Ellie's Treasures Tuts-for-any-Program-Splash Tile

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: 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. ************* I am assuming you know the basics of your graphics program and where the tools can be located. *************** Some abbreviations I used: PSP is Paint Shop Pro, PI is PhotoImpact, PS is Photoshop, and PSE is Photoshop Elements.
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 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.
2. 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%
Using the brush, make some squiggles on the canvas (you can use a solid color or a gradient, I used a gradient here) To learn how to apply a gradient to the squiggles in PS/PSE, click here (it will open in new window) 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
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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Tutorial was written August 3, 2005 ************ 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 No Fax Cash Advance

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 "Splash Tile" tutorial header is Wavy. 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.