Nem5 Web Maggic Awards Program Helpware Background, Bars & Picture Frame Tutorial Page 2, Picture Frame Please, be patient. This page is graphic intense. Go to Page 1, Background Go to Page 3, Bars Step 1 You can use several of the same steps for bars and picture frames. This will save a lot of time and effort. I started with Image 2 and accented the edges. Step 2 This step is the same for both the bar and the picture frame. To the right you will see my Paint Shop Pro screen as I was working. I used the color selector tool to choose a color from Image 1. I chose a color that was bright and stood out in both the picture and the background.   To choose your color, place your cursor over the color you want to use and right or left click. If you look at the color selector you will see it is possible to have two colors selected at the same time. The top "blue" is available by left click. The bottom/underneath "navy" is available by right click. You will need to use the right click during this process. Left click is optional. Step 3 To make a picture frame, click on the bottom color (the one for right click) of the color selector. This will bring up a chart with a color strip. In this case it was blue and I will use that as reference. I chose one of the darkest shades, not black. This came up as the color you see in the color selector now (navy) in the bottom color sample. I then added a one pixel symmetric border (a single line all the way around the picture) of this dark color. Borders use the bottom color in Paint Shop Pro. Your program may be different. You can also draw this border with the pen/pencil or line tool. The image to the right (a cutout from Image 1 during frame rendering) has several border lines already rendered. Step 4 Keep adding borders one at a time. Gradually make your colors lighter one border at a time. I usually move three shades lighter/darker for each consecutive border. You do this by once again clicking on the bottom color in the color selector and moving the arrow on the color strip up/down three shades. Usually 7 borders/lines work well for the inside edge (shown right) of the frame that is next to the image. Step 5 When your border lines have reached the palest color you wish to use in your frame, duplicate the picture and blow it up to approximately 5 to 1 (or where you are comfortably able to see individual colors on the border). You will use this image twice. Once to complete your frame and once to make your bar. Using the color selector tool, right click on the color next to the palest color. Add another border using this color. Change your color to the next color frame pixel on the duplicate image. Make another border. Do this until you have reached the darkest color. Adding an extra line after the third and fifth borders on the outside edge gives the frame more depth. These lines should be one of the shades between the one above and below it. This makes a total of 16 lines used to make your border. Your image should now have a 3D frame. Top of page.