Unicorn

You will need

An image of your choice

Plugins

Cybia Screenworks

Funhouse

1: Open your image in PSP. Shift D to duplicate. Close the original. My image was 447X391 when I started. Your finished graphic may not be the same if you start with a different sized image.

2: Set your foreground to a darker colour from your image and your background to a lighter colour.

Next change your foreground to the foreground/background gradient with these settings. Angle 45, repeats 5, style linear invert is not checked.

Change your background to a gold pattern or gradient.

These settings will remain the same throughout the tutorial unless otherwise stated.

3: Selections select all, selections float and apply the following cutout.

The colour in the box should be a darker shade of your dark colour.

Select none

4: Image add borders 3. Select with the magic wand feather and tolerance set at zero and fill with your gold pattern or gradient.

Leave selected.

5: Effects, plugins Cybia, Screenworks, close knit. Leave the slider at zero.

Adjust, sharpness, sharpen.

Select none.

6: Image add borders 14. Select with the magic wand and fill with the gradient.

Select none.

7: Repeat steps 4 and 5.

8: Image add borders 26. Select with the magic wand and fill with the gradient.

Leave selected.

9: Effects, plugins, Funhouse, Emission Mirror with the default settings.

Leave selected.

10: Effects, edge effects enhance.

Leave selected and apply the same cutout as in 3.

Select none.

11: Repeat steps 4 and 5.

12: Image add borders 38. Select with the magic wand and fill with the gradient.

Leave selected.

13: Effects, plugins, Funhouse, Tunnel Tile with the default settings.

Leave selected and apply the same cutout as in 3.

Select none.

14: Repeat steps 4 and 5 twice so as you have a double gold border.

15: Add corners of your choice and your watermark. Save as a jpg and you are all done.

This tutorial was written by Diane M. Stanley on June 17, 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.