Silver Frame
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1.Open a New Document size
320 X 370 px, and fill with color R=255, G=252, B=245 (#FFFCF5) (Alt+Backspace). Add New Layer,
select Gradient Tool>Option>Linear, and make a line>angle 45
degrees with Silver Gradient (or you can download the
gradient that I used here
and change the Input Levels> 0, 1.35, 255
to get nice light blue color). Go to Filter>Noise>Add Noise>Amount 2.5%,
Gaussian, Monochromatic> checked.
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2. To make a selection use
Rectangular Marquee Tool and choose Fixed Size> width 266 px and height
320px, and press Delete. Ctrl+click on the layer to make a selection, and go to
Edit>Stroke>center, 1px with the black.
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3.Make a new selection using
Rectangular Marquee Tool and choose Fixed Size: width 286px and height
340px and Stroke, the same settings as in step 2. To add drop shadow go
to Layer> Layers Style and change the settings to:
Multiply 60% Global Light: unchecked Angle 120 Distance 5px, Spread 1% Size 16px.
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4.Click Channel Palette, and
create New Channel, named it, I named mine 'Decoration'. Open the
Mask, this is the Mask that I made (you can download the Mask
here,
or
you can make your own. If you do, make sure that the Mask is same
size as your image), Select>All (Ctrl+A) copy and paste to New
Channel. Select Mask (Ctrl +click) and go back to Layers Palette.
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5.First create Silver Pattern. Open
a new document size 100x100px, Edit>Fill with 50% Gray (
#808080) and choose
Filter>Noise>Add Noise>Amount 66%, Gaussian, Monochromatic>checked.
Select all (Ctrl+A) and go to Edit>Define Pattern, named it Silver
and Save. You can see below how mine looks.
Add a New Layer and fill selection with the Silver pattern, that you created. Go to Transform Tool, choose Scale and resize the Mask. |
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6. To make Gold Pattern choose
color R=190,G=173, B=144 (#Bead90), Filter> Noise>Add noise 22.78%,Gaussian,
Monochromatic and Define Pattern as in step 5, see the image below:
Add a New Layer and Load selection: Channel: Decoration, Invert: unchecked. Fill this selection with Gold Pattern, and resize the Mask. Add Layer Mask. |
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7. Choose the
Airbrush and paint
with the black to hide the portions of the Gold Fill. Change Opacity
to 35%.
Merge these two Layers and apply Layer Styles> Bevel and Emboss with those settings: Inner Bevel> Smooth>Depth 21%, Direction: Up> Size 14 Angle 120 Use Global Light: checked. Go to filter: Sharpen>Sharpen.
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8.Add
New Layer, with the Line Tool>1px draw line at angle 45 degrees, opacity 35%, to make a joints. Turn visibility off for Background Layer and Merge all visible layers (Ctrl+Shift+Alt+E). Save your Frame as PSD file. Now insert image of your choice and go to Edit>Stroke>Center, 1px.
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Final Image |
And one using a different Mask |
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