This is my own creation.
Any resemblance to other tutorials is purely coincidental. The idea came to me from two similar frames hanging on my bedroom's wall. It was created by me on the 7 February, 2004.
If you have any questions please email me


I've used Paint Shop Pro version 7.04 but assume other versions will work too.
Eye Candy 4000 HERE
A tube of your choice.
Silver Gradient HERE.
Save it into your Gradient Folder in PSP.
My cork tile which I have scanned from a table mat,
right click to save on your hard disk,
open it in psp and minimize.



Open a transparent new image 600x400
Selections/Select all
Selection/Modify/Contract and insert 35 - OK
Selections/Invert.

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Foreground colour 916c5b, background white.
Go to Effects/Plugins/Eye Candy 4000/Wood
with the following settings:
Basic: Direction 137 - Ring 300,00 - Cut Offset 10 - Variation Amount 90 - Variation Roughness 47 Pulp & Bark Color = #654231 - Random Seed 1.
Knots: Number of knots 0 - Knot size 18.
Grain: Grain length 18 - Grain width 1 - Grain density 50 - Grain opacity 30 - Grain color black.

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Effects 3D/Inner Bevel and apply the frame preset.
Deselect.

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Layers/New Raster Layer.
Click on your Preset Shapes tool, in your Tool Options
choose Rectangle, line width 32, Line Style #1 Solid, Antialias checked.
On your Styles box change your foreground colour to white,
background Nill.

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Starting at 110,96 draw a rectangle ending at 484,304.
You can view this on the botton/left hand side just
above your Windows Start Button.
With your Magic Wand click on the white rectangle
and apply the same Wood effect as above.
Apply same Inner Bevel as above. Deselect.

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Make sure your Layer 2 is active,
select with your magic wand the transparent space
between the two wooden frames.
Add a New Raster Layer, click on the floodfill
bucket, on your style box choose the Cork Pattern,Scale 150, Angle 0,floodfill.
Deselect.
Layers/Arrange/Move to Bottom.

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With Layer 2 still active, select the middle of the
small frame with the magic wand.
Set your Styles to Gradient and apply a silver one.
Apply same Inner Bevel as above. Deselect.

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Open the tube you want to use, edit/copy,
make the frame active, edit/paste as a new layer.
Resize it, making sure that Resize all Layers is unticked,
move it in the middle of the silver gradient,
go to Effects/3D/Inner Bevel and apply these settings:
Width 8 - Smoothness 8 - Depth 8 - Ambience 0
Shininess 40 - Intensity 50 - Elevation 30 - Angle 315.
(These are the settings for my tube, but play around with these until happy with it).

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Effects/3D/Drop Shadow: Vertical 4,
Horizontal 1, Opacity 100, Blur 11, Color=white.
Here again you can play with the settings to your linking.

Hope you enjoyed it as I did

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