Simple Oval Frame
PhotoImpact 5.0

Please refer to this image for the numbers mentioned in the tutorial.

Click on the path tool, (1) and slide the cursor over to the little arrow in the corner so that more choices show. 

Click on outline drawing tool.

Click on the rectangular outline under the word shape, (2) and click on  the oval.
Now under the word color, click in the box. (3). Click on Natural Texture Fill... Choose a texture from the box that now opens.
Now under width, (4) click on the icon with lines on it, and click on more... (5).

Type 15 to 20 in the box that opens. Make sure your type is set to line as shown in the illustration. Click on ok.

 

Now under the word mode, (6) click the arrow and select 3d custom.
 

Click on Material and then on the bevel tab and make sure this button (illustrated) is indented.
Click on your canvas, and drag diagonally so that your frame is about the right size for the graphic you wish to frame.

Now open the graphic you wish to frame.  Change to the selection tool, and under the word shape click the down arrow and click on ellipse. 
 
Click and draw an oval shape on the canvas that includes the part of the graphic you wish to use. 

Right click and copy the selection.

Switch to the canvas with your oval frame on it, and right click and click again on paste.  Use the transformer tool on your frame to make it about the same size as your graphic. 
Change to the pick tool, and then click on your graphic so that it is selected.  Click on the send to back button shown in this illustration.  Use the arrow keys to line up the two parts. 
Click on the frame while holding down the conrol key.  This will cause both the frame and the graphic to be selected. Right click and click again on combine as a single object.

 


©Deb DeHaven