PLAID BACKGROUND TUTORIAL 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       You will need the following for this tutorial:   PSP8   The following Filters:   Simple Filters/Diamonds Simple Filters/4-Way Average You can find them here: http://www.btinternet.com/~cateran/simple   Horizonaus Mixed Bag/Stripes are In: Here Instructions    Select a tube or graphic and duplicate it twice.  Shrink one image.  Close the original image . If you choose a tube, on the active image, select a light color from the tube with your eyedropper tool . Add a New Raster Layer then Flood Fill  this new layer with the color you just selected. Click on Layers/Arrange/Send to Bottom. Layers/Merge/Merge All Flatten. * Resize your image if needed to be no larger than 350 pixels in either height or width. On this image, Effects/Plugins/Simple/Diamonds Effects/Plugins/Simple/4-Way Average Fade the Opacity to 50% as shown below. Open a new blank image 1024 X the Height of your tube/graphic image. In the Materials/Color Box, Flood Fill  with your background image.   Your image should look like this: Effects/Plugins/Horizonaus Mixed Bag/Stripes Are In, with the settings at 100 and 100. Effects/Plugins/Simple/Diamonds Effects/Plugins/Simple/4-Way Average Selections/Select All Selections/Modify/Contract 2 Image/Crop to Selection Make your other tube image active. Edit/Copy Edit/Paste as a New Selection in to your new 1024 X (H) background.  Place your tube/graphic on the left side of your background.   While still selected, Effects/3-D Effects/Drop Shadow with the settings shown below:   Selections/Select None Layers/Merge/Merge All Flatten Add Watermark if desired and then 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