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Ellie's Treasures UniversalTutorials - Splash Tile http://www.ellies-treasures.com/universal/splashtile/splashtile.html |
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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 Simple filters>Quick Tile, available free here VM Natural>Splash! - available free here (entire set of VM filters) No other materials are needed ***************** My plugin windows may look different from yours as I use Filters Unlimited 2 to manage my plugins - available for purchase here. ***************** Some abbreviations I used: PSP is Paint Shop Pro, PI is PhotoImpact, PS is Photoshop, and PSE is Photoshop Elements. |
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1. Open the graphic or
tube you want to use, pick two colors, one dark and one light or
bright. Open a new canvas, 200 X 200 pixels and flood fill with the dark color. |
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Pick the paintbrush tool with settings as shown PI: (Shape round, size 1 (or more), light or bright color of choice, Trans 0, Soft Edge 0, Preset none, line set at freehand) PSP (shape round, size 1 (or more), Hardness, Density, Thickness, and opacity 100, Step 32, Rotation 0, blend mode normal) PS (Round, Diameter 1 pixel, mode normal, opacity 100, flow 100) PSE (Round, Size 1 (or more), Mode Normal, Opacity 100% |
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Using the brush,
make some squiggles on the canvas
(you can use a solid color or a gradient, I used a gradient
here) In PS, just make the foreground color a gradient and paint with it In PI, use the Outline Drawing Tool, in the panel, for shape pick Freehand, mode 2D object, draw your squiggles. Go to Edit>Fill, pick the Gradient tab and pick the gradient, click OK. Right click and Merge All before the next step. |
| 3. Go to Effects>VM Natural>Splash!, at default settings (121, 123, 19, 17, 22) |
| 4. Go to Effects>Simple>Quick Tile |
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5. You can now either
save or reduce opacity for a lighter effect (use white or
a pale version of a color in the tile) In PI go to Edit>Fill, at 50% transparency In PSP, right click in layer palette>new raster layer. Fill with fill tool, reduce opacity in layer to 50% In PS or PSE: Layer>New>Layer, then use the Paint Bucket tool to fill, go to the layer palette and reduce opacity to 50%. Save as a jpg. In PSP, optimize at 30, in PI optimize at 60, in Photoshop or PE, optimize at medium quality. |
| You're done!
Don't forget to optimize PSP: (File>Export>Jpeg Optimizer). I usually optimize at about 20. PI: I usually optimize at about 80 PS and PSE: I usually save at about 8. |
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