Sinedot Brushed Satin Background

I'm really going to try to make this my last Sinedot tutorial for now and move onto some other filters. As much as I enjoy the Sinedot filter there are many others out there that also deserve my investigating and seeing what all wonderful things we can do with them. **smiles**

This tutorial also uses Fantastic Machines Paint Engine plugin which is another wonderful free plugin filter.

This tutorial is written in and for PSP Version 7 and assumes you have a working knowledge of PSP at an intermediate 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*

You will need:

JASC's PSP (30 day free trial)- You can get it HERE
DragonFly's Sinedot Filter - You can get it HERE
** Unzip into your plug-ins folder Please note: to get the defaults make sure that you press the Assign Path.exe icon
Fantastic Machines PaintEngine Filter - You can get it HERE
**Unzip into your plug-ins folder AND also unzip into your C:/Windows folder to enable the default settings
My Gold Gradient - You can get it HERE
**unzip into your PSP Gradients folder
20/20 - You can get it HERE
This is a stand alone program that you just need to run.

Whew ~~ now that you have all of THAT done let's get this show on the road!

Step 1:
Open a new image 250 x 250, 16 million colors, transparent background. Set your foreground color to the MD-Gold gradient that you just unzipped. Flood fill your layer.

Step 2:
Add a new layer and make your foreground color to the color of your choice. Flood fill your layer.

Step 3:
Go to Effects-->Plugins-->Fantastic Machines-->Paint Engine and apply the Soft Brush 2 default. I applied it twice.

Step 4:
Go to Effects-->Plugins-->Dragonfly-->Sinedots You can, of course, fiddle around with the sliders until you get the effect you would like ~~ I used the Something default.

Step 5:
I then set the opacity of this layer to 70 ~~ see how pretty the Gold shines through? At this point merge these two layers flatten.

Step 6:
Duplicate the merged layer by either going to Layers->>Duplicate or right click on your layer palette Duplicate. Go to Image-->Mirror and lower the opacity of this layer to 70. Merge all layers flatten, save your image as a jpg and this is what you should have ~~ or something very similar

Step 7:
Okay, let's bring this into 20/20. Those of you who have done my other Sinedot background tutorial this will be a snap. I am still going to go step by step for those who have not done that tutorial as of yet. Open 20/20 and go to File-->Open. Find the image you saved and bring it up.

Step 8:
Open Image and it will bring you to another toolbar where you can select Seamless Tile.

Click on Seamless Tile and it will convert it before you very eyes.

Step 9:
Now we want to make it muted so it's not so hard to view on the eyes. Here is where you click to make it muted. You can adjust the opacity to your liking. Mine is set at 64% but play around with it and see what you like best. Then press apply.

Step 10:
Now all you have to do is save it and you will be all set to have your own background for your Website or to use as stationery in your email. Go to File-->SaveAs and name your background. Make sure you UNcheck the append to existing file in case you want to keep your original image for another use.

Once again, I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial as much as I did making it. Much thanks to my testers ~~ without them I wouldn't be as far along as I am. *S*

Here are a couple of more brushed satin backgrounds that I have made:

If you have any comments or questions please do not hesitate to E-Mail me.

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