Heavenly Swirl Background by Donna Ann 2004 *Do not copy and/or past this version of this tutorial on to any website or send through any MSN or Yahoo groups.   A link to this site is greatly appreciated.  http://www.davose.com Thank you     Needed:  PSP 8  Tube of your choice Filters:    Simple/Diamonds and Quick Tile                Fun House/Twister                FM Tile Tools/Seamless Tile   The filters may be found here:  http://www.fleursauvage.be/utilitaire/filtres/filtres.htm Instructions:    Open your chosen tube in PSP 8.  Pick two (2) colors from your tube with your eyedropper tool , one light color and one dark color.  Select the Gradient setting and set the repeats to three (3). Open a new transparent image 1024 X the Height of your tube.  Resize the tube if it is too big.  I resized my tube to no larger than approximately 300 pixils wide. Flood Fill  your new 1024 X H. image with your new Gradient. Effects/Plugins/Simple/Diamonds Effects/Plugins/Fun House/Twister set at 19 Effects/Plugins/FM Tile Tools/Seamless Tile - .250/.250--Vertical CHECKED Effects/Plugins/Simple/Quick Tile  Effects/Plugins/FM Tile Tools/Seamless Tile set to .250 / .250, Vertical CHECKED again.. Layers/merge/merge flatten Activate your tube image.    Edit Copy/Edit Paste as a new selection on to your 1024 background image.  Move to the left side and place where desired.   Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow I used the above settings. Selections/Select None  Add your Watermark if desired  Save and assemble in Letter Creator   Download IMF File Tutorial Directory Page 1 Page 2 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Home Page ©2006 Tutorials by Donna Ann http://www.davose.com