TEXTURIZED WHIRL TUTORIAL



    PREPARING:
  1. Chose tube (height no more then 280)
  2. Chose two colors from tube: lighter color for foreground,
    darker color for background
  3. Duplicate Tube (shift D)
  4. Close your original tube
  5. Edit � Copy

    BACKGROUND PATTERN:
  6. File � New - New image of 300 x 300
  7. On the tool task bar chose the Selection Tool with the
    following presets:

  8. Chose custom selection with the following settings:

    top: 0
    left: 0
    right : 100
    bottom: 300
  9. Floodfill your selection with your light foreground color
  10. Selections � Select none
  11. Layers � New Raster Layer (transparant)
  12. On the tool task bar chose the Selection Tool
    with the same settings as before
  13. Chose custom selection with the following
    settings:
    top: 0
    left: 200
    right : 300
    bottom: 300
  14. Floodfill your selection with your darker background color
  15. Selections � Select none
  16. Layers � New Raster Layer
  17. Chose another color from your tube for your
    backgroundbox in the materialbox with your dropper tool
  18. Selection Tool with the following settings:
    Top: 0
    Left: 100
    Right: 200
    Bottom: 300
  19. Floodfill your selections with your new
    background color:
  20. Selections � Select none
  21. Layers � Merge � Merge visible
  22. Filters � IC Net Software � Filters Unlimited 2.0
    � Distortion Filters � Whirl: settings: 32

  23. Your background pattern must now look
    similar to the above image
  24. Effects � Image Effects � Seamless Tiling:
    at default
  25. Layers � New raster layer
  26. Floodfill with your light foregroundcolor
  27. Lower opacity of your new layer to 50-80 to your
    likings. I used 64.
  28. Layers � Merge � Merge visible
  29. Effects � Texture Effects � Blinds: width 4,
    Opacity: 58, your color must be your background
    color, horizontal must be checked


  30. Effects � Texture Effects � Blinds: width 4,
    Opacity: 58, your color must be your background
    color, horizontal must NOT be checked now
  31. Optional: lower opacity of your image to make it
    more text friendly
  32. Layers � Merge � Merge all (flatten)
  33. Your background image is now ready
  34. Minimize for now, we will use it later

    BACKGROUND
  35. File � New Image: 1280 x 300
  36. In your materialbox, change background color to
    pattern: settings: angle 0 and scale 100.

  37. Chose your just created background pattern here
  38. Floodfill your new image with your pattern
  39. Minimize for now, we will use it later

    TUBE LAYER
  40. Activate your (minimized) background pattern
  41. Edit � Paste � Paste as a new layer (your tube
    will be centered on this square
  42. Effects � 3d effects � Dropshadow: with the
    following settings: horizontal & vertical: 3,
    Opacity: 45, Blur: 15 (or your preference)
  43. Layers � Merge � Merge visible
  44. Selections � Select All
  45. Selections � Modify � Contract: settings: 6 px
  46. Effects � 3d effects � Inner Bevel: with the
    following settings:


    Bevel: 2 , Width: 6, Smoothness: 0, Depth: 6,
    Ambience: 0, Shininess: 0, Angel: 315, Intensity: 50,
    Evaluation: 30, Color: white/light foregroundcolor
  47. Selections � Select none
  48. Edit - Copy
  49. TIP: use this as tag
  50. Close down

    BACKGROUND
  51. Activate your background
  52. Edit � Paste � Paste as a new layer
  53. With your mover tool, move this to the far left
    making it fit with the patterns
  54. Layers � New raster layer
  55. Put your watermark on your new layer
  56. Layers � Merge � Merge all (flatten)
  57. Your background is now ready

    FINISHING
  58. File � Export: JPEG Optimize with a
    compression of 25
  59. In Letter Creator in your Body open your
    background
  60. Tile in your body
  61. In your Footer mention your credits
  62. Finish




    I hope you enjoyed making this letter.
    I would love to see the results. You can reach me at:
    [email protected]

    Please put a link to my group:
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IMtutorialsbyJetty
    Or to my website:
    http://www.geocities.com/ladyluna37/index.htm

    My tutorials can be found in my groupfiles.
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cuteIMlettersandtagsbyJetty
    or
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IMtutorialsbyJetty
    or at the earlier mentioned homepage

    With thanks to the brilliant women who have given me
    lessons in PSP and Incredimail.
    Many things I learnt have been used by me in creating.
    Any resemblance with other tutorials is purely coincidental.
    And special thanks to my testers for their testing.

    You are free to share my tutorials. If you want to use them
    for lessons or a groupshare please ask me and please
    awknowledge it as my tutorial.

    Hugs

    Jetty

    Tutorial created: February 2007 by Jetty, Netherlands
    Hosted by www.Geocities.ws

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