Wavy Frame Tag Tutorial

Wavy Frame Tag Tutorial

Made by Meshi October 31, 2023

 

NEEDED

 

Paint Shop Pro (I used XV).

Free trial here.
No outside filters are needed.

 

Just a tube! 😊Preferably

wider than tall. (I used an

image I purchased through

Creative Design Outlet).

 

A variation idea:
If you would prefer to
use scrap kit papers with
your tube, rather than
make your own patterns,
skip steps 20 - 32, placing
three scrap papers for the
bottom layers.
Crop to canvas size
afterward.
(See step 4 for how to 
crop quickly.)

 

Let's Begin!

 

1. File > Open
Your tube
 
2. Window > Duplicate
(Close the original.)
 
3. Edit > Copy (for later

use)
 
4. Crop Tool

Merged Opaque

Apply

 

5. Image > Resize 
Suggested Dimensions:
Height no taller than 320

Pixels
Width no wider than 490.

Resample using: Bicubic
Lock aspect ratio = Checked
Resize all layers = Checked
* We can resize more later

if you would like.

 
6. Dropper Tool
Left click on your tube and
choose a medium/dark

color for your frame.
Right click on your tube

and choose a color for the

background behind your

tube.
 
FRAME
 
7. Image > Canvas Size
New Dimensions
Width: 663 Pixels
Height: 440
Placement = Middle box
*We will change the end
result size later.

 

8. Layers > New Raster
Layer
 
9. Selections > Select All
 
10. Selections > Modify >
Contract
Settings:
Number of pixels = 10
 
11. Selections > Invert
 
12. Flood Fill Tool
Settings:
Match mode = None
Use all layers = Unchecked
Blend mode = Normal
Opacity = 100
Flood fill with your
foreground color.
 
13. Effects > 3D Effects >
Inner Bevel
Settings:
Bevel = 2
Width = 10
Smoothness = 50
Depth = 8
Ambience = 15
Shininess = 25
Color = White
Angle = 315
Intensity = 30
Elevation = 60
 
14. Selections > Select

None
 
15. Image > Resize
Settings:
Width and Height = 85
percent
Resize all layers = Not

checked
 
16. Effects > Distortion
Effects > Wave
Settings:
Horizontal and Vertical
displacement both:
Amplitude = 5
Wavelength = 25
Edge mode = Transparent
 
17. Layers > Duplicate
 
18. Image > Flip Vertical
 
19. Layers > Merge >
Merge Down

Note: If you are using
scrap papers place them
at the bottom and crop.
Skip instructions 20
through 33. Rejoin at 34.

 
20. Layers > New Raster
Layer
 
21. Layers > Arrange >
Send to Bottom
 
22. Flood Fill Tool
Flood fill with background
color.
 
23. Selections > Select All
 
24. Edit > Paste Into
Selection
(If this does not work,
highlight and copy your
tube layer; then try again
pasting into the still
selected bottom layer.)

 
25. Selections > Select

None
 
26. Effects > Image Effects
> Seamless Tiling
Settings:
Default
 
27. Layers > Duplicate
 
28. Edit > Repeat Duplicate
Layer
 
29. Effects > Reflection
Effects > Pattern: Play with

the dice (Randomize
Parameters) until you get
something you think

would look great as part of

your frame.
 
30. Layers > Arrange >
Send to Bottom
 
31. In Layers Palette
Highlight your top
duplicate copy.
 
32. Repeat steps 29 - 31
 
33. Repeat steps 29 - 31
this time choosing a
pattern that would look
great for the background
behind the tube and frame.

Let your creative juices be

released here by creating a

background of your choice.

You may decide on a plain

background with noise or

texture, a gradient, or a

scrap kit paper instead.

34. Layers Palette

Highlight your top, frame

layer.

 

35. Magic Wand Tool
Settings:
Mode = Add (Shift)
Match mode = RGB Value
Tolerance = 0
Use all layers = Not
checked
Contiguous = Checked
Feather = 0
Anti-alias = Checked
Inside = Chosen
Select every other open
hole in your frame. There
are fourteen.
 
36. Selections > Modify >
Expand
Number of pixels = 2
 
37. Selections > Invert
 
38. Layers Palette
Highlight your top pattern
layer.
 
39. Edit > Clear 
 
40. Selections > Select

None
 
41. Layers Palette
Highlight your Frame layer.
 
42. Magic Wand Tool
Select every other open
hole in your frame (the
ones you haven't already
chosen).
Again, there are fourteen.
 
43. Selections > Modify >
Expand
Number of pixels = 2
 
44. Selections > Invert
 
45. Layers Palette
Highlight your next 
pattern layer.
 
46. Edit > Clear
 
47. Selections > Select 

None

 

48. Layers Palette
Highlight your frame layer.
 
49. Magic Wand Tool
Select the transparent
section outside your wavy
frame. 
 
50. Selections > Modify >
Expand by 2.
 
51. Layers Palette 

Highlight your bottom

layer chosen for your

background paper. 

 
52. Edit > Clear
 
53. Selections > Select
None
 
54. Layers > Palette
Highlight your frame
 
55. Effects > 3D Effects >
Drop Shadow
Add a small shadow to
your frame. I used:
Vertical & Horizontal = 0
Opacity = 50
Blur = 5
Color = Black
 
56. Layers Palette
Highlight your tube
 
57. Effects > 3D Effects >
Drop Shadow of your
choosing.
 
58. Crop Tool 

Merged Opaque

Apply

 
59. Image > Resize
Resize all layers = Checked

Width = 600
 
60. Adjust Sharpness >
Unsharp Mask
Low Res Portrait or of your

choosing
 
61. Move Tool
Move tube where you like
best.

 

Optional step:

62. Image > Resize

Percentage can be 95%

and if need be, repeat,

until you like it best.

Resize all layers = Unchecked 

63. Add copyright/credits.
 
64. Text Tool
Add words/name however
you'd like.
 
65. File > Export PNG
Optimizer at default
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You are done!
I hope you enjoyed it. :)

 

*A huge thank you to my

tester, Barbara, who

helped make this the best 

it could be!