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Ellie's Treasures Universal Tutorials - Blended Texture Tiles http://www.ellies-treasures.com/universal/blendtexture/blendtexture.html |
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For this tutorial you
will need: Graphics Program: Any graphics program that allows 3rd party filters, such as the ones used here. You can even do it in free programs that use filters, such as IrfanView. There are instructions on their home site about adding filters to the program. Image: Seamless texture file of your choice (you can right click and save any of these grayscale texture tiles I have in this tutorial) Filters: none ***************** Some shortcuts I use are: PSP-Paint Shop Pro; PS-Photoshop; PSE-Photoshop Elements; PI-PhotoImpact |
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1. Open canvas 200 X
200 or 300X300, fill
canvas with the color or gradient of your choice. I used color #7F7CDE |
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2. Open a texture
graphic, doesn't matter if colored or grayscale. Convert to
grayscale. In PSP, go to Image>Greyscale; In PI go to Forma>Data Type>Greyscale (8 bit); In PS-PSE, go to Image>Mode>Grayscale. Now either make the tile the same size as your colored canvas or make it so it divides evenly into it. For instance if your colored canvas is 200X200, make the textured tile the same size or 100X100. If your colored canvas is 300X300, make your textured tile the same size or 100X100 or 150X150. This is so it remains seamless. The tile on the left is the original tile, the tile on the right is after grayscaling it. 
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3. If you have
decided to make your texture tile the same size as your colored
canvas, go to step 4. If you have made it a smaller size, you need to fill the colored canvas now. PSP: change your background color to pattern, click on the pattern palette for it to open up and find the textured tile by clicking on the arrow next to the current pattern showing. Pick it and click ok. Now add a new raster layer to your colored canvas and, using the flood fill tool, fill it with the pattern.  PI: in your colored canvas, right click and copy, right click and paste right on top. Now copy the textured tile, activate your colored canvas again and to to Edit>Fill>Image, click on Clipboard and Tile. Click ok. PS-PSE: Make your colored canvas active, go to Select>All, Edit>Copy, Edit>Paste (to make a second layer to blend). Make the textured tile active, go to Edit>Define Pattern. Pick the textured tile from the thumbnails and click ok. Now go to Edit>Fill>Pattern, and pick your textured tile from the ones shown. Click ok. |
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4. If you have made
your textured tile the same size as your colored canvas, it's a
bit simpler. PSP: Edit>Copy textured tile. Edit>Paste as a new layer onto colored canvas. PI: Copy the texture tile and Control-V (or Edit>Paste>As Object) to paste onto colored canvas. PS-PSE: Make colored canvas active, go to Select>All, then Edit>Copy, then Edit>Paste (to make a second layer to blend), then activate textured tile, go to Selections>All. Then go to Edit>Copy, now activate colored canvas, go to Edit>Paste. |
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5. Now you need to
change the blend mode. In all three programs it's in the layer
palette. In PSP and PS-PSE the default setting is Normal and there will be 2 layers, make sure you are in the top layer. In PI the default setting is Always, make sure the top layer is highlighted so you can access the blend mode. There are many different possibilities, see below the tutorial for different options here. I like Hard Light, Difference, Overlay, Screen, Multiply, Soft Light. The Luminosity setting in Photoshop is nice too. Just play till you find one you like, depending on the tile you are using and the underlying color canvas. You can save it as a finished tile in jpg format now, or if you want it lighter or more muted, go to step 6. |
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Blend Mode: Dodge (Addition in PI)  |
Blend Mode: Hard Light  |
Blend Mode: Difference  |
Blend Mode: Soft Light  |
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Blend Mode: Multiply with Red canvas underneath  |
Blend Mode: Hard Light Canvas underneath was a gradient, then applied Simple Filters>4 Way Average  |
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6. reduce opacity for
a lighter effect In PI go to Edit>Fill, white at 50% transparency In PSP, right click in layer palette>new raster layer. Fill with fill tool, white, reduce opacity in layer to 50% In PS-PSE: Layer>New>Layer, then using Paint Bucket tool, fill with white, go to layer palette and reduce opacity to 50%. |
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| You're done!
Don't forget to optimize PSP: (File>Export>Jpeg Optimizer). I usually optimize at about 10. PI: I usually optimize at about 90 PS and PSE: I usually save at about 8. |
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