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Starburst Tile |
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For this tutorial you will need:
ULead PhotoImpact - available for purchase
here
or
Adobe Photoshop - available for purchase
here
or
Jasc Paint Shop Pro - available for purchase
here
This tutorial will work in any of these programs.
Filters needed
Two Moon Filters -
available free
here
- look in the list of materials on this page for the link
Simple Filters - available free
here
I am assuming you know the basics of your graphics program and where
the tools can be located.
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Instructions
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1. Open canvas 200 X
200, pick two colors from your graphic or of your own choosing
to make gradient, fill tile with the gradient, diagonal, from
upper left to lower right (in PSP 45 degree angle, 0 repeats; in
PI pick either diagonal button). To learn how to apply a gradient in
Photoshop, click
here.
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2. Go to Effects
(Filters)>Two Moon>RotoBlade, set at default of 53-128-128-128.
Apply.
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It should look like
this now.
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3. Go to
Effects>Simple>Quick Tile and apply. It should look like
this now.
You can stop here or you can go to step 4.
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4. You can reduce
opacity for a lighter effect
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 Photoshop: Layer>New>Layer, then using the Paint Bucket tool,
fill with white, go to the layer palette and reduce opacity to
40%
If you would like to see a stationery I made with this
tile, click
here. It's called
The Swan on the Lake. |
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If
you have any questions or suggestions, click on the email button
below to contact me. Have a wonderful day! |
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Alternate Colors - playing around with different
gradients and reducing opacity on some |
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My
Testers' Results
Members of my
Filters n Frames tutorial group
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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.
©2004 Ellie's Treasures |
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