Real World Example: Beveled Frame
Inner Bevel and Finishing Touches
Select the Inner Frame layer button. If you find it easier to
work without the distraction of the other layers, you can
turn them off with their respective Layer Visibility Toggle
buttons.
Press Ctrl + D on your keyboard to clear any selections. Click in
the center of the image with the Magic Wand and Invert your
selection by pressing Ctrl + Shift + I on your keyboard.
Select Colors | Adjust | Brightness/Contrast from the
menu bar. In the Brightness/Contrast dialog box set the
Brightness to 0 (zero) and the Contrast to -50 (minus 50).
On the menu bar select Image | Noise | Add... In the
Add Noise dialog box type 25% Noise, select Uniform and press
OK.
Select Image | Blur | Gaussian Blur..., setting the
Radius to 0.60.
To add a little color back into the frame select
Colors | Colorize... setting the Hue to 149 and the
Saturation to 202.
Creating the Bevels
The Inner Frame is a little different from the Outer Frame.
We have to work on each side independently of the
other sides in order to create the beveled effect.
Press Ctrl + D
to clear any selections. Using the Lasso Tool,
Selection Type: Point to Point,
Feather: 0, Antialias: checked,
trace out the top edge of the frame. I found it easiest to
start in the top left inner corner (A), go across to the top right
inner corner (B), angle up to the top right corner (C), back across
to the top left corner (D) and finally back down to the left inner
corner (A) where I started. Primary mouse click on
each corner point,(A,B,C,D). Double-click to complete the selection (A).
The top edge of the Inner Frame is in the deepest shadow so
we'll adjust the Brightness/Contrast accordingly. Select
Colors | Adjust | Brightness/Contrast.... Set the
Brightness to -40% (minus 40) and the Contrast to -20 (minus
20).
The selection process for the remaining three sides is basically
the same as it was for the top bevel selection. As each side is
selected, adjust it as follows before
releasing the selection and moving on to the next side.
The left side of the frame isn't in quite as deep shadow so we'll
adjust the Brightness/Contrast to Brightness -20% (minus 20)
and the Contrast to -10% (minus 10).
The bottom bevel receives the most light and was adjusted
to a
Brightness of 60 and Contrast of 0.
The settings for the right bevel were
Brightness 60, Contrast -15 (minus 15).
Press Ctrl + D to release any selections.
To tone down the frame I adjusted Outer Frames's Opacity level to 76.
The
Inner Frame's Opacity was adjusted to 81.
Drag the Center Picture Layer below the two Frame Layers on
the Layers Control Dialog Box, and toggle it on.
To finish up, we'll tweak the center picture layer a little
to draw focus to it by adjusting the RGB color values. Select
Colors | Adjust | Red/Green/Blue... from the menu.
In the Red/Green/Blue dialog box set the values as follows:
- Red - 14%
- Green - 11%
- Blue = 0%
Real World Example: Beveled Frame
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