Framed Border Background page 3

Framed Border Background Tutorial

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Step 22. With the angel layer still active, go to Edit/Copy. Then go to Edit/Paste/As New Layer.

Step 24. Go to Image/Mirror.

Step 25. Place your cursor over the angel and place the it anywhere you like. I placed mine here....the upper left corner.

There's no need to add a drop shadow to this image since we copied the angel we had already added the drop shadow to.

Step 26. With your angel layer still active, go to Edit/Copy, then Edit/Paste/As New Layer.

This angel layer is too large to place on the bottom center of our frame border so we need to resize it.

Step 27. Go to Edit/Resize, using the same settings. Now our angel is half the size as the other angels at the top of our frame border.

Step 28. Move your small angel to the bottom center of your frame border....like this:

Step 29. Go to Layers/Merge/Merge Visible.

Step 30. Click on the Layer Palette and add a new layer. Move this layer below the "Merged" layer.

Step 31. Make sure the new layer is active. Select the "Flood Fill" tool and flood fill this layer with any color of your choice. I chose blue from the angel image, then selected a lighter shade of that color.

Now, with the background color layer still active, let's add a texture to our background color. Of course, you can use any texture you like.

Step 32. Go to Image/Plugins/Texture/Texturizer and use these settings: