picture Tube), or save as a .pfr file in your PSP frames folder (your frame will have a transparent background). To save as a Picture Frame, go to File - Save As. Give your frame a name (be sure to add the .pfr extension), browse to your PSP/Frames folder and Save.

7. You can decorate with tubes, dingbats or anything you like. Just use your imagination! Here are a few examples:

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