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For this tutorial you will need: ULead PhotoImpact - available for purchase here or Adobe Photoshop - available for purchase here or Adobe Photoshop Elements - available for purchase here or Jasc Paint Shop Pro - available for purchase here This tutorial will work in any of these programs. Filters and Materials needed Simple filters - Quick Tile - available free here VM Natural>Splash! - available free here (entire set of VM filters) 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. |
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Let's get started! |
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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) 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.  |
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3. Go to Effects>VM
Natural>Splash!, at default settings (121, 123, 19, 17, 22)   |
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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. |
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If
you have any questions or suggestions, click on the email button
below to contact me. |
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These tutorials are all my own creations. |
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