Lily Like Background
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The pattern on this background kind of reminds me of lillies, hence the name...lol. It works best as a background for a web page just use a light colored overlay to make it really outstanding! Please be warned that the beginning image is of a guy in his underwear so if you have any objections to this please do not continue.
Resources- PSP 8 or 9. You can download a demo of v9 HERE.
- The beginning image. Download it HERE. Unzip it to your harddrive then open in PSP.
Let's get started
*Please note: If you install this tutorial as a quick guide you may get a script error when trying to view the images, just click "yes" at the prompt and the images will show properly. Don't know how to install quick guides? then check out the tutorial found HERE.- Open the beginning image and give it a gaussian blur radius 15 (Adust->blur)
- Duplicate the layer.
- Ctrl+M to mirror it.
- Ctrl+I to flip it. Set the layer blend mode to overlay.
- Duplicate the layer. Your layer palette should look like this:
- Flip this layer then set the layer blend mode to ligthen.
- Merge the visible layers. You should now have 1 layer and the image should look like this:
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- Duplicate the layer.
- Ctrl+R to free rotate it 90 degrees left, making sure all layers is UNchecked.
- Set the layer blend mode to difference. Merge the visible layers.
- Apply glowing edges filter (Effects->Artistic Effects->Glowing edges).
- Now crop just inside the whiteish ridges that formed when you gave it the glow.
- Make it a seemless tile (Effects->Image Effects->seamless tiling) by using the following settings:
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This give you the first finished tile shown on the left above. To get the second tile, a more subtle appearence...
- Duplicate the layer and set the layer blend mode to soft light. Merge all layers and save.
Use a nice textured overlay and you have the beginning of a nice web page.
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I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial and found it useful and easy to follow. If you have any comments or questions please feel free to .
