Ellie's Treasures Tuts-for-any-Program-Crystal Lace Tiles

Click here or scroll down to see alternate tiles 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: 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. Filters and materials needed Fantastic Machines Paint Engine, available free here Simple filters, available free here No materials are needed ***************** 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. Find your fmachine.ini file here: C:\WINDOWS Open it with notepad (right click and click on open with, then notepad) It will look like a simple text file. Scroll to the bottom and put this line into your ini file: Setting01=pastel sponge;1,1,0,0,0,1,233,324,9,2,100,118,108,14,9,-1,0,0,2,1 You can change the Setting number from 01 to another one if you already have a setting01. Now save it to the same place. When you open your graphic program and look at the Paint Engine filter, you will see this new preset in there. You can also input the settings in the screenshot in step 3 manually into the filter window and save it. I love this Paint Engine preset and use it all the time. I even applied it to the 3D tutorial header text.
2. Open a new canvas 200X200. Fill with your chosen color. Make it a bit darker than you want the final outcome to be.
3. Fantastic Machines>Paint Engine Pastel Sponge preset, wrap edges checked TIP: Some colors don't show the result on the first try. For instance red, orange or royal blue. What I do in that case is repeat the filter 3 or 4 times till I get a nice amount of crystals in it. You get some very nice results that way. Scroll down or click here and look at the alternate versions. I did the orange one and the royal blue one that way.
3. Filters or Effects>Simple>Pizza Slice Mirror, (this step is needed first, from there you can apply some of the other simple filters for different effects. The results are different every time so play with it). save or go on
One version: Pizza Slice Mirror then Simple>Diamonds, save or go on
Another version: Pizza slice mirror, then zoom out and flip, then zoom out and flip again
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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Back to top Webpage Design Information This webpage background was made in PhotoImpact with a tutorial by Deb DeHaven Sadly, she passed away but her tutorials just came back online, thanks to PIRCNet. You can find the tutorial here. The font I used for all of the text on the buttons is BrockScript The font I used for the "Crystal Lace Tile" tutorial header is Calligraphia. 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.