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Ellie's Treasures Universal Tutorials - Needles & Pins Tiles http://www.ellies-treasures.com/universal/needlpin/needlpin.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. Filters: VM Experimental>Needles & Pins Simple filters>Quick Tile ***************** My plugin windows may look different from yours as I use Filters Unlimited 2 to manage my plugins. 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,
200 X 200 pixels, white. Fill it with a gradient of your choosing.
If you are matching a graphic, pick two colors from your graphic. Apply the gradient in a diagonal manner. In PSP, that would be Angle 45, repeat 0 In PI pick the arrow pointing diagonally In PS-PSE drag from upper left to lower right. To learn how to apply a gradient in Photoshop, click here. I used #FADC2E (the yellow) and #FB954A (the orange)  |
2. Go to Effects or
Filters>VM Experimental>Needles and Pins, settings
0-32-32-32-255, apply.   |
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3. Rotate clockwise.
In PSP, go to Image>Rotate>Rotate Clockwise 90. In PI use the transform tool 
and click on the Rotate & flip icon in the option bar, pick the
second option as I show here.
 In PS-PSE, go to Image>Rotate Canvas>90º CW.  |
4. Go to Effects or filters>Simple>Quick Tile. You can save now or go on to the next step to lighten it. |
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5. Reduce opacity for
a lighter effect, using white or a light color from your tile 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 Paint Bucket tool, fill with white, go to layer palette and reduce opacity to 40%  |
| You're done!
Don't forget to optimize PSP: (File>Export>Jpeg Optimizer). I usually optimize at about 10. PI: I usually optimize at about 90 PS and PSE: I usually save at about 8. |
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