This is what we will be making

To complete this tutorial you will need:

Eye Candy 4000 - get it here

FM Tile Tools - get it here

The eBook of this tutorial and the supplies you need are here

Place the EC preset into your EC4000 settings/Weave folder

OK - let's get started

1. Open your image and press shift D twice. Close your original and minimize one of your copies. Resize your other copy to approx 50% and apply seamless tiling. Minimize.

2. Bring up your other copy. Add a symmetrical border of 15 - any colour not in your graphic. Click your border with your magic wand and fill with the background tile we just made. Do not deselect

3. Choose a dark colour from your graphic and make it your foreground colour. And a light colour and make it your background colour. Go to Eye Candy 4000 and choose Weave. Go to settings and load Debs_Double Weave. Apply, but do not deselect

4. Apply the following inner bevel. Do not deselect

5. Invert your selection and apply the following cutout - or my main pic preset. Deselect

6. Add another symmetrical border of 15. Click with your magic wand and flood fill with your background. Go to Adjust>Softness>Soft Focus and apply the following settings. Do not deselect

7. Invert your selection and apply the following drop shadow - repeat with minus values. Deselect

8. Add another symmetrical border of 15, click with magic wand, flood fill with background tile, apply the same EC4000 weave settings as we did before, then apply the same inner bevel. Invert your selection and apply the following cutout - repeat with minus values. Deselect

9. Add a symmetrical border of 25, click with your magic wand and flood fill with your background tile. Apply the same soft focus settings we used before, then apply the EC4000 weave we've been using - don't deselect. Depending on your image you can leave out the soft focus here - some images look good without it, some don't. Apply FM Tile Tools Blend Emboss with the default settings this too can be left out depending on your image. Invert your selection and apply the same drop shadow we did before - repeating with minus values. Deselect

10. Add another symmetrical border of 15, click with magic wand, flood fill with background tile, apply the same EC4000 weave settings we've been using, then apply the same inner bevel. Invert your selection and apply the same cutout we used last - repeat with minus values. Deselect

Adding corners to your frame is your choice - I used Border Corners 2, size 100 for mine, then the following settings for my drop shadow (I used 2 in the order below). Duplicate and paste your corners

That's it - we're all done

I hope you enjoyed doing this tutorial as much as I enjoyed writing it

If you have any problems or questions, please don't hesitate to contact me

Updated February 06, 2008


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