This tutorial is my own creation. Any resemblence to another is purely coincidental.
Please do not place it on another website, translate or claim it as your own.
You are more than welcome to use this tutorial in a group setting. Please link to this page only.
Tools needed to complete this tutorial:-
This tutorial was written using PSP 8. You can download a demo version from Jasc
FM Tile tools.
Scroll down until you see the demo download.
They also have a plugin called Paint Engine which is free. Grab that while
you are there :)
*Note: I don't know if the seamless tile is one of the 7 usable plugins in the demo.
If not, contact me and I will see what I can do.
If you have everything you need, lets get started.
Open your graphic in PSP and resize to no larger than 350 pixels in length.
Shift + D twice, close the original, minimize one of the copies.
BACKGROUND
Effects, plugins, Filter Factory B, Vibes with the vibrations set to 6.
Effects, plugins, Filter Factory B, Seismic Twirl and use the following settings:-
Longitudinal: 53
Transverse: 90
Divisions: 83
Effects, plugins, Filter Factory B, Zero Tolerance and use the following settings:-
Zoom In/Out: 50
Spokes: 92
Rotation: 59
Shading Amount: 39
Edit, Repeat Zero Tolerance.
New layer.
Flood fill with white. Lower the opacity of this layer to around 35%
and set your blend mode to Lighten.
Merge all, Flatten.
Effects, Plugins, Filter Factory B, Fluttering Flag and use the following settings:-
Horizontal Frequency: 181
Horizontal Scale: 255
Vertical Frequency: 136
Veritcal Scale: 178
Shading Offset: 28
Shading Amount: 50
Effects, Plugins, Virtual Painter, Pastel and use the following settings:-
Size: Name Card
Material: Subtle
Rendering: Intense
Colors: Intense
Deformation: Intense
Focus: Subtle
You can now save this as a JPEG and name it background. Minimize this graphic for now,
and maximize the other one.
