Ellie's Treasures Tuts-for-any-Program-Needles and Pins 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: 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 - total set of VM filters available free here Simple filters>Quick Tile, 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. Some shortcuts I use are**: PSP-Paint Shop Pro; PS-Photoshop; PSE-Photoshop Elements; PI-PhotoImpact 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. 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.
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.
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.
More versions
Pale blue to dark blue gradient and same one faded	Pale pink to dark pink gradient and same one faded	White to pale yellow gradient
Copper Gradient	Pale Mauve to dark mauve gradient	With a Gold Gradient fill
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Tutorial was written April 16, 2004 ************ 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 paralegal college

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 "Needles & Pins Tile" tutorial header is SpeedballNo2SW. 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.