Hi all, I am so excited for this post as this is my very first PSP 8 tutorial post, please try it out and if there are any mistakes let me know so that I can fix it up.
Also would love to display your results here so do send them to me!
Now lets get started!
I have used PSP 8 for this tutorial
The bird image used in this tut is part the kit, Pet Shop by Crescent Moon Designs, available here
This tut is written keeping in mind that the user has basic PSP knowledge.
1 - Open a new document with following settings
2 - Then open any image of your choice, I used the bird image as mentioned earlier
3 - Copy and paste this onto your new image
4 - If the image is too large, you will have to resize it, go to Image ---> Resize, play around a bit to see what works for you, I used the following settings, be sure the Resize all Layers checkbox is unchecked.
5 - Now to make this seamless, go to Effects ---> Image Effects ---> Seamless Tiling, using the following settings
I got this
6 - Now to add some background color, select the Flood Fill tool and pick a colour that compliments the image used, I picked the colour from the nose of the bird, highlight the lower transparent layer from the Layer Palette and flood fill it with the chosen colour
7 - Now we have a basic image patteren, but lets spice this up a bit by adding a drop shadow and a overall texture.
8 - Now highlight the layer with the image on it , and go to Effects ---> 3D Effects ---> Drop Shadow , using the following settings add a light drop shadow to the image layer
this is what I got, see the difference the drop shadow has on a image?
9 - Now go to the high lightened layer, right click and on the popped up menu go to Merge ---> Merge Visible, as shown here
10 - Now to add a bit of texture, go to Effects ---> Texture Effects ----> Texture, here you can play arund a bit to see what suits you, the settings I used are as follows
and got this final result, save this as png or jpeg whichever you prefer for later use.
The images and patterns you create using this tut are yours to do as you wish, I just hope I was able to tell you a tip or two.
If you found this helpful please spread the word around by linking to this tut but do not copy and paste it anywhere.
Enjoy and thanks for visiting!
Also would love to display your results here so do send them to me!
Now lets get started!
Patteren Making in PSP 8
I have used PSP 8 for this tutorial
The bird image used in this tut is part the kit, Pet Shop by Crescent Moon Designs, available here
This tut is written keeping in mind that the user has basic PSP knowledge.
1 - Open a new document with following settings
2 - Then open any image of your choice, I used the bird image as mentioned earlier
3 - Copy and paste this onto your new image
4 - If the image is too large, you will have to resize it, go to Image ---> Resize, play around a bit to see what works for you, I used the following settings, be sure the Resize all Layers checkbox is unchecked.
5 - Now to make this seamless, go to Effects ---> Image Effects ---> Seamless Tiling, using the following settings
I got this
6 - Now to add some background color, select the Flood Fill tool and pick a colour that compliments the image used, I picked the colour from the nose of the bird, highlight the lower transparent layer from the Layer Palette and flood fill it with the chosen colour
7 - Now we have a basic image patteren, but lets spice this up a bit by adding a drop shadow and a overall texture.
8 - Now highlight the layer with the image on it , and go to Effects ---> 3D Effects ---> Drop Shadow , using the following settings add a light drop shadow to the image layer
this is what I got, see the difference the drop shadow has on a image?
9 - Now go to the high lightened layer, right click and on the popped up menu go to Merge ---> Merge Visible, as shown here
10 - Now to add a bit of texture, go to Effects ---> Texture Effects ----> Texture, here you can play arund a bit to see what suits you, the settings I used are as follows
and got this final result, save this as png or jpeg whichever you prefer for later use.
The images and patterns you create using this tut are yours to do as you wish, I just hope I was able to tell you a tip or two.
If you found this helpful please spread the word around by linking to this tut but do not copy and paste it anywhere.
Enjoy and thanks for visiting!
