Open your image, which should be a vertical image. Resize your image to height 300 pixels (use "Bicubic" and sharpen if necessary).

Select all.

Selections / Modify / Contract = 15.

Selections / Invert.

Go to 'Effects / Plugin / Filter Factory D - Dynamic contrast' and use the following settings:

Go to 'Effects / Outer Bevel' and use the following settings:

Selections / Select all.

Selections / Modify / Contract = 25.

Edit / Copy.

Go again to 'Effects / Plugin / Filter Factory D - Dynamic contrast' with same settings as before.

Selections / Modify / Contract = 20.

Edit / Paste into selection.

Keep your selection active! Go to 'Effects / Outer Bevel' and use the same settings as before.

Select none.

Now that your main image is finished, we can start on the background strip.

Create a new image 1024 x 350.

Sett your foreground color to #80FFFF and background color to #000080.

Change to a foreground-background gradient as shown here:

Fill your new background image ( 1024 X 350 ) with this gradient.

Go to 'Effects / Plugin / Filters Unlimited 2.0 - Color effects - Black & White.'

Gå to 'Adjust / Hue and Saturation / Colorize' and use the following values:

Go to 'Selections / Load from disk' and find the selection named 'l_k_selectiebestand_les carol' (the one with two stripes).

Then click the 'delete' button on your keyboard.

Select none, then go to 'Layers / Merge all' .

Go to 'Effects / Plugin / FM Tile Tools / Blend Emboss' and use the default settings.

Then 'Effects / Distortion effects / Pixelate' and use these settings:

Repeat the 'Effects / Plugin / FM Tile Tools / Blend Emboss'.

Add a new raster layer (Layers / New Raster Layer).

Go again to 'Selections / Load from disk' og find 'l_k_les carol 2'.

Now set your foreground color to #493F35, og fill your selection with this color.

Keep your selection active! Go to 'Selections / Modify / Contract = 25'.

Go again to 'Effects / Plugin / Factory D - Dynamic contrast' and use the same settings as earlier.

Effects / Edge Effects / Enhance.

Select none.

Activate the main image that you did earlier. Go to 'Edit / Copy'. Return to your background strip image. Go to 'Edit / Paste As New Layer'. Move this image in place with the 'Move' tool. And finally, go to 'Layers / Merge / Merge All (Flatten)'.