RANDOM WIND
BACKGROUND
TUTORIAL
BY
©Donna Ann
2004

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You will need:
 
PSP8
Tube of your choosing and the following filters:
 
Simple/Quick Tile 
MuRa Pro Seamless  (MuRaPro)
FM Tile Tools -
You can find them here:   http://www.fleursauvage.be/utilitaire/filtres/filtres.htm
INSTRUCTIONS

   Open a tube in PSP
Make a new Image 200 X 200.

   Make your selected tube active.
 With the eyedropper tool,  pick two colors from your tube.
One a light color and one a darker color.
   Set the Materials window to Gradient and select the colors you just
picked  or another gradient that matches your tube.

Activate the new 200 X 200 image and flood fill  with this new gradient.

Effects/Plugins/Simple/Quick Tile.


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

 Effects/Plugins/Simple/Diamonds.
 Effects/Plugins/FM Tile Tools/Blend Emboss

with the following settings and edge wrap checked:

 
 Effects/Plugins/Quick Tile.
 In the Materials color box, open the pattern selection and select

your new background design.  the settings are shown below:


 Measure the height of your chosen tube and

open another new image 1024 X the height of your tube.  Resize if necessary.


   Flood fill  with this new pattern.
   Effects/Plugins/Quick Tile
 Activate your tube, Copy/Past as a new Selection in to your 1024 wide background.
 Apply Effects/3D Effects/drop Shadow if desired.
 Layers/Merge/Merge all Flatten.
 Selections/Select All.
 Selections/Modify/Contract 2.
 Image/Crop to Selection.
 Apply your Watermark if desired and save to assemble in Letter Creator.

 

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©2006 Tutorials by Donna Ann

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