Dimensional Side Border

 

Dimensional Side Border
 
What Is needed:
Tube of Choice
No Outside Filters
 
Pick a light color from your tube and set it to foreground color
Pick a dark color from your tube and set it to background color
 
Open a new transparant image 200 x 200  pixels
 *Floodfill  with your Dark or Light color *
(Note:If you use the light color first then you must reverse the color options below
There is an asterik by  the colors directions to refer to this note)
 
Layers - New Raster Layer
Selections - Select All
Selections - Modify - Contract 5
Effects - 3D Effects - Cutout
 use the settings below
1, 1, 80, 6,  Shadow Color - Black
 
Layers - New Raster Layer
Repeat  Cutout 
With  settings below
-1, -1, 80, 6, Shadow Color - Black
 
 
Go to your layer pallet
Turn off the layer at the bottom layer
By clicking on the eye behind it
 
 
Layers - Merge -  Merge Visible
 Turn the layer back on by clicking
 On the eye ( the red x will dissapear)
 
  
Selections - Invert
*Floodfill  selection with light or dark color*
Effects - 3D Effects - Inner  Bevel   
 Use  settings below
 
Image - Rotate - Free Rotate
  use setting below
 
Selections - Select None
 
Select the Magic Wand  and click in the middle of your Square
Selections - Modify - Contract 20
 
*Floodfill  selection with light  or dark color*
Layers - New Raster Layer
Effects - 3D Effects - Cutout
Use settings below
 
 
Layers - New Raster Layer
Repeat  Cutout
 with settings below
 -2, -2, 80, 6,  color  black
 
 
Selections - Modify - Contract 30
 
 
*Floodfill  Selection with light or dark color*
Layers - New Raster Layer
Effects - 3D Effects_ Cutout
  use settings below
 
Lyers - New Raster Layer
Repeat  Cutout
with the settings below
 -2, -2, 80, 6,  color -  black

Selections - Select None

Selections - Merge All (Flatten)

 
 
*Image - Add Borders - 30 pixels of light or dark color*
 
Select  border with the Magic Wand
Effects - 3D Effects - Inner Bevel
  Use settings below
 
Image - Rotate - Free Rotate -
Use the same settings as before
 
Selections - Slect None
 
 
Image - Add Borders - 40 pixels in
*Repeat  with  light or dark  color
 
Select the border with  Magic Wand
Effect - 3D Effects - Inner Bevel
   use  same settings above
Selections -  Select None
 
Click center of tile with Magic Wand
 
Activate your tube
Copy and paste into Selection
 
Select None
 
*Image Add Border in light or dark color*
Your first choice
Use settings below
 
Layers Promote to Background Layer
  
 
Image Canvas  Size
1280 x height of your picture
Center - Left
 
1280 x height of your picture
Add new raster layer
Arrange - Send to Bottom
Floodfill with your dark color
(or Light depending on how you chose your colors)
 
Add a texture to your liking
(Note: depending on your texture you use
You may have to make your layer a seamless tile)
 
Layers - Merge All (Flatten)
 
Select the Selections Tool
Select Custom Selection
Use settings below
(Once again depends on the size of your tile
you may have to change the left and right border size)
Make sure Bottom is the height of your tile
 
Add a new Raster Layer
Flood fill with your dark or light color
 
Effects -3D - Inner bevel as before
Selection - Select None
 
Select The Deformation Tool
Pull top and bottom out like screenshot below
Select Pan tool to release Deformation Tool
 
Layers - Merge All (Flatten)
 

 Add watermark and save as JPG

 

Another Example Below Tiled In Letter Creator

Another with the last border color reversed

 
 
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September 2006