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This tutorial was made in PSP 8.10.
You will need the following items in order to complete this tutorial.


Paint Shop Pro

My PSP File
Download Here

Eyecandy 3.0
The free to distribute version can
be downloaded Here and unzip
to your plugin folder
 

"Right click" image and save picture
  to your hard drive

My PSP File

*Please make sure to save often

  1.  Bring up your image in to PSP.

  2.  Go to image> add borders using the settings below.  Click OK.

  3.  Click on your magic wand and click it anywhere within the borders of your image. 
       You should now have ants marching around your image inside your borders.

  4.  Do Not Deselect.

  5.  Go to effects> distortion effects> ripple using the settings below.  Click OK.

  6.  Go to effects> 3D effects> inner bevel using the settings below.  Click OK.

  7.  Do Not Deselect.

  8.  Go to effects> 3D effects> drop shadow using the settings below.  Click OK.

  9.  Selections> select none

 10.  Go to edit> copy and minimize your image to the bottom of your PSP screen.

 11.  Bring up a new white image 550 width x 400 height.

 12. Go to edit> paste> paste as new layer and paste your image that you just minimized
        in PSP on to your new white image.

 13.  Rename this layer Frame.

 14.  Go to effects> geometric effects> skew using the settings below.  Click OK.

 15.  Now, we are going to resize your image.  Make sure your Frame layer is highlighted
        in your layer palette.

 16.  Go to image> resize and use the settings below.  Make sure resize all layers is unchecked.
        Click OK.

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 17.  Go to adjust> sharpness> sharpen.

 18.  Go to effects> 3D effects> drop shadow and use the settings below.  Click OK.

 19  Go to effects> eyecandy 3.0> perspective shadow and use the setting below.  Click OK. 

 20.  Bring up your fairy tube in PSP and go to edit> copy> edit> paste> paste as new layer.

 21.  Rename this layer Fairy.  You should now have 3 layers from top to bottom reading
        Fairy, Frame and Background.

 22.  Once again, we are going to resize your image.  Make sure your Fairy layer is highlighted
        in your layer palette.

 23.  Go to image> resize and use the same settings as we did in step #16 above.  They should
        still be loaded.  Click OK.

 24.  Go to adjust> sharpness> sharpen.

 25.  Go to image> mirror.

 26.  Move your fairy in to place, so she lines up over the frame like the screenshot below.

 27.  Go to effects> 3D effects> inner bevel using the settings below.  Click OK.

 28.  Go to effects> 3D effects> drop shadow using the settings below.  Click OK. 

 29.  Go to adjust> sharpness> sharpen.

 30.  Go to layers> merge> merge all (Flatten).

 31.  Now, click on your selection tool . and set your tool as shown below.

 32.  Draw a rectangle surrounding your image.  Be careful not to cut in to
        your drop shadow.  You should see marching ants around your image.

 33.  While your ants are still marching, go to edit> copy> edit paste> paste as new image.

 34.  Go to layers> merge> merge all (Flatten).