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To keep in the spirit of this challenge I had to ask “Tom the Terrible” for help. Thankfully it wasn't too difficult. Tom supplied the inspiration and a few photos he scratched together. In the end “Terrible Tom” was quite pleased with the results.
To restore Tom's photos and to mount them as a haunting tribute only took a few hours with Photoshop 6. The photos themselves were extracted from low-resolution images using Photoshop's Extraction tool. Edges were fine tuned with a soft Eraser tool.
A simulated wood fill was created in Photoshop by adding Noise (60%)to a medium brown layer. Filter\Blur\Motion Blur (Angle=0, Distance 999) was used to streak this layer. A light dusting of Noise (6%) was added and Filter\Distort\Wave at the settings (5, sine; 10 & 198; 5 & 6; 100 & 100; Repeat Edge Pixel) was used to introduce a wavy pattern.
The frames were made from this simulated wooden layer by creating two sets of oval selections and moving them to new layers. New (smaller) oval selections were created inside the first ovals and then deleted. This left two simulated wooden oval rings. These wooden oval rings were contoured using an interior bevel layers style. (The smaller oval plaque was copied to three more layers).
After resizing and positioning the plaques, the images were tidied up and enhanced with a custom Boost filter and moved into place. Finally the labelling was added with a Black drop shadow and the image was saved as required.
To me this is quite a gruesome tribute, but it fits a cat's sensibilities purrrr-fectly.
To restore Tom's photos and to mount them as a haunting tribute only took a few hours with Photoshop 6. The photos themselves were extracted from low-resolution images using Photoshop's Extraction tool. Edges were fine tuned with a soft Eraser tool.
A simulated wood fill was created in Photoshop by adding Noise (60%)to a medium brown layer. Filter\Blur\Motion Blur (Angle=0, Distance 999) was used to streak this layer. A light dusting of Noise (6%) was added and Filter\Distort\Wave at the settings (5, sine; 10 & 198; 5 & 6; 100 & 100; Repeat Edge Pixel) was used to introduce a wavy pattern.
The frames were made from this simulated wooden layer by creating two sets of oval selections and moving them to new layers. New (smaller) oval selections were created inside the first ovals and then deleted. This left two simulated wooden oval rings. These wooden oval rings were contoured using an interior bevel layers style. (The smaller oval plaque was copied to three more layers).
After resizing and positioning the plaques, the images were tidied up and enhanced with a custom Boost filter and moved into place. Finally the labelling was added with a Black drop shadow and the image was saved as required.
To me this is quite a gruesome tribute, but it fits a cat's sensibilities purrrr-fectly.
You have had a lot of time on your hands, haven't you? 
That is soooo funny. 
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