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The inspiration for this background came
from the fact that sometimes I just can't stop playing and
experimenting with filters. I love my "Simple" filters and as I was
doodling with the "Blind Drag" background I came up with, I tried to
see what else could be done after you had gone to all that work of
dragging your image around. What you will be making is close to the
background that you see here on this page but with this effect, no
two will ever be the same.
What You Will Need to Start
...PSP 6
or 7 (this was done in 6)...
Visit JASC to download a free
trial
...Simple Filter - "Top Left Mirror" and "Diamonds" that
you can download here...
We
will start with the image below or you can use any image of your
own. You can right click on it and "save as" to your hard drive. It
is the same one we used in the "Blast Frame" so you might already
have it. I have sized all these 150 X 150.
Go
to "effects - blinds" and choose these settings.
Click on the retouch tool (little hand)
and match my settings below. This brush is a little smaller than the
original tutorial.
 
(Note: If you are using version 7, your "build up
brush" will not be available so on the second tab, you have to click
on sample merged and then it will work.)
Now you get to play
around.... Do straight lines from the top down or try going from the
bottom up or now, even try diagonals or anything else you want to.
Here are some I tried.
 
 
Now here is where the twist comes in. You are now
going to finish off with a few different steps than we did in the
original tutorial.
Step One: Go to "Image - flip"
Step
Two: Go to filters - Simple - diamonds
Final Step: Go to
filters - Simple - top left mirror
Remember, yours will not
be identical depending on how you dragged your image.
I have displayed below a few more samples for you
to see. The original image is on the left, and the final outcome is
on the right.
 
 
 
I
hope you have fun with this alternative approach.
If you
have any problems or need further explanations, please feel free to
email me here
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This
tutorial was posted at the site of "P. Ann's Place" Nov. 26, 2001
and written by P. Sherman. All I ask is that you do not claim it as
your
own.
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