Santa's Time Out

You will need

A Santa image

Filter Factory A

My zip file HERE

Both fills should be placed in the folder where you keep your patterns
Please do not change file names

1: Open your image in PSP. Shift D to duplicate. Close out the original.

2: Image add borders 3, white. Select with the magic wand and fill with gold.

Selections invert.

3: Effects 3D effects, Buttonize with the following settings. height and width both at 20. Opacity 70, transparent selected the colour is black.

Select none.

4: Image add borders 12. Select and fill with a bright red. Leave selected.

5: Adjust add/remove noise, add noise Gaussian, 25 monochrome is checked.

6: Effects, plugins Filter Factory A Pool Shadow. Play with the bottom 2 setting until you are happy with the result.

Select none.

7: Repeat step 2, but select none after adding the gold fill.

8: Image add borders 22. Select and flood with the dmsredtartan2 fill in the zip.

Leave selected.

9: Effects 3D effects inner bevel with the following settings. The colour should be the red used in 4.

Select none.

10: Repeat step 2, but select none after adding the gold fill.

11: Image add borders 33. Select and flood with the dmsgreenredtartan2 fill.

Leave selected.

12: Add the same inner bevel as in 9, but change the fill colour to #c0c0c0.

Select none.

13: Repeat step  2, but select none after adding the gold fill.

14: Add corners of your choice and you are all done.

This tutorial was written by Diane M. Stanley on October 15, 2005. Any similarity to any other tutorial is purely coincidental.

This tutorial must not be passed through e-mail, groups or by any other method without written permission from myself.

Thank you to Rob for testing this tutorial.

© D.M.S Creations 2005