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For this tutorial you will need: ULead PhotoImpact - available for purchase here or Adobe Photoshop - available for purchase here or Adobe Photoshop Elements - available for purchase here or Jasc Paint Shop Pro - available for purchase here This tutorial will work in any of these programs. Filters needed Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Nature - available as 30 day trial and for purchase here VM Distortion - Center Mirror available free here Simple Filters - available free here My plugin windows may look different from yours as I use Filters Unlimited 2 to manage my plugins - available for purchase here. I am assuming you know the basics of your graphics program and where the tools can be located. |
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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. | ||||
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2. Go to Effects or
Filters, depending on your program>Eye Candy 5:
Nature>Corona>Large, Dark Matter.
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It should look like
this, but it won't be exactly seamless yet.
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3. Go to Effects or
Filters, depending on your program>Simple>Quick Tile. Now it will be seamless. You're done. Save as a jpg.
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| 4. To change the color, use the colorize command. In PSP it's Adjust>Hue and Saturation>Colorize. In PhotoImpact it's Format>Hue and Saturation and click the radio button that says colorize. In Photoshop Elements go to Enhance>Adjust Color>Adjust Hue and Saturation and click the Colorize box. In Photoshop go to Image>Adjustments>Hue and Saturation and check the Colorize box. | ||||
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5. Reduce opacity for
a lighter effect 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 Photoshop: Layer>New>Layer, then using the Paint Bucket tool, fill with white, go to the layer palette and reduce opacity to 40%
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Some alternative tiles - colorized |
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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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