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Ellie's Treasures Universal Tutorials - Corona Dark Tile http://www.ellies-treasures.com/universal/coronadrk/coronadrk.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 or Tube: none needed Filters: Alien Skin>Eye Candy 5>Nature Simple>Quick Tile ***************** Some shortcuts I use are: PSP-Paint Shop Pro; PS-Photoshop; PSE-Photoshop Elements; PI-PhotoImpact |
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1. Open a new canvas,
300 X 225 pixels (don't change the dimensions or it won't
turn out the same), color of choice.
I used white. 2. Go to Effects or Filters, depending on your program>Eye Candy 5: Nature>Corona>Large, Dark Matter. It's not seamless yet 3. Go to Effects or Filters, depending on your program>Simple>Quick Tile. Now it will be seamless. 4. To change the color, use the colorize command. In PSP it's Adjust>Hue and Saturation>Colorize. In PI it's Format>Hue and Saturation and click the radio button that says colorize. In PSE go to Enhance>Adjust Color>Adjust Hue and Saturation and click the Colorize box. In PS go to Image>Adjustments>Hue and Saturation and check the Colorize box. 5. Reduce opacity for a lighter effect if you want, and you're done! In PI go to Edit>Fill, white at 50-75% transparency In PSP, right click in layer palette>new raster layer. Fill with fill tool, white, reduce opacity in layer to 40. In PS-PSE: Layer>New>Layer, then using the Paint Bucket tool, fill with white, go to the layer palette and reduce opacity to 40% |
| Alternate In step 1, after picking Large, Dark Matter, click on the Basic tab and change one or more colors in the slider All I did here was change the one color, the second bottom slider, to red. Apply your Quick Tile to make it seamless and it's done. The possibilities are endless! Just play with the sliders and see what you come up with! |
| You're done!
Don't forget to optimize PSP: (File>Export>Jpeg Optimizer). I usually optimize at about 20. PI: I usually optimize at about 80 PS and PSE: I usually save at about 8. |
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