by BeetleCraft

This tutorial is written for Paint Shop Pro 8.

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Any image should work.
Plugins needed:
Simple
Plaid Lite

 

1.  Open Image and resize to no larger than 300 in height.
Shift/D twice - close out original image.  Minimize extra copy.
2.  Select a light color and a dark color from your image.
3.  Image/Add Borders - 3 Symmetric using dark colour from image
4.  Image/Add Borders - 6 Symmetric using light colour from image
5.  Selections/Select All - Selections/Contract by 6.
6.  Selections/Invert
7.  Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel using the following settings. 
Note: The colour you use for the inner bevel should be the same as the light colour you picked.

8.  Selections/Select None
9.  Image/Add Borders - 3 Symmetric using dark colour from image<
10.  Image/Add Borders - 15 Symmetric using light color from image
11.  Selections/Select All
12.  Selections/Modify/Contract by 15.  Selections/Invert
13.  Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Cutout using the following settings:

14.  Selections/Select None
15.  Image/Add Borders - 3 Symmetric using dark colour
16.  Image/Add Borders - 6 Symmetric using light colour from image
17.  Selections/Select All - Selections/Contract by 6
18.  Selections/Invert
19.  Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel using the same settings as in # 7 above.
20.  Selections/Select None
21.  Image/Add Borders - 3 Symmetric using dark colour
22.  Image/Add Borders - 30 Symmetric using light colour
23.  Selections/Select All - Selections/Modify/Contract by 30.  Selections/Invert
24.  Effects/Plugins/namesuppressed/Plaid Lite or it might be Effects/Plugins/Plaid Lite.  Use the following settings:

25.  Selections/Select None
26.  Image/Add Borders - 3 Symmetric using dark colour.
27. Image/Add Borders - 6 Symmetric using light colour.
28.  Selections/Select All - Selections/Modify/contract 6 - Selections/Invert
29.  Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel using the same settings as in # 7 above.  Selections/Select None.
30.  Image/Add borders - 3 - symmetric checked - dark colour
31.  Selections/Select All
32.  Selections/Modify/Contract by 12
33.  Selections/Invert
34.  Selections/Load/Save Selection/Save Selection to Alpha Channel.
35.  Image/Free Rotate - right checked and rotate by 90 degrees.
Make sure All Layers and Rotate Image Layer options are unchecked.
36.  Selections/Select None
37.  Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection from Alpha Channel loading the selection you saved.
38.  Image/Free Rotate -  Direction right checked and rotate by 45 degrees.
Make sure All Layers and Rotate Image Layer options are unchecked.
39.  Selections/Select None
40.  Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection from Alpha Channel loading the selection you saved.
41.  Image/Free Rotate -  Direction left checked and rotate by 45 degrees.
Make sure All Layers and Rotate Image Layer options are unchecked.
42.  Selections/Select None.
43.  Add watermark and save as .jpg
Option:  If image is too large after you finish the frame, resize by 75%.  Sharpen if neccessary.

 

1.  Selection Tool/Rectangle and select from the top left corner over to
right till you reach about halfway through the plaid part. See example below.

2.  Edit/Copy -Selections/Select None - Edit/Paste/Paste As New Image.
3.  Image/Canvas Size - double the width but keep the same height..
make sure you hit the arrow toggle pointing to the left.  See example below.

4.  Layers/Duplicate
5.  Image/Mirror
6.  Layers/Merge/Merge all flatten
7.  Save as .jpg - Set aside.

 

1.  Maximize the other copy of the image you had minimized at the beginning.
2.  Effects/Image Effects/Seamless Tiling using the following settings:

3.  Effects/Plugins/namesuppressed/Plaid Lite or it might be Effects/Plugins/Plaid Lite.
Use the same settings you used in #24 of the frame.
4.  Effects/Plugins/Simple/4 Way Average.
5.  Effects/Plugins/Simple/Centre Tile.
6.  Effects/Image Effects/Seamless Tiling using the same settings as #2:
7.  Save as .jpg

 

Put together in Incredimail's Letter Creator or any other stationary program you use.

 

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