Ellie's Treasures Universal Tutorials-Exploding Clouds Tile-Stationery

Click here or scroll down to see alternate tiles and stationery 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 Filters Unlimited 2, available for trial or purchase here Simple>Pizza Slice Mirror, available free here Tube (if making stationery): I used the art of Arwen Bush Robertson and Adam Byrne *********** Credits Mermaid stationery art is ©Arwen Bush Robertson, Tubed by Dewdrop Witch and cat stationery art is ©Adam Byrne, Tubed by Ooh Babelicious *********** I am assuming you know the basics of your program and where the tools can be located.
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.
Step 1 Create a new canvas 200X200 or 300X300 or 400X400 depending on the height of the stat strip you want For instance, if your tube is 375 high, make your tile 400X400 as your stat strip will be 400 high Pick two colors from your tube or of your choosing
Step 2 Effects>Filters Unlimited 2>Render>clouds foreground background at default, 65-128
Step 3 Effects>Filters Unlimited 2>Distortion>Cracked, default of 64
Step 4 Effects>Simple>Pizza Slice-you can stop here
Step 5 Effects>Filters Unlimited 2>Distortion>Explosion-default of 115, wrap around checked
Step 6 Effects>Simple>Pizza Slice If you're only making the tile, you're done. Save as jpg.
Step 7 (if you're making stationery) Open a new canvas 1280X400 (if you want to make your canvas a different height, make sure you make your tile the same height first to make sure it tiles properly, as explained in step 1) Fill your strip with the tile. PI: Copy your tile. Go to Edit>Fill>click on the Image tab and click on Clipboard>Tile the image PSP: set your color palette to Pattern, click on the box, in the next window click on the dropdown arrow and find your tile. It should be right at the top PS/PSE: With your tile highlighted in PS/PSE, go to Edit>Define Pattern, give it a name and save. Now go to Layer>New Fill Layer>Pattern. In the next window, click ok. In the next window, find the pattern you just made, scale 100% and click ok. Now add a tube to the left, apply a drop shadow if desired.
You're done.
Save PSP: File>Export>Jpeg optimizer - compression of 20. PI: save at about 80 PS/PSE: save at 8 In both PI and and PS/PSE the compression window comes up when you save.
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Tutorial was written October 12, 2007 ************ These tutorials are all my own creations. Any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental and unintentional. Feel free to share any of my tutorials on this site by a link back to my site, but do not copy and send the entire tutorial to anyone or any group. You do not need my permission to share a text link only to this tutorial. You may also save it to your hard drive (go to File>Save As, and save as an mht file- this will save the pictures with the page in one single file and will open in a browser. If not available, save as Web Page, complete (.htm, .html). This will save it with the pictures in a separate folder) or print it out for your own personal use. ©2003-2010 Ellie's Treasures Jewelry Television Coupons

Alternate tiles
Yellow and brown		Yellow and brown, new layer filled with brown at opacity 50%	Black and white, brightened using Brightness and Contrast
Burgundy and white	Burgundy and white, new layer filled with burgundy at opacity 50%			Same tile as middle one then FM Tile Tools Blend Emboss
Pink and grey, brightened using Brightness and Contrast
Back to top Webpage Design Information This webpage background was made in PhotoImpact with a tutorial by Deb DeHaven Sadly, she passed away and her site is gone. The font I used for all of the text on the buttons is BrockScript The font I used for the "Exploding Clouds" tutorial header is Ambrosia. 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.