You will need

A graphic of your choice (A dark one works best)

Plugins

Super Blade Pro

DBS Flux

Simple Top Left Mirror

Filters Unlimited 2

My zip file HERE

Please do not change the name of the Super Blade Pro preset.

If you made this please contact me for credit.

1: Open your graphic in PSP. Shift D to duplicate and close the original.

2: Set your foreground to a medium/dark colour from your image and your background to a lighter colour.

Set your foreground to the foreground/background gradient angle 45, repeats 9 style linear. Invert is not checked.

All settings will stay the same for gradient, plugins, cutout etc unless otherwise stated.

3: Selections select all, selection's float and apply the following cutout:

Select none.

4: Image add borders 1 in your dark colour.

5: Image add borders 3 white. Select with the magic wand feather and tolerance set at zero.

Effects, plugins Super Blade Pro with the sbl-whiteopal preset.

Select none.

6: Repeat steps 4, 5 then 4 again.

7: Image add borders 20. Select with the magic wand and fill with the gradient.

Leave selected.

8: Effects, texture effects, polished stone with the following settings:

Select none.

9: Image add borders 1 dark.

10: Image add borders 3 white. Select with the magic wand.

Effects, plugins Super Blade Pro with the sbl-whiteopal preset.

Select none.

11: Repeat steps 9, 10, then 9 again.

12: Image add borders 33 white. Select with the magic wand and fill with the gradient. Leave selected.

13: Effects, plugins Filters Unlimited 2, Japanese Paper default settings. Leave selected.

14: Apply same cutout as in 3, but change the colour to black. Repeat cutout once. Select none.

NOTE: The colour for the cutout will stay black for the rest of the tutorial.

15: Repeat steps 9, 10 and 11.

15: Image add borders 40 white. Fill with the gradient. Leave selected.

16: Effects, plugins DBS Flux Mosaic Ripple with the following settings.

Repeat Mosaic Ripple 3 more times.  Leave selected.

16: Effects, plugins, Simple, Top Left Mirror. Leave selected.

17: Repeat cutout as in 14.

18: Repeat steps 9, 10 and 9 once more.

19: Add your watermark and any copyright info. Resize as required, but don't make too small or you loose the effect of the Ripple. Save as a jpg image.

This tutorial was written by Diane M. Stanley on July 22, 2009

No copyright infringement is intended as this is purely for the learning experience gained through creating this frame.

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

Thank you to Chris for testing this tutorial.

© D.M.S Creations 2009