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Paint Shop Pro 7 Picture Frames |
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Shop Pro 7's new Picture Frames is an exciting and fun
addition to the program. But, creating your own frames
can be a little confusing. This tutorial will teach you
how to create your own Picture Frames and give you some
tips and tricks on how to use them. |
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Creating a Picture Frame
A picture frame works a lot like a tube. You create it
on a transparent background and save it as a "pfr"
extension. When you apply a frame to a graphic, PSP
creates a new layer, scales the frame to the graphic and
if you have a selection saved for a frame with
transparent areas outside the frame, prompts as to who
you want to fill this transparent area. When the frame
is done, you end up with your graphic on one layer and
the frame on a layer above the graphic.
When you save your frames, all you need to do is to save
them into your Paint Shop Pro 6 Frames folder. I'm not
exactly sure how PSP deals with the names. It doesn't
show them in alpha order once you start adding new
frames. The new names show up in the order you add them.
I start all my frames with a template I save in the
Frames folder of Paint Shop as a "psp" file. That way I
can create variations of my frames without having to
start over from scratch. My tutorials show you how to
create a frame template, then how to make a frame from
the template. |
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Configuring Associations for PFR Extension
If you add the "pfr" extension to your "psp" extension,
you can directly save your graphic as a pfr by choosing
the psp extension and typing pfr over the psp extension.
Otherwise, you can save your frame as a psp extension
and then change the extension to pfr by renaming the
graphic in PSP's Browser. To add the association:
1. Go to File|Preferences|File Format Associations
2. Click on the Paint Shop Pro Image association so that
it is highlighted
3. Click on the "Extensions" button and add "pfr" under
the "psp"
4. Click on the OK button then OK again to save your
change.
Now when you choose the psp extension when you choose
Save, you can directly save a frame as a "pfr" file by
just changing the extension from "psp" to "pfr" before
you save. |
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Rules for Creating Picture Frames
1. Frames must be created on a transparent background.
2. The frame must completely fill the graphic, otherwise
you will get unexpected results.
3. Always start out with a rather large frame. The
frames are sized to the graphic when you apply them and
if you apply a small frame to a large graphic, the
quality of the frame will suffer.
4. When you save it as a "pfr" file, it can only be one
layer.
5. If you save a frame with any transparent background
outside the frame (such as an oval or an irregular
shaped frame), you must have the outline of the frame
saved as a selection and save the selection with the
frame. This will prompt a "next" button on the Frames
control panel where you can set the background color.
6. You can save a frame with a transparent background
outside the frame without saving the selection for the
frame. When you apply this frame, all the transparent
areas on the frame graphic will be transparent. To
correct this, just make a selection around the frame
with a selection tool on the picture layer, invert your
selection and flood fill with a background color or
pattern. |
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Using Frames
Open the picture you want to apply the frame to. If the
frame is oriented in a horizontal position and the
picture is oriented in a vertical position, rotate your
graphic 90 degrees to the right before applying the
frame, then rotate back when the frame has been applied.
You may need to rotate the frame layer to get the light
orientation correct after a rotation. The light should
be coming from the upper left corner. Image|Flip usually
works fine to correct this problem. If you apply a
square frame to a rectangular graphic, you will get a
distorted frame. The same goes for applying a
rectangular frame to a square graphic.
When you apply an irregular shaped frame, you may get
spare pixels of color around the interior and the
exterior of the frame. To clean these pixels up for the
interior, select the interior portion with the magic
wand, feather your selection by 2-3 and hit delete a few
times. To clean spare pixels around the outside of the
frame, select the area outside the frame with the magic
wand tool, feather by 2-3 and flood fill with your
background color or pattern a few times. [...continued
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