Ellie's Treasures PSP-Tuts

Scroll down or click here for alternate versions They will both 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: PSP: I've done this tutorial in PSP 9 and PSP XI. I believe it can be done in most versions. You may have to look around for the commands but it's likely they are there. Filters and materials needed Funhouse filters - Xaggerate - available free here in Funhouse 2 filters ~.::.~.::.~.::.~.::.~.::.~.::.~.::.*~ I am assuming you know the basics of Paint Shop Pro and where the tools can be located. This is an extremely easy tutorial and can be done by beginners.
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. Pick a portion of graphic that you want the colors from, select with the selection tool ; Edit>Copy; Edit>Paste as new image. Resize to 300X300, lock aspect ratio unchecked.
2. Go to Effects>Image Effects>Seamless Tiling; settings as shown: Mirror, settings are 1-1-65, Bidirectional
3. Go to Adjust>Blur>Gaussian blur>5 (in PSP 7 it's in the Effects menu).
4. Go to Effects>Funhouse>Xaggerate, set to 35-35.
5. Go to Effects>Geometric Effects>Spherize>-100 (make sure you pick -100)
6. Go to Effects>Image>Seamless Tiling>same settings as above, which are: Settings: Mirror, settings are 1-1-65, Bidirectional
You're done! Don't forget to optimize (File>Export>Jpeg Optimizer). I usually optimize at about 20. Lately I've been saving more files as png files as the quality is so much better. The file size is bigger though.
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		Tile on the left after applying Unsharp Mask and then Simple>Pizza Slice Mirror
Tutorial was written in 2004 ~.::.~.::.~.::.~.::.~.::.~.::.~.::.*~ These tutorials are all my own creations. Any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental and unintentional. Feel free to share any of my tutorials on this site by a link back to my site, but do not copy and send the entire tutorial to anyone or any group. You may also save it to your hard drive (go to File>Save As, and save as an mht file- this will save the pictures with the page in one single file and will open in a browser) or print it out for your own personal use ©2003-2010 Ellie's Treasures Finish Line Online Coupons

Back to top Webpage Design Information This webpage background was made in PhotoImpact with a tutorial by Deb DeHaven Sadly, she passed away and her site is gone. The font I used for all of the text on the buttons is BrockScript The font I used for the "Spherized Tile" tutorial header is Dascha. 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.