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Translated with permission from the creator, Marynez Nardi at PSPIartes.

See the original tutorial here for PSP in Portuguese.

This will open in a new window and print out on standard 8½" X 11" paper

For information about which fonts, programs, etc I used to construct my pages and my headers, click here.
For this tutorial you will need:
Ulead PhotoImpact - available for purchase or trial here

Filters and materials needed
Convolution filters>Emboss Strong, download free here
Simple>Quick Tile, download free here
Stained Glass mask and 2020 mask-both in supply folder here
I've included them as psd files
Image
I find a tube doesn't work too well with this unless you put a coordinating
background behind and merge all before the seamless tile effect.
My plugin windows may look different from yours as I use Filters Unlimited 2 to manage my plugins - available for purchase here
 http://www.icnet.de/filters_unlimited/

I am assuming you know the basics of PhotoImpact and where the tools can be located.
Here are some arrows and bars you can drag and drop where you need to mark or underline where you are.
Just left click and drag to where you want it then let go.
They will stay where you put them until you close your browser.
             



1. open your image. Duplicate (Shift-D) and close original.
Image>Resize if needed to 300 pix height
Duplicate and minimize.
2. Effects>Simple>QuickTile

 
3. Effects (Photo in PI 12)>Blur>Gaussian Blur>pick bottom right thumbnail
4. Effects>Convolution Filters>Emboss (Strong) set at maximum of 255.



Merge all.
5. Open the stained glass 5c mask. Copy it. Make your graphic active by clicking on it.
Change colors in palette to Black and White. Select all.
Click on mask tool (it looks like a mask in the toolbar, right above the color palette,
in PI 12 it's at the bottom of the PI window on the right in the status bar).
Your graphic will turn red In PI 12 it didn't turn red till after I added the mask.
Edit>Paste>Fit into selection your mask over top of the graphic,


toggle off the mask tool.

You will see marching ants around the mask selection.
Right click on it and convert to object, your ants will now be on the move! LOL
Open your minimized duplicate, copy it, back to your graphic, Edit>Fill>Image>Clipboard>Tile the image


Your lines will now be filled with the graphic.

Merge all.
6. Maximize your duplicate image.
Make your graphic active by clicking on it. Change colors in palette to Black and White. Copy.
New>New Image>make sure "Same as image from clipboard" is checked and transparent is checked.
Paste your image into it. Select all. Click on mask tool .You won't see any difference..
Edit>Paste>Fit into selection your mask over top of the graphic, you will now see some red.
Toggle off the mask tool. You will see marching ants around the mask selection and
the outside edges of the image will turn transparent. It will be an object on a transparent layer now.

Edit>Copy and minimize
In working graphic, Edit>Paste
Select None
7. In working graphic, Edit>Paste
Select None
Resize the image to fit in the center of the center diamond
(use your transform tool set to resize and click on the bottom right bounding box and
push it up and to the left while holding down the control key to resize evenly-
resize is first image on the left in PI XL in the transform toolbar,
in PI 12 click on the first icon's dropdown arrow and pick resize)




Lower the opacity to 75 or to your taste

Merge All
8. Effects>Simple>Quick Tile

The tile is now done.
9.  Open new canvas 1024x300. (I usually make mine 1280 wide, this writer makes hers 1024)
Copy your tile, back to large canvas, Edit>Fill>Image>Clipboard>Tile the image
Fill canvas with it.
10. Maximize the image that already has the mask applied. Make sure the object is selected.
Edit>Copy (control-C)
Edit>Paste as a new to layer. (control-V)
Move to the left side.

Merge All.
 Watermark and save and you're done!
Don't forget to optimize. I optimized mine at 80.
l hope you had fun!
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These tutorials are translated with permission from the original writer.
Any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental and unintentional.
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Webpage Design Information
This webpage background was made in PhotoImpact with a tutorial by Deb DeHaven
 Sadly, she passed away but her tutorials just came back online, thanks to PIRCNet.
You can find the tutorial here.
 The font I used for the text on the buttons (except for Email) is BrockScript
The font I used for the tutorial header is Maryland.
The font I used for "Translated from PSPIArtes" is French Grotesque.
 Click on the font name to download the font.
I use PhotoImpact to make all of my headers due to the amazing
3D text it has and the wonderful presets available free online
 Most of the presets I use are either the ones that come with PhotoImpact, usually the Gel ones,
or from Deb's PI Tutorials and More (see below) or Carol Oyl's site
 This is the address to Deb's old pages
 http://www.fortunecity.com/skyscraper/millenit/1716/pitutorials/objects/presets/presets1.html
 I can't find any links to her new pages but the presets are still on this page for download.
 For more sites to find PI Presets, take a look at my Great Beginnings page.