Oval Gold Blast

Artwork by Beverly Lu
You need:
PSP Versie 7.04
Dsb Flux
Click right on the gold and save to your harddrive. Or use one of your own.
Image of your choice
The image need to be taller then width for this ovaal-ca.sel.
1. Duplicate the image and close the original. Resize to 250 width by 350 height. Effects / Sharpen / Sharpen.
2. Open the oval2-ca.sel on the image.
3. Edit / Copy-- Edit / Past as a new image. Close the copy of the image, we will be working on this oval image.
4. Image / Canvas size 500 width by 500 height.
5. Duplicate the image layer in your layer palette and resize this layer with 80%. Effects / Sharpen / Sharpen. Call this layer Mainimage. Close this layer by clicking on the glasses and click on layer 1 call this layer back2. Keep this layer active we willwork on this one first.
6. Effects / Plugins / DSB Flux -- Blast left 25%.
Effects / Plugins / DSB Flux -- Blast right 25%.
Effects / Plugins / DSB Flux -- Blast upwards 25%.
Effects / Plugins / DSB Flux -- Blast downwards 25%.
7. Make your main image layer active.
8. Selections / Select All. Selections / Float. Selections / Defloat. Selections / Modify / Expand with 50. Selections / Invert. Make the back2 active and push 1X on the delete key. Select None.
9. Make Main layer active. Selections / Select All. Selections / Float. Selections / Defloat. Selections / Modify / Expand with 15.
10. Layer new Raster layer and call it Ring2. Floodfill with the gold. Effects / Noise 10%.
11. Selections / Modify / Contract with 5 and push 1X on the delete key. Select None.
12. Make the main layer active. Selections / Select All. Selections / Float. Selections / Defloat. Selections / Modify / Expand with 55.
13. Layer new Raster layer and call it Topring. Layer / Arrange / on top.
Floodfill the selection with the gold. Effects / Noise 10%.
14. Selections / Modify / Contract with 7 and push 1X on the delete key.
Selections / Modify / Expand with 2.
15. Layer new Raster layer and call it Back. Layer / Arrange / To the back and floodfill with an color from the image.
16. Make the mainimage layer active. Effects / 3D Effects / Dropshadow with these settings: Vertikal 2, Horizontal 4, Opacity 75 and Blur on 10 color black. Repeat the Dropshadow but now with Vertikal on -2 and Horizontal on -4.
17. Make Ring2 layer active.
Effects / 3D Effects / Dropshadow with these settings: Vertikal 2, Horizontal 4, Opacity 75 and Blur on 10 color black. Repeat the Dropshadow but now with Vertikal on -2 and Horizontal on -4.
18. Make the Topring layer active. Click with the magic wand ( tolerance = 0 Feather = 0) inside the ring.
Selections / Modify / Expand with 2.
19. Layer new Raster layer and call it Cutout. Layer / Arrange / 1 down.
Effects / 3D Effects / Cutout with these settings: Vertikal and Horizontal on 0, Opacity on 100 and Blur on 15. Select None
20. Layers / Merge / Merge visible.
Edit / Copy. Edit / Past as new image.
Image resize with 80% All layer is checked.
Effects / Sharpen / Sharpen.
Decorate with a corner or tube of your own choice.
Save the frame as gif that way you can use it on any background.
Hope you had fun with this frame.
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