Level: All

Version All

Tools Used:

Transform Tool/ Rotate

Eraser

Materials Needed:

Image of your choice or a Tube/ Stamp

DON'T FORGET TO SAVE OFTEN!!!

There's an awful lot of work to lose

My Abbreviations of PhotoImpact commands are thus: R/c = Right click (or other click whichever you use)

Commands separated with a forward slash (/) = the order of the commands or the options within a command

1. Open new White Image

2. Select Outline Drawing Tool Settings: Mode 3D Round Width5 Depth 30

3. Draw out a Square on your canvas

4. In the layer manager rename this layer RED

5. R/C Align/ Center Both

6. R/C Duplicate

7. Transform Tool/ Rotate by Degree/ 30 to the Left

8. In the layer manager rename this layer GREEN

9. R/C Arrange/ Send to Back

10. Activate Red R/C Duplicate

11. Transform Tool/ Rotate by Degree/ 30 to the Right

12. In the layer manager rename this layer Purple

13. If the canvas is too small Adjust/ Expand Canvas / Expand Sides Equally checked/ Color White / Expand by 20

14. Select each layer one at a time and R/C Convert Object Type / Convert from Text/Path to Image

15. Select Purple layer

16. Eraser Tool/ Shape Vertical/ Size 20/ Transparency 0/ Soft Edge 0

18. Now the tricky part

We will be working from the top right hand corner in an anti clockwise direction

20. Change the Eraser shape to \ Shape

21. On the Attribute Bar open the Tool Settings dialogue Box. Under Shape change the settings to these (image 3). See how the angle and size changes? For the rest of this tutorial you will need to change these settings to fit the slope of the frames. I haven't included the settings as there would be too many. Just place your cursor by the angle number and use the up/down arrow keys to increase/ decrease the angle

Cool huh?

22. Activate Red Layer and erase where it crosses the Green Layer

23. Using the Tool Settings you can change the size and angle of the eraser.

24. Activate purple Layer and erase where it crosses the Red Layer using Horizontal Shape Eraser

25. Using the Horizontal Scroll Bar scroll across to the center of your image

26. Activate Red Layer and Erase where it crosses Green using the / Shape Eraser and adjusting the Size and angle through the Tool Settings Panel

27. Activate Purple and erase at top Red Line and Left Side Red

28. Activate Red and erase where it crosses Green

29. Activate Purple and erase where it crosses Red

30. Scroll to bottom and activate Red and erase where it crosses Green

31. Activate Purple and erase where it crosses Red

32. Activate Red and erase where it crosses Green

33. Activate Purple and erase over Red

34. Activate Red and erase over Green

35. Activate Purple and Erase over Red

37. R/C Select All Objects

38. R/C Merge as a Single Object

39. R/C Deselect all Objects

40. R/C All 41. R/C Convert to Object

42. Magic Wand Click on white area around the Frame

43. R/C Invert

44. Delete

45. View/ Show Base Image

46. Space Bar to Deselect Selection

47. Edit/ Fill. Choose your own fill here

48. Activate the Frame R/C Shadow 5th Icon settings 30/ 100/ 5

49. Add an Image/ Tube or Stamp of your Choice

50. R/C Select All Objects

51. R/C Merge as a Single Object

52. Web/ Image Optimizer/ Save as .gif

53. Or… Just add a background and save as a .jpg