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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 - available free here Sinedot II filter - available free here My preset for Sinedots II here (unzip and put into Sinedots II folder in your plugins folder) 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! Very easy. |
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| 1. Create a new canvas, 300 X 300 pixels and flood fill with your chosen color. | |
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Go to
effects (or filters) Dragonfly>Sinedot II, set as screenshot
shows
or pick the preset I have made for you  (in PS and PSE it would not work in the default screen blend (see just above the color bar). I used max weight and it seemed the best of the blends available for PS and PSE). To change the color, just left click on the color box and a color picker will open.  |
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3. Go to Effects (or
Filters)>Simple>Quick Tile |
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4. Basic Step: reduce opacity for
a lighter effect Use same color you filled original tile with PSP: right click in layer palette>new raster layer. Fill with fill tool and reduce opacity in layer to 50% PI: go to Edit>Fill, at 50% transparency PS and PSE: Layer>New>Layer, then fill with the Paint Bucket tool, go to the layer palette and reduce opacity to 50%. Save as a jpg.  |
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| Merge all or flatten image, watermark and you're done! | |
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| Instead of using Simple Quick Tile | |
using Simple Pizza
Slice |
using Simple Diamonds |
using Simple 4 Way
Average |
using Simple Blintz,
then Pizza Slice |
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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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