Artwork by Micheal Whelan "DragonFlight"
For this frame you need:
Paint Shop Pro
Flaming Pears Twist Filter, which come in the Design Sextet Filter. Click here.
Super Blade Pro Preset - 1d-moragsdragoneye-2X-ds Click here
This is the picture I used for this.
I resized it to make it easier to work with.
Ok, here we go.
Shift + D the pic and minimize the original.
Set your patterns for the graphic and the background to white.
Add a 5 pixel border and select it with your magic wand.
Effects - Plugins - Flaming Pear - Super Blade Pro - Use the dragoneye preset.
Apply an Inner Bevel, using the ROUND preset.
Selection - Invert
Effects - 3D - Cutout at 2 then reapply the cutout at -2
Select NONE
Add a 15 pixel border and Select with the magic wand.
Flood fill with the graphic pattern you have set.
Then go to Effects - Plugins - Flaming Pear - TWIST
using these settings (or ones that you like)
Apply the Inner Bevel set to the FRAME preset.
Select NONE
Add a 5 pixel border - Select with magic wand - Use the Super Blade Pro preset again and the same
Inner Bevel.
Add a 25 pixel border - Select - and flood fill with the graphic pattern again.
Apply TWIST with the same settings as the first time.
Apply the Inner Bevel with the frame preset and this time use the outer bevel with the frame preset.
Add one more border this time make it 10 pixels.
Use the Super Blade Pro preset on it and the Inner Bevel - FRAME preset.
And there you have it. Your Twist Frame.
I hope you like this tutorial and the frame you made.
Hugs,
The ELF