DA-Easy Fur Background
by
2005 Donna Ann
January 15, 2005
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BEGINNER LEVEL
This is a new Tutorial using only PSP. There are no outside filters needed.
Needed for this tutorial:
PSP
A graphic of your choice.
Open your graphic in PSP.
Windows/Duplicate two times. Close the original.
Minimize one of the duplicated images for now.
Layers/Promote background layer.
Effects/Image Effects/Seamless Tiling
Adjust/Blur/Gaussian Blur 20
Effects/Texture Effects/Fur
Effects/Seamless Tiling using the same settings as before.
With your Eyedropper
tool 
, in your
Materials box, select this picture your image
Make a New Image. File/New. Make this new image 1024 X the height of your graphic.
Flood
fill 
with
your new pattern image.
Reactivate your graphic.
Effects/Image Effects/Seamless Tiling
Selections/Select All.
Edit/Copy
Activate your filled background image and Edit/Paste as a new layer.
With your mover tool
, position your
graphic to the far left of your background image.
**optional. At this point, you can click on the background layer and reduce the opacity to about 50%
or whatever you think looks best.
Do not worry that the checked background shows through your faded image. It will disappear with the next step.
Layers/Merge/Merge all flatten.
Layers/Promote background to layer.
With your selection tool
, make a long
narrow selection of about 10 to 20 pixels at the edge
where your graphic image and background image meet.
While still selected, Layers/New Raster Layer.
Flood fill
this area with
color or gradient.
While your area is still selected, add a drop-shadow.
Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow.
Selections/Select none.
Layers/Merge/Merge flatten.
Layers/Promote background layer.
Selections/Select all.
Selections/Modify/Contract 2 pixels.
Image/Crop to Selection.
*Add your watermark if desired, and save your new image to assemble in Letter Creator.