Tools needed to complete this tutorial:

Corel X

VM Distortion

A graphic of your choice.

The graphic used in this tutorial is used with written permission from the very talented Barbara Haviland

If you have everything you need, lets get started.

Frame

1. Open your graphic in PSP and resize to no larger than 350 pixels on the longest side.

2. If needed, Adjust, Sharpeness, Sharpen.

3. Using your eye dropper chose two complimenting colours from your graphic for your background and foreground colours.

4. Image, add border.
   • Symmetrical UNchecked.
     
   • Top    2
     
   • Bottom    4
     
   • Left and Right    30
     
   • Colour    The darker of the two colours you selected earlier.

5. Click on the border with your magic wand.

6. Effects, 3D effects, Inner bevel and use the following settings:-
   • Bevel    Pie
     
   • Width    8
     
   • Smoothness    15
     
   • Depth    4
     
   • Ambience and Shininess    0
     
   • Color    White
     
   • Angle    251
     
   • Intensity    45
     
   • Elevation    35
     
   • Click OK

7. Selections, select none.

8. Image, add border, this time have symmetrical checked. Add a 10 pixel border using the lighter
   colour from your graphic.

9. Select the border with your magic wand and repeat the inner bevel from step 6

10. Selections, select none.

11. Image, add border, using your darker colour, UNcheck symmetrical and use the following settings:-
    • Top and bottom    10
      
    • Left and Right    60

12. Select this border with your magic wand.

13. Effects, Texture Effects, Texture and select texture Corel 15:-
    • Size    40
      
    • Smoothness    4
      
    • Depth    2
      
    • Ambience    20
      
    • Shininess    0
      
    • Color    White
      
    • Angle    90
      
    • Intensity    38
      
    • Elevation    33
      
    • Click ok.

14. Effects, 3D effects, inner bevel with the same settings as before.

15. Selections, selection none.

16. Image, add border, and add a 10 pixel symmetrical border using your darker colour.

17. Select this border with your magic wand.

18. Effects, 3D effects and again add the inner bevel as before.

19. Selections, select none.

20. If the graphic needs to be merged, merge all (flatten) now, and save as a jpeg.

21. Hit Shift + D to make a duplicate of our framed image. You can now close down the original.

    Background

22. We will now work on the duplicate of the framed graphic.

23. Effects, Plugins, VM Distortion, Radial Pox and apply the default settings.

24. Effects, Plugins, VM Distortion, Tilomat 2000 with the default settings.

25. Save now as a jpeg.

26. Open the saved background in 20/20.

27. Image, Muted Background. I set the slider to 50%, but this will depend on the graphic
    you are using. Remember you will be wanting text over this, so don't have it
    too dark.

28. File, save.