Complex Wooden Frame
Software : Photoshop 6.0
Level : Advance

Concept: The lesson is designed using Adobe Photoshop. We have used selections, different combination of image editing tools and filters for most of the effects. Photoshop comes up with lots of the options and scope for experiment is much more than you can imagine. We wish to encourage you to use different options and tools to get better output. The lessons and techniques described need to be followed as a guideline to achieve the effect.

1. Try Complete Wood Texture Page before starting this tutorial.

2. Create a new file and view Grids. Create a new layer. Using snap to Grids and Rectangular Marquee Tool, draw the rectangular selection. Fill it with any color.

3. Create another rectangular selection inside the black rectangle and press Del.

4. You will get the outer frame work.

5. Create another layer and repeat the same procedure to get one more frame inside the outer frame.

6. Create a wood texture and drag it over the first and then second layer of the frame. We have used the following wood texture.

Layer > Group with Previous

7. Merge down the texture layer with its respective base layer.

Select the texture layer. Go to the properties of layer palette and select Merge Down.

8. Use bevel effect on the outer frame layer.

Layer > Layer Style > Bevel & Emboss > Inner Bevel

Technique: Chisel Hard

Adjust the rest of the settings according to requirement.

9. Use bevel effect on the inner frame layer.

Layer > Layer Style > Bevel & Emboss > Pillow Emboss

Adjust the settings according to requirement.

9. Image > Adjust > Brightness/Contrast

Adjust the settings according to requirement.

10. Drag the image on the frame. Drag the image layer below the frame layers.