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PLAID LACQUER BG TILE

by Hooty aka Doyle Allen    Date:12/7/03

Approved by the HootyTutTestersGroup!

Needed: Paint Shop Pro 8 ...can adapt for 7 but this is

written with 8 in mind.

Left click on links below to download plugins:
 

Flaming Pears / Lacquer  **It's part of the

Designer Sextet

 

Skill Level: Beginner...but not Brand new! haha

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1. New Transparent image 150 x 150 pixels

 

2. Selection Tool:

Custom Selection icon  

at the top right of your Paint Shop Pro screen.

 

This dropdown box will open.Shown below:

 

Set  your top at zero and the bottom at 150

From now on the only changes will be to

the left and right numbers.

  I will give you the numbers but you can use

your own numbers to come up with your own

unique combinations and you are encouraged to

do so once you learn the basic procedure.

The numbers will be given Left to the left,

and right to the right.

 

3. L=Zero / R=35 

That is Left = Zero, Right = 35

(Top always stays at 0 and bottom at 150.)

 
 

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4. Dropper Tool:  Select a light pastel color.

Pick  light pastel colors

for all of your fills so that text can be easily

read when it is used with light colored text...

 
 
 

5. Flood Fill Tool:   Fill the selection

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6. Selection Tool:

Click on the  Custom Selection

icon at the top right of your Paint Shop Pro screen.

 

L =35 / R = 55

 

7. Repeat Steps 4 & 5

 

8. Selection Tool:

Click on the  Custom Selection

icon at the top right of your Paint Shop Pro screen.

 

L =55 / R = 85

 

 

9. Repeat Steps 4 & 5

 

10. Selection Tool:

Click on the  Custom Selection

icon at the top right of your Paint Shop Pro screen.

 

L =85 / R = 135

 

11. Repeat Steps 4 & 5

 

12. Selection Tool:

Custom Selection icon  

at the top right of your Paint Shop Pro screen.

 

L =135 / R = 150

 

13. Repeat Steps 4 & 5

 

14. Selections/Select None

 

This is what mine looks like this time.

 

15. Effects/Plugins/Simple/Diamonds

 

16. Effects/Plugins/Simple/4 Way Average

 

17. Effects/Plugins/FlamingPear/Lacquer

Beginning Settings Shown:

 

ATTN: During testing some got black areas &

circles and basically undesirables. I suggest

that if this happens to you try adjusting the

DETAIL & OR BULGE until you like how

it looks to you.

 

18. Click OK!

 

19. Effects/Plugins/Simple/QuickTile

 

Finished Results

 

 

20. Save as a opaque gif at low compression...

like about 10 for best results!

 

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Afterthoughts:  During testing we had some

using this tile as a fill in SideBorder stats which

OE and Outlook users can certainly relate to.

  One problem that came up was the SB tile did

not turn out seamless due to people not

quick tiling it  ie step 22 or they did not

understand that when you use a 150x150 tile

what you fill has to be a multiple of 150 on the

height since only the edges of your tile are

seamless... so your height needs to be either

150, 300,450 etc.

  Using dark colors for the fills seems to lead to

undesirable results..thusly I have recommended

light pastel colors as fills.

 Remember to Watermark your creations!

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Approved by the HootyTutTestersGroup!

Thanks to all the great testers that help me to

make these tutorials as good as they are!

The testers are always a vital part of the end

results of what you end up using.

Special thanks to all the testers:

Laurie, Evelyn, Maria Rosa, Adrienne, KMRA,

Mary, Meshi Michelle, Pat, Sue and Linda D.