Ellie's Treasures UniversalTutorials -Textured Tile

http://www.ellies-treasures.com/universal/texture/texture.html
This tutorial will print out on standard 8½" X 11" paper


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-Quick Tile, available free here

FM Tile Tools-Blend Emboss, available free here - this is commercial, but after the time limit
runs out on it, blend emboss is still one of those that work.

Picture: I used Sealife ©Gail Gastfield
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My plugin windows may look different from yours as I use Filters Unlimited 2 to manage my plugins - available for purchase here.
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Some abbreviations I use: PSP is Paint Shop Pro, PI is PhotoImpact, PS is Photoshop, and PSE is Photoshop Elements.
1. Choose a medium to dark color from your graphic. I used a medium green-blue #63B3C7
Resize your graphic so it's about 400 on longest side
2. Go to Effect>Simple>Quick tile
3. Fill tile with white, 25 percent transparency
In PI go to Edit>Fill, transparency set at 25
In PSP, right click in layer palette>new raster layer.
Fill with fill tool and then in the layer palette, reduce opacity using the slider
In Photoshop/Photoshop Elements: Layer>New>Layer, then using the Paint Bucket tool,
fill, then go to the layer palette and reduce opacity
4. Effect (or Filter)>FM Tile Tools>Blend Emboss at default twice, edge wrap checked
5. Fill tile as you did in step 3 but this time with your chosen color.
6. Apply FM tile tools, Blend Emboss at default, once or twice until you like the effect

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.
Tutorial was written June 28, 2006
If you have any questions or suggestions, email me at this page http://www.ellies-treasures.com/email/email.html 
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