Fall Beauty

You will need

My zip file HERE

Please respect the tubers and do not change file names

1: Open the dmsfallalpha in PSP. Shift D to duplicate. Close the original

2: Set your foreground to 8a684e and your background to a98465.

Set your foreground to the foreground/background gradient. Angle 0, repeats 15 style radial invert is not checked.

3: Flood fill the canvas with the gradient.

4: Layers new raster layer.

Selections, select all.

5: Open the DaisyWeb_AutumnAfternoon. Making sure the tube layer is active click on the bar at the top. Back to the working canvas. Paste into selection.

Select none.

6: With the deform tool pull out the DaisyWeb_AutumnAfternoon to fit the canvas. To do this you will need to pull out the sides of the PSP box that is holding the canvas first.

Leave the DaisyWeb_AutumnAfternoon tube open as you will be using it again in a moment.

7: Change the blend mode on this layer to luminance legacy and the opacity to 65%.

8: Layers new raster layer.

Selections, load/save selections, load selection from alpha channel. Load the selection 1.

9: Open the dmsfallframe1. Click on the bar at the top copy. Back to working canvas. Paste into selection.

Selections, select none.

10:With the magic wand feather and tolerance set at zero select the inside of the frame.

Selections, modify expend by 2.

11: Layers new raster layer.

12: Go back to the DaisyWeb_AutumnAfternoon tube. Click on the bar at the top copy. This time you can close it off.

Back to the working canvas. Paste into selection.

Select none.

13: Layers arrange, move down.

Lower the opacity on this layer to 80%.

14: Make sure the top layer is active. This should be the frame 1 layer.

Open the Kat_0356 tube. Make sure the tube layer is active. Click on the bar at the top, copy. Back to the working canvas. Paste as a new layer.

Duplicate this layer once.

Right click on the duplicated layer. Merge, merge down.

Position as in the main graphic.

15: At this point either add your own text or you can use mine which is enclosed in the zip file.

Position where it looks good to you.

16: Image add borders 8 any colour.

17: Open the dmsfallframe2. Click on the bar at the top, copy. Back to the working canvas. Paste as a new layer.

Merge all, flatten.

18: Add your watermark and you are all done.

This tutorial was written by Diane M. Stanley on November 7, 2008.

Similarity to any other tutorial is purely coincidental. 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 2008