Ys Cold Frame

Ys Cold

You need:
PSP Versie 7.04 30 day trail.
Blade Pro or Super Blade Pro HERE
Blade Pro Preset nk.sweetdreams page 5 and nk.tealsparkle page 9 HERE
Unzip the presets into your Environments and textures folder van Blade Pro.

The color i use are only examples you can pick any color you like.

1. Open your image in psp, Shift + D to make a copy, close the original. Minimize your image for now.

2. Open a new image 400 X 500 ,transaparant background.

3. Floodfill with color #D5DDE0. Select all. Selections/Modify/Contract with 35. Edit/Cut. Selections/Invert. Effects/Plugins/Blade Pro with preset nk-sweetdreams. Colors/Colorize Hue 139 and Saturation 55. Effects/3D Effects/Innerbevel with preset pillow but change the elevation to 30. Select None.

4. Click with the magic wand (Tolerance=0 Feather=0) in the transaparant part of the frame. New layer. Selections/Modify/Expand with 2. Layers /Arrange/to bottom.

5. Floodfill with color #D5DDE0. Selections/Modify/Contract with 35. Edit/Cut. Select all. Selections/Float. Selections Defloat. Effects/Plugins/Blade Pro preset nk-tealsparkle. Colors/Colorize Same settings. Select None.

6. Make top layer active. Click with the magic wand in the transparant part of the frame. New layer.
Effects/3D Effects/Cutout with settings: H&V on 2, Opacity on 79 and Blur on 8. New layer. Again the Cutout but now with H&V on -2 (minus 2). Open your layer palette and make layer 1 active. Layer/Arrange/Bring to top.

7. Click in your layer palette on the bottom layer. Click in the transparant part of the frame. New layer. Selections/Modify/Expand with 1. Floodfill with color #D5DDE0. Selections/Modify/Contract with 15. Edit /Cut.

8. Select all. Selection Float. Selection Defloat. Effects/3D Effects/Texture Effects - Blinds with settings: Width on 5, Opacity on 100, Color on #004040, Horizontal unchecked and light from left/top checked. Repeat but now with Horizontal checked. Select None.

9. Layers merge/Merge visible. Click with the magic wand in the transparant part of the frame. Selections/Modify/Expand with 2. New layer. Layers/ Arrange/ to bottom.

10. Maximize your image now. Edit/Paste into selection. New layer. Effects/3D Effects/Cutout with the same settings as in step 6. New layer and repeat the cutout but now with H&V op -2 (minus 2). Select None

11. Merge all layer flatten.

12. To decorate your frame use a cornerletter type or a brush. I have put a brush on my frame as corners and used one from Jan's designs.

Hope you had fun with this frame.