| | PI Version: X3
Level: Intermediate
Featured tools: Selection Tool, Transform Tool
Additional filters: FM Tile Tools, Bordermania and
Filter Factory A+E
Additional files: Picture. I used one of my private photos, I'm sure you'll find a nice one inside your collection too. (Width: 260 Pixels and Height: 350 Pixels.)
Additional material: here
Tutorial: Copyright © Said Elassal | |
| DESCRIPTION: This tutorial shows you how you can make outstanding frames to decorate your photos or pictures ... by using PI and different filters. |
For this tutorial, as for all of them, we are going to make a lot of similar frames/borders, with the same color/fill/pattern - using the same steps over again -, so next time I'm only referring to 1 Black or 2 Color (=Foreground color) or 5 Gold (=GoldPatternFill). Just repeat the steps I'm explaining for the first frame/border. (Always expand sides equally, and with the pixels mentioned in front of the color.)
To make it more easy to select a border, right click/All, right click/Border and set the Pixels of the border for the Border width, Direction: Inward, Shape: Box. You can always use the Magic Wand Tool, but this way it's more easy if you use similar colors for the background and the border. (On the assumption that all sides have been expanded equally!)
|  | Open the picture and choose a Foreground color (white arrow). I used 138/46/49.
Go to Adjust/Expand Canvas/Expand sides equally 1 pixel, Expand: Black.
Select the border, right click/Convert to Object, right click/Shadow and use the 5. one with these settings: 16/99/7.
Merge All.
3 Color (138/46/49) + 1 Black.
Expand: 1 White. Select the border, go to Edit/Fill/Image (red arrow) and find (1) the file with the name GoldPatternFill. Check the box for Tile the image (2).
Deselect the border.
1 Black + 3 Color + 1 Black + 1 Gold. |
|  | Expand: 15 Color. Select the border and go to Effect/Fills and Textures/Texture Filter/Embossed. To choose/add a Texture Image click the icon (red arrow). Now you can choose a texture, or add a texture as you wish.
For this example here, I used one with the name tut_frame_017_texture-weave.psd, which was included in the zip file. Use these settings (1):
75/20/50/0 + Direction: 45.
Leave the border activated.
Go to Effect/FM Tile Tool/Blend Emboss with the default settings. Keep the border still activated. |
|  | Go to Effect/Bordermania/Frame #2 and use the settings, shown on the screenshot: 15/15/67/55 + Notch Corners.
Merge All.
1 Gold + 1 Black + 3 Color + 1 Black + 1 Gold + 1 Black.
Expand: 5 Color and select the border, go to Effect/ Noise/Add Noise/Options: Uniform and Variance: 10.
Keep the border activated.
Effect/Bordermania/Frame #2 and use these settings:
5/5/110/130 + Notch Corners. Deselect.
1 Gold |
|  | Expand: 20 Color, select the border and go to Effect/ Filter Factory Gallery E/Transparent Pizza:
Number of Slices: 128.
Merge All.
Use the Magic Wand Tool (white hand)/Mode: + (red arrow) and select the black parts (as seen on the screen- shot) from our last border.
Go to Edit/Fill/Image and use the same GoldPatternFill as before.
Selection/None. |
| |  | Right click/All, right click/Border: Border width: 20 (white hand), Direction: Inward (red arrow), Shape: Box. Go to Effect/Bordermania/Frame #2:
20/20/50/41 + Notch Corners.
Deselect.
1 Gold + 1 Black.
Expand: 7 Color, select the border and go to Effect/Filter Factory Gallery A/Pool Shadow: 151/208/118/146/79/192/53/147.
Keep the border selected, go to Effect/Bordermania/ Frame #2: 7/7/110/130 + Notch Corners.
Deselect.
1 Gold + 1 Black + 1 Gold. |
| |  | Expand: 30 Color and select the border.
Effect/Fills and Textures/Texture Filter/Embossed.
For this border I used a texture image named, tut_frame_017_texture-strt21.psd, which was also included in the zip file. Use these settings (1): 65/27/22/32 and Direction: 45.
Leave the border activated, and go to Effect/Bordermania /Frame #2: 30/30/52/38 + Notch Corners.
Deselect.
1 Gold + 1 Black + 1 Gold.
Merge All. | | | That's it! A beautiful and special frame for any kind of photo or artwork ... done with PI and different filters. HAVE FUN!!!
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If you need any help with this tutorial - or want to make suggestions to improve it -
please email me! | |
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