This tutorial was written by Diana on February 18, 2003. Any resemblance to any other tutorial is purely coincidental. She has allowed me to put it on my site. Thank you Diana. Supplies Funhouse Filters Simple Filters 1. Open a new image 200 x 200 transparent. 2. Choose a colour you wish to be the main background - I used #4d5466. Or if you are making a background for to compliment a frame you have made, choose a colour from the graphic. Flood fill your canvas. 3. Choose 2 contrasting colours - lighter than your background colour - I used #ffffff and #7c8498. 4. Select your airbrush tool and set it up as follows: 5. Using both colours spray your canvas, each one will turn out differently as you will never spray twice the same. 6. Effects - Plugins - Funhouse Filters - Sierpenski's Mirror - use the default settings - Scaling Factor = 82 and Fractal Power = 6. 7. Effects - Plugins - Simple - Quick Tile. Here is another one, using Simple Filters - 4 Way Average, Funhouse - Sierpenski's Mirror and Quick Tile. 1. Choose a graphic and resize it to 300 x 300. Effects - Sharpen - Sharpen. 2. Effects - Plugins - Simple - 4 Way Average. 3. Effects - Plugins - Funhouse - Sierpenski's Mirror - use the default settings - Scaling Factor = 82 and Fractal Power = 6. 4. Effects - Plugins - Simple - Quick Tile. Two quick and easy backgrounds that produce great looking results. I hope you have enjoyed these tutorials and thanks again to Diana for allowing me to put them up on my site. Tutorial Copyright Diana - Posted by Marlie ©2003