STEP 6
Open your Easy
Palette and go to Text/Path Effects, Material,
Gel. For my image because I'm using reds and
greens I chose G18 - double click and your frame will
now be a pretty colour. Keeping the frame
highlighted, open the Material Options - 
that little icon that looks like a camera on the
Attribut bar. Open it.
Initially you will
see the colour/gradient of your preset you chose for
the outer frame. Mine is that pretty red gel.
Go to Bevel Settings,
and tick the box Smooth spine and ensure the Bevel
sizes are maximum.
Next open
Colour/Texture and mark the File. When the box
opens, search for your photograph used for this
project. Click open. Then go to Bump, tick the
box and again search for you photograph and click
open.
You can if you desire
choose a Shading - Metallic, however for this project
I left it as Phong.
Next go to Reflection
and check the box, search for your photograph and
click OK.
With the outside
frame selected, right click and choose shadow, 5th one
along and accept default settings.
Now you will see your
picture extend into the inside and outside
frame. When done, right click, merge all.
You can omit adding
the image to the frame and just choose a selected
preset of your choice as I have in the image at the
very top.
That's it, a simple,
yet effect way of displaying your treasured
photographs or artwork.
If you liked doing
this tutorial, there's another technique for framing here
that you may wish to try.
