This tutorial
comes from a request from Julz
in the Annex
Cafe Newsgroup. After seeing
my glass tiles that I offer
for download,
Julz asked if I could write
a tutorial showing others how
to make their own. It's a very
easy to create Glass tiles,
but if you have never done so,
then I guess it isn't so easy
LOL. Sometimes we do something
so frequently in PSP, that we
don't think about others not
knowing how to achieve the same
effect.
This tutorial
does require using Eye Candy
4000 from Alienskin Software.
This is a commercial filter,
not a free one. I have tried
it in Eye Candy 3, unfortunately
that does not allow you to make
it a seamless tile and the other
free filters I have found, to
make it seamless, doesn't do
as good of a job. UPDATE: Stinker
was able to use it in EyeCandy3.
I will have include her settings
below. Thank you SO much Stinker!
Screenshots are
resized and compressed for faster
loading. Don't forget to SAVE
your work often.
My tutorials are
only guidelines to help you
accomplish a certain creation.
Please feel free to be inventive
and take whatever liberties
you would like. I encourage
each of you to do your "own
thing" and make your creation
yours! Your finished creation
is yours to do with as you please.
This tutorial
is written in and for PSP Version
7.04 and assumes you have a
working knowledge of PSP at
a beginners level. I am sure
this can easily be done in Version
6 with a few adjustments in
paths but I have only used Version
7 so I can't make promises *S*
FOR THIS TUTORIAL
YOU WILL NEED: JASC's PSP (30 day free trial)-
You can get it HERE
Eye Candy 4000 ~~ You can
purchase it HERE
Eye Candy 3 ~~ You can the free
version HERE
** Make sure you download the
WIN version!** Gradients ~~ You
can find some awesome gradients
on the Internet. I used Mah's
Gradients, although you
can find some other good ones
by going to Google
and typing in PSP Gradients
in the search engine.
Step 1: Open a new image 150x150,
16 million colors, transparent
background. Set your foreground
styles to Gradients .
I set my gradients to Linear
Style with angle and repeat
at 0.
To see all
of your gradients, click the
down arrow next to your gradient.
You will now have an entire
list.
For this
tutorial I am using Mah_Purple
Stain.
Step 2:
Flood fill your image. Go to
Effects-->Plugins-->Eye
Candy 4000-->Jiggle and apply
these settings: Movement type
= Bubbles; Bubble Size = 4.43;
Wrap=63.24; Twist=29 Make sure
Seamless Tile is CHECKED. Click
on the Random Seed button to
get the effect you want - I
used 172 for this one.
Click OK
and save. This is what I now
have.
Step 2A -
EyeCandy3
Go to Effects-->Plugins-->Eye
Candy 3--> Jiggle and use
these settings: Bubble Size
= 5; Wrap Around=63; Twist=29;
Movement Type=Brownian Motion
Results:
That's it!
Not too bad was it. I don't
think I have EVER done a tutorial
that was only 2 steps! You can
also change the angle of your
gradient to 90.
This is how
mine looked at the 90 degree
angle.
If you are
totally new to PSP, I encourage
you to review my Beginners
Guide to PSP7 and learn
how to set up folders for your
gradients, tubes, plugins, etc.
outside of PSP7. This tutorial
also shows you how to point
your PSP to find these folders
so you can easily access them.
Experiment
and have fun. That is what is
so wonderful about PSP - play
to your hearts content and you
will be surprised at what you
might come up with.
I hope you have
enjoyed this tutorial as much
as I did creating it for you.
If you have any
problems, comments or questions
please do not hesitate to E-mail
me.
If you would like
to use this tutorial for group
settings, please contact me.
Just click on the above mail
slot *S*
Tutorial
written and created by Patti
Wavinak for Moon's Designs.
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I set my gradients to Linear
Style with angle and repeat
at 0.
