Tunnel Tile


   
 
For this tutorial you will need:
ULead PhotoImpact - available for purchase here
or
Jasc Paint Shop Pro - available for purchase here
This tutorial will work in either of these programs.

Filters needed
Filter Factory Gallery D - Tunnel Tile available free here (complete set of Filter Factory)
Simple Quick Tile - available free here

Supplies needed
Gold or Silver corner or dingbat, click here for the three I used, in psd format so they can be used in any program.

You can get a very different result using various color combinations,
different corners or dings and making the center selection smaller or bigger.

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.
 


Instructions

Screenshots
1. Open a new canvas, 200 X 200 pixels, white. Fill it with a color of your choosing or one picked from the graphic with the eyedropper tool. Open a gold or silver ding or corner, copy and minimize.

 

 

 

  
2. Make a square selection in the middle, about 110 X 100, doesn't matter if you're a bit off.

 

 

 

 
3. For PhotoImpact: Leaving it selected, go to edit>fill>image>Clipboard>tile the image, transparency at 50%. Keep in mind that the lighter color will be the main color of the tile, the darker color will be an accent in the tile. The smaller the inner selection, the more of the darker color you will see as an accent. Merge all.

 


 
3. For PSP: click on your color box of your fill color, when color picker opens, pick a lighter color of the shade you used, fill selection with it. Keep in mind that the lighter color will be the main color of the tile, the darker color will be an accent in the tile. Paste as a new layer the gold ding or corner. Merge all (flatten).

 


 
4. Go to Effect>Filter Factory D>Tunnel tile, leave settings at default of 62-203.

 

 

 

 

 

 
3. It should look like this now.

 

 

 

 
3. Go to Effect>Simple>Quick Tile. It should look like this now.

 

 

 


 
You're done. Save as a jpg.  

Some alternative tiles (all three corners are available in the zip file of supplies)
Dark Green with mint green center, corner 1
 Dark Mauve with Light Mauve center, corner 1
 Dark red with coral center, corner 1
Black with white center, corner 1


 

 

 

 

 

 Royal blue with smaller light blue center, corner 2
Because the center is smaller, more of the royal blue shows

 
 		 Royal blue with smaller light blue center, corner 3
Because the center is smaller, more of the royal blue shows



 

 

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Any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental and unintentional.
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