Curlicue Glass Background
 Tutorial
by
©Donna Ann-2004

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Needed for this tutorial:
PSP 8
Filters:  You can find them  Here
Simple Filters
MuRa's Seamless
VM Tool Box

*Choose a new graphic or tube,  preferably not larger in width than 350 pixels.

Note:  The size of your tube/graphic will determine the finished size of your background design. 

Resize both images if necessary.

Open your new tube/graphic in PSP8. 

Windows/Duplicate your image twice and close the original.
*(If using a tube, duplicate, shrink one image and on the other,  flood fill on a new layer. 

Layers/Send layer to bottom and merge all flatten. 

This will give you a tube with a solid background and the appearance of a graphic.)

 

  Make your solid graphic active.  Layers/Promote to background  if necessary.

 

  Adjust/Blur/Gaussian Blur/Radius= 20
 

 

 Effects/Distortion Effects/Twirl/Degrees 200
 

 

 Effects/Plugins/MuRa's Seamless/Shift at Weave with the following settings:

 

 Effects/Distortion/Curlicues with the following settings: 
Columns 10/Rows 10/Radius
100/Strength 50. 

Clockwise and symmetric boxes both checked

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 Effects/Plugins/VM Tool Box/Instant Tile (X=77, Y=31)
*Note:  If image shows any black lines to the side or bottom of the image, do this: 

Select/Select all;
Select/Modify/Contract 4

Image/Crop to selection. 

This should get ride of unwanted lines. 

Not every graphic does this, but if yours does this will fix it.

 

 Using your dropper, click on your Pattern Box and select this last image with the Curlicues.

 

  Open a new Blank/Transparent image 1028 X the height of your graphic/tube.
 Flood Fill with this newly selected pattern.

 

 On your layers pallet, fade the image to a desired look.  I used 65% on this one.

 

Layers/Merge all/Flatten

 

 Effects/Plugins/Simple/Quick Tile.

 

  Make your remaining tube/graphic active. 

Copy and Paste it on to your background as a new layer. 

Use the Mover Tool to move your tube/graphic in to position.

  Apply Drop Shadow if desired.

Selections/Select None.

 Layers/merge all/flatten.
 Apply your watermark and save for assembly in Letter Creator.

 

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©2006 Tutorials by Donna Ann

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