http://www.ellies-treasures.com/universal/scratch-diamonds/scratch-diamonds.html
This tutorial will print out on standard 8½" X 11" paper
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
Filter Factory Gallery N>Wee Scratches
Simple Filters
I've supplied my gradient canvas in case you'd rather use mine. It's 500X500. You can resize it and colorize it as well. Download here.
http://www.ellies-treasures.com/files/tuts/MistyDelilah_CC_gradient_canvas.zip
For instance, if you are using a tube that's just under 300 high, then make your tile 300X300.
Fill tile with a gradient, very light to med dark such as I've picked here.
You need to end up with a tile that looks like this
(This gradient I used is called MistyDelilah_CC, it's a PSP gradient.
I believe it's from Cursed Creations website, the site is now gone)
PI, Edit>Fill>Gradient: diagonal arrow upper left to lower right, multiple colors picked, click on the color box and pick one that goes with your tube, but it needs to be one that has the light highlight down the middle or it won't turn out right.
Examples of ones that have this are 18, 19, 22, 66, so you can pick one of these and colorize, or pick another one and play with the sliders at the top to get the highlight down the middle. You also have to make sure to pick one with a very light highlight.
PSP, set color palette to gradient, angle of 45, repeats 0, depending on gradient picked. You need to make sure your light color is very light and that the highlight stripe goes down the middle. Click invert and/or change repeats to 1 if needed.
In Photoshop/Photoshop Elements, make your light color the background color,
go to Layer>New Fill Layer>Gradient, click OK in the next window,
in the next window, change angle to 45, click on the drop down arrow and pick
the top left box which will be your foreground-background (or another one if you want),
Style: Reflected, Scale 100%, Reverse Checked. This should put your light highlight right down the middle.
You can use mine if you want. You can colorize it if it's not the right color.
Right click and save.
PSP: Adjust>Blur>Gaussian blur, set at 50
PI: Effect>Blur>Gaussian blur, set at 50
PS/PSP: Enhance>Blur>Gaussian Blur set at 50
If your middle highlight disappears after the blur, either pick a different
gradient or see if lessening the amount of the gaussian blur helps.
This is why you need a highlight that's much lighter than the other color.
If the canvas now looks like one solid color, the rest of the filters won't work on it.
You can save it and use it after this step or go on to the next one.
If you're only making the tile, you're done now. You can save the tile as a jpg.
make sure you make your tile the same height first to make sure it tiles properly)
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.
The Christmas Angel tube I used is from Rainbow Coffi.
Click on the links to get this Christmas Angel stationery or wallpaper.
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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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.
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