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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 Filters needed Graphics Plus: Cross shadow - available free here Simple Filters: Quick Tile - available free here *Kang 3: Liquid You Too - available free here *Note: I am hearing that Kang filters freeze up PSP8 & 9, but they work fine if you use them in Filters Unlimited 2 (see just below) My plugin windows may look different from yours as I use Filters Unlimited 2 to manage my plugins. You can purchase it here. I am assuming you know the basics of PhotoImpact and where the tools can be located. |
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1. Open new canvas,
200 X 200. Flood fill with gradient of choice. A nice choice is
often from foreground-background, with these colors picked from
your graphic; make sure the difference between the colors isn't
too great. Make the angle and the repeats 0. Pick style 1 as in
screenshot. The gradient is now horizontal.
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2. Go to
Effects>Graphics Plus>Cross Shadow and apply at default
settings.
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3. It should look
like this now.
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4. Go to Effects>Kang
3>liquid you Too and apply at these settings as shown in
screenshot.
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5. It should look
like this now.
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6. Go to
Effects>Simple>Quick Tile. It should look like this now.
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7. reduce
opacity to make it all blend like silk; use a light color from
the gradient to flood fill with. In PI go to Edit>Fill, at 50% or higher transparency. Play with it to find transparency you prefer. In PSP, right click in layer palette>new raster layer. Fill with fill tool, reduce opacity in layer to transparency you prefer. In Photoshop: Layer>New>Layer, then using the Paint Bucket tool, flood fill, go to the layer palette and reduce opacity. Play with it to find transparency you prefer. A good number to start with is 50, see if you like it, if not play with it till you get it looking the way you like it. Here is mine with reduced opacity. |
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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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