|
| ||||
|
| ||||
| For this tutorial
you will need: ULead PhotoImpact - available for purchase here or Adobe Photoshop - available for purchase here or Jasc Paint Shop Pro - available for purchase here This tutorial will work in any of these programs. Filters needed Sabercat Filters - available free here My plugin windows may look different from yours as I use Filters Unlimited 2 to manage my plugins - available for purchase here. I am assuming you know the basics of your graphics program and where the tools can be located. | ||||
|
|
Screenshots | |||
| 1. Open a new canvas, 300 X 300 pixels, white. Go to
Effects (or Filters)>Sabercat>Barcode, set to 17, apply (play
with this one, various settings give different plaid effects, I have
used other settings, just make sure it's kind of evenly
spaced) |
| |||
| 2. Duplicate canvas (in PhotoImpact hit
Control-D, in PSP hit Shift-D, in Photoshop go to
Image>Duplicate) Rotate right 90° (In PhotoImpact, Transform tool  , Rotate and Flip, Rotate Right 90° ; in PSP go to
Image>Rotate>Rotate clockwise 90; in Photoshop, go to
Image>Rotate Canvas>90° CW) |
| |||
| 3. -In PhotoImpact: copy, go to original canvas, Edit>Fill>Image>Clipboard>check fit the image, and change transparency to 42%. -In PSP: change foreground to Pattern and pick the pattern of the rotated image; in original canvas, add new raster layer, flood fill with pattern and, in the layer palette, change opacity of top layer to 58%, Merge all (flatten). -In Photoshop: with rotated canvas active, go to Edit>Define Pattern, and name this whatever you want. Now go to original canvas, go to Layer>New>Layer, ok; with this new layer active, go to Edit>Fill>Pattern and pick the one you just made. Now go to the layer palette and with the top layer active, reduce the opacity to 58%. Go to Layer>Flatten image. |
 | |||
| 4. You can now colorize if you want: -In PI Format>Hue and Saturation>Colorize, and play with the three sliders till you get something you like. -In PSP, Adjust>Hue and Saturation>Colorize, play with the little sliders under the two numbers until you see what you like. -In Photoshop, go to Image>Mode>Adjustments>Hue and Saturation>click on Colorize. Play with the three sliders till you get a color and intensity you like and click ok. Done! |
 | |||
|
Some alternative results - difference is in the plaid, not the color | ||||
| ||||
|
If you have any questions or suggestions, click on the email button below to contact me. Have a wonderful day! | ||||
|
My Testers'
Results | ||||
|
| ||||
