Music Frame

No copyright infringement intended as this tutorial is for learning purposes only.

This tutorial was done in PSP Version 9 but can be done in most versions.

A big thank you to all creators of these supplies for allowing us to use them in our tutorials. Please do not change file names, claim as your own, or add to any collection to sell for profit. Thank You.

Supplies

Filters: Filters Unlimited 2 - Alfs Power Toys - Split Distortion
Graphics Plus - Cross Shadow
Eye Candy 4000 - Shadow Lab
Adjust - Variations
MaRu's Seamless - Emboss At Alpha
5 tubes - 1 mask

If you do NOT have the 20/20 mask place the mask in your mask folder

Open all the materials except the mask in PSP & Minimize

Set Up the Material Pallet

Foreground color dark #d4aeb3
Background color light #c7c7cf

Set foreground to foreground/background gradient - Linear – angle 142 repeats 3 H/V 50 Invert Checked

File - New - 500 x 350 Transparent.

Flood Fill with gradient

Selections - Select All - Modify Contract 20

Active the paysage26 tube - Edit - Copy Paste INTO selection of the working image

Effects - Plugins - Filters Unlimited 2 - Alfa Power Toys
Split Distortion set at 32

Effects - 3D Effects - Inner Bevel
15 26 5 0 2 346 30 50 Color White

Selections - Modify Contract 20
Effects - 3D Effects - Inner Bevel same settings as before

Selections - Modify Contract 25
Right Click on Layer Pallet - Promote Selection to Layer
Activate paysage26 tube - Copy Paste INTO selection
Right Click on Layer Pallet - Promote Selection to Layer
Effects - 3D Effects - Cutout
0 0 100 8 Color Black

Select None

Activate the Middle Layer
Effects - Plugins - Graphics Plus Cross Shadow
First 6 Settings at 50 Intesity 49 Brightness 128

Still on Middle Layer - Activate Marif 2006 tube
Edit - Copy & Paste onto your working Image as New Layer
With Mover Tool - Move the tube to the bottom left
See completed tag for placement
Set this Layer on the Layer Pallet - Opacity Normal - Blend Mode Luminance L

If satisfied with placement, Right Click On Layer Pallet - Merge Visible

Image - Add Borders 1 pixel Dark
Image - Add Borders 1 pixel Light
Image - Add Borders 1 pixel Dark

Image - Add Borders 25 - any color not in your graphic
On the Material Pallet - UNCHECK INVERT on the Gradient
With Magic Wand Select the Border - Flood Fill with Gradient
Effects - Plugins - Filters Unlimited 2 - Alfa Power Toys
Split Distortion set at 8

Select None

With the Magic Wand Set at Replace - RGV Value - Tolerance 6 - Feather 0

Select the top & bottom bars

Selections Invert - Image - Crop to Selection

Right Click on Background Layer in Layer Pallet - Duplicate

Effects - Reflection Effects - Feedback
Settings 100 100 0 0
Image resize - Bicubic - All Layers UNCHECKED 60%
Set the Opacity of this Layer to 22

Activate the SS_648 tube - Image Resize 45% Bicubic
Edit - Copy Paste as New Layer on working image
With the Mover Tool move to the center of the image
See completed tag for placement

Still working on this tube layer - Layers - Load Save Mask from Disk
Scroll until you find the a202020 mask - Load

Right Click on Layer Pallet - Merge Group
On the Layer Pallet - Set the Opacity at 52 Blend Mode Luminance L

Activate the 1715dw tube- Imge - Resize 83% Bicubic
Edit - Copy Paste as New Layer on working image
With the Mover Tool - Place Bottom Left - See completed example for placement.
Effects - Plugins - Eye Candy 3.01 Perspective Shadow
50 39 41 49 46 Shadow Color Black

Effects - Plugins -Adjust - Variations - Click on More Magenta Once

Activate the btmusictxt tube. Edit - Copy Paste on working image.
Place it where it looks best to you. On Layer Pallet - Set Opacity at 44.

Effects - Plugins - MaRu's Seamless - Emboss At Alpha
128 128 128 64 255 128

Repeat Emboss At Alpha Once
Set the Layer Pallet Opacity at 60 - Blend Mode Normal

Image - Add Borders NOT Symmetric

dark color - 1 left & 1 right
light colors - 1 left & 1 right
dark colors - 1 left & 1 right

Image - Resize All Layers Checked - Bicubic - by 90% increments until the image is the correct size to use in your project - Save in the folder of your choice.

Please remember that tutorials are only guides so experiment & have fun.

Keep Smiling & Stay Creative

brandy