Ellie's Treasures Tuts-for-any-Program-Stained Glass Tiles

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: Graphics Program: 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: Gallery Effects>Classic Art 3>Stained Glass filter - available free here Simple filters, available free here ***************** I am assuming you know the basics of your graphics program and where the tools can be located.
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 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. To learn how to apply a gradient in Photoshop, click here.
2. Go to Effects>Gallery Effects: Classic Art 3>GE Stained Glass with these default settings: cell size 10, border thickness 4, light intensity 3, click on apply. You can move the square in the preview window to a better spot if you don't like where it is.
3. Go to Effects>Simple>Pizza Slice Mirror and apply. You can stop here or you can go to step 4.
4. Go to Effect>Simple>Quick Tile
Alternatives Try adding the Simple filters in a different order, it can make a big difference. For instance, the 2nd one above I did Simple>Diamonds after the last step (Quick Tile) The 3rd one above I did Zoom Out and Flip first and then Pizza Slice Mirror. The 4th one I applied Simple>Diamonds first before Pizza Slice Mirror.
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.
More versions

Using a multi-color red-green-blue gradient, Gallery Effect, then Simple>Zoom Out and Flip, then Simple>Pizza Slice Mirror	Using the same multi-color gradient as at left, shift the colors up and to the right after Gallery Effect, and doing Simple>Diamonds first and then Simple>Pizza Slice	Using the same multi-color gradient and doing Simple>Diamonds first and then Simple>Pizza Slice
	After Simple>Centre Tile	After Simple>Diamonds
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Tutorial was written April 8, 2004 ************ 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 online graduate education degree

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 "Stained Glass Tile" tutorial header is Theodore Fancy. 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.