Ulead Sinedot Pattern

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In this tutorial we are going to learn how to make a seamless pattern using the Ulead Art Texture Filter, Sinedots Filter, 20/20 and the arithmetic feature in PSP. I will show you how to save the pattern in your PSP pattern folder, how you can colorize your pattern using the PSP hue feature, and we will finish off with making a frame using your pattern.

This tutorial is written in and for PSP Version 7 and assumes you have a working knowledge of PSP at an intermediate/advanced 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
ULead's Art Texture - You can get the free version HERE
20/20 - You can get it HERE
NVR - Bordermania ~~ You can get it HERE
**Unzip into your plug-ins folder
DragonFly's Sinedot Filter - You can get it HERE
**Unzip to your plugin folder. Make sure you execute the Assign Path so you will be able to use all the presets.

Step 1:
Open a new image 250 x 250, 16 million colors, transparent background. Flood fill with any color.

Step 2:
Go to Effects-->Plugins-->Ulead-->Art Texture and you will see the following screen.

As you can see there are many options you can use, please see my Learning Ulead Art Texture tutorial for more information. For this tutorial we will be using the edit function. Press edit and click OK. Select palette #5 (this is the gold one).

Step 3:
Press the little button next to the Edit, change your repeat number to .50 and select the bottom right pattern as shown below. Click Ok and save.

This is what you should have on your screen. While it is gorgeous by itself, let's dress it up a little more.

Step 4:
Add a new layer and flood fill it with white. Go to Effects-->Plugins-->Dragonfly-->Sinedots and choose the "nice" preset (you did remember to execute the Assign Path so you could see the preset didn't you?)

This is what you should have now:

Step 5:
Make a copy of this image (Shift+D). You should now have Image 1 and Image 2 on your screen. Activate Image 2 and go to Images-->Rotate and rotate to the right 90 degrees. Make sure all layers is UNchecked.

Step 6:
Make sure you are still on Image2 and go to Images-->Arithmetic and apply the following settings:

You will now have Image3 that should look like this:

Step 7:
Activate Image1 and duplicate this image (shift+D) to make Image4. Go to Images-->Rotate and let's rotate this one left 90 degrees.

Step 8:
Time to apply arithmetic again but this time go to the drop downs on top and select Image3 and Image4. You should now have this:

Save this image as a .jpg and you can close out your other images. We are now going to make this image seamless by using 20/20. For those of you who have worked my background tutorials, this will be a snap. *smiles*

Step 9:
Open 20/20. Go to file-->open and find the image that you saved.

Step 10:
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 your very eyes.

Your seamless pattern will now look like this.

Now all you have to do is save it and you will be all set to have your own background for your Website, to use as stationary in your e-mail, or to use as a pattern in PSP. 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.

Step 11:
Close out 20/20 and go back into PSP. Open your seamless background and let's save it to your patterns. In able to use patterns in PSP they must have a .bmp extension. I had you save it as a .jpg in 20/20 so you could use it as a background, now we will save it as a .bmp. Go to File-->SaveAs (F12); navigate to your C:-->Program Files-->Jasc Software, Inc.-->Paint Shop Pro7-->Patterns; name your file; click the bottom dropdown menu and scroll down to the Windows or O/S2 (.bmp) extension file and save. See below:

Step 12:
If you would like to colorize your pattern here is an easy way to do it. Go Colors-->Adjust-->Hue/Saturation/Lightness (or Shift+H) and play around with the sliders. I made a rose one and used the following settings.

You can also save this in your patterns or as a background. Have fun with this. There is all kinds of wonderful new patterns and backgrounds you can make. Here is another example of one I made using one of the Library patterns in Ulead and another sinedot preset.

Okay, let's close out PSP and take a short break. Get up and stretch, grab another cup of coffee or whatever and when we get back we will do a quick frame using your Sinedot Ulead pattern.

Please continue with Framing Next

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