Diamond Mosaic Frame Tutorial
By Jo
Any resemblance to another tutorial is coincidental. This has been entirely my own idea and written as I went along.
Needed Supplies
Cat126 Mask Here
Graphic of your choice
Simple Filter Here
Preparation
Save mask to your PSP files/masks
Open graphic in PSP.
Edit/Copy/Paste as new image. Close original.
In Material Palette, choose
a light color from your graphic in the foreground and a darker color in
the background.
All setting will remain the same unless specified.
Let's Go
1 - Image/add borders Symmetric
checked 2. Dark color
2 - Image/add borders Symmetric
checked 4, light color - Select border with magic wand settings - mode
replace, match mode RBG value, Tolerance 0, feather 0, outside
3 - Effects/3D effects/inner
bevel #2 settings - width 2, smoothness 20, depth 2, ambience 0, shininess
0, white, angle 315, intensity 50, elevation 30
4 - Deselect
5 - Image/add borders Symmetric
checked 2. Dark color
6 - Image/add borders Symmetric
checked 20, light color - Select border
7 - Layers/New raster layer
8 - Fill with dark color.
9 - Layers/load/save mask/load
mask from disk. Choose cat126.msk - Settings - Source Luminance checked,
Fit to Canvas checked, Invert Transparancy unchecked, Hide all mask checked
- Load
10 - Layer/merge group
11 - Adjust/add remove noise/add
noise uniform 40, monochrome checked.
12 - Effects/3D effects/inner
bevel Change width to 8
13 - Deselect
14 - Image/add borders Symmetric
checked 30. Dark color
15 - Select border
16 - Selections/invert
17 - Effects/3D effects/Cutout
- settings V & H 2, opacity 60, blur 30
18 - Repeat cutout using
V & H minus 2
19 - Selections/invert
20 - Effects/plugins/simple/diamonds
21 - Add noise
22 - Effects/texture effects/mosaic
antique - default
23 - Deselect
24 - Image/add borders Symmetric
checked 20, light color
25 - Select border
26 - Layers/new raster layer
27 - Fill with dark color
28 - Layers/load/save mask/load
mask from disk. Choose cat126.msk - Load
29 - Merge Group
30 - Effects/3D effects/inner
bevel Keep width 8
31 - Deselect
32 - Image/add borders Symmetric
checked 5. Dark color
33 - Select border
34 - Effects/3D effects/inner
bevel Change width back to 2
35 - Selections/invert
36 - Effects/3D effects/Cutout
H & V 2
37 - Repeat cutout H &
V minus 2
38 - Resize if desired.
39 - Save header as jpg
- optimized at 25%
40 - Open transparent new
image 200 x 200
41 - Fill with dark color
42 - Layers/new raster layer
43 - Fill with light color
44 - Layers/load/save mask/load
mask from disk. Choose cat126.msk - Load
45 - Merge Group
46 - Merge All (flatten)
47 - Effects/texture effects/mosaic
antique - default
48 - Effects/image effects/seamless
tiling - default
49 - To tone down the background
to make it more text friendly: Add new raster layer, Fill with
your choice of color, lower the opacity to your liking.
50 - Save background as
jpg - optimized at 25%
Thanks to Hobo Testers
Princess Tara, Laura, Lady
Ann, Brenda, Kimmy. Serena, Bridget, Deb