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For this tutorial you will need: ULead PhotoImpact - available for purchase here or Adobe Photoshop - available for purchase here or Jasc Paint Shop Pro - available for purchase here This tutorial will work in any of these programs. No Filters needed
Seamless texture file
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| 1. Open canvas 200 X 200 or 300X300, fill canvas with the color of your choice. |
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| 2. Open a texture graphic, doesn't matter if colored or greyscale. Convert to greyscale. In PSP, go to Image>Greyscale; In PhotoImpact go to Forma>Data Type>Greyscale (8 bit); in Photoshop, 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. |
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| 3. If you have decided to make your texture tile the same size as your colored canvas, go to the next step. If you have made it a smaller size, you need to fill the colored canvas now. | |
3a 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
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fill it with the pattern.
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3b PhotoImpact: 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.
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3c Photoshop: 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. PhotoImpact: right click on colored canvas, copy, right click, paste, now copy textured tile and go to Edit>Fill>Image, click on Clipboard and tile, click ok (see screenshot in 3b above). Photoshop: Make your 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 Photoshop the default setting is Normal and
there will be 2 layers, make sure you are in the top layer. In
PhotoImpact the default setting is Always and there will be only
one layer, make sure this 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 the next step.
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PSP
PhotoImpact Photoshop
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It should look
like this now, depending on the textured tile you chose,
the color you chose and the blend mode you chose. The possibilities are endless! You can even use the main graphic you are using a background for, make it seamless (using 20-20 or the seamless setting in PSP), make it greyscale and use this technique to make a textured background tile with it.
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Blend Mode:
Dodge Blend Mode: Hard Light
Blend Mode: Difference
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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 Photoshop: Layer>New>Layer, then using the Paint Bucket tool, fill with white, go to the layer palette and reduce opacity to 50%. Save as a jpg. |
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If you have any questions or suggestions, click on the email button below to contact me. Have a wonderful day! |
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Results with different texture tiles, colors and blend modes |
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Original tile
Colored canvas
Blend Mode: Hard Light Blend Mode: Difference
Difference, muted
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Original Tile |
Original Tile |
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Original Tile |
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