Old Wooden Weave

April 2008 by DamagedRose

This tutorial was written in Paint Shop Pro 9 but any version should work fine
This came about just playing in PSP

Supplies & Filters Needed

PSP tube
Texture Woodgrain Here
( add to your psp folder textures)

Getting Ready

Open your Tube
Image, Resize
Width = No more than 450 pixels
Height = No more than 450 pixels
Duplicate (Shift D x 2) close original
With your Dropper Tool,
Select a Light color from your graphic for Foreground and a Dark for Background
Edit Copy
Minimize one for later

All Settings remain the same unless otherwise noted

Header

1. File, New
Width 460
Height 500
Transparent

2. Edit Paste
Paste as New layer

3. Effects, Texture Effects
Mosaic Antique
Symmetric Checked
Number of Columns 80
Number of Rows 80
Tile diffusion 62
Grout width 5
Grout diffusion 30

4. (your tube should still be in your browser)
Edit, Paste
Paste as New Layer

5. Effects, 3-D Effects
Drop Shadow
V&H 1
Opacity 50
Blur 5.00
Color Black
Shadow on new layer Unchecked

6. Mover Tool
Move both layers down a bit

7. Layers, New Raster Layer

8. Layers, Arrange
Send to bottom

9. Flood fill with Background color

10. Effects, Texture Effects
Weave
Gap Size 4
Width 41
Opacity 70
Fill Gap Checked
Weave color (your foreground color)
Gap color ( your background color)

11. Effects, Texture Effects
Texture
Woodgrain
Size 40
Smoothness2
Depth 6
Ambience 1
Shininess 0
Color White
Angle 315
Intensity 50
Elevation 26

12. Text Tool
Floating
Font (your choice)
Size ( your choice)
Line Solid
On your Palette switch your colors around
Add Text of your choice

13. Mover Tool
Move text so it's centered

14. Effects, 3-D Effects
Drop Shadow

15. Selections, Select None
Layers, Merge
Merge All

16. Image, Add Borders
Symmetric checked
10 pixels
Color not in graphic

17. Magic Wand
Select Border

(you may have to edit, copy your tube again if not in browser)

18. Edit, Paste
Paste Into Selection

19. Effects, Reflection Effects
Kaleidoscope
Your Choice settings
As each tube is so different

20. Selections, Invert

21. Effects, 3-D Effects
Cutout
V&H1
Opacity 100
Blur 5.00
Shadow color Black

22. Repeat Cutout
Only change V&H (minus) -1

23. Selections, Invert

25. Effects, 3-D Effects
Inner Bevel
Bevel 1
Width 5
Smoothness 0
Depth 1
Ambience 0
Shininess 38
Color White
Angle 315
Intensity 43
Elevation 30

26. Selections, Select None

27. Image, Add Borders
Symmetric checked
7 pixels
Color your choice

28. Magic Wand
Select Border

29. Effects, Texture Effects
Texture
Woodgrain

30. Selections, Select None

31. Image, Add Borders
Symmetric checked
10 pixels
Color not in graphic

32. Magic Wand
Select Border

33. Edit, Paste
Paste Into Selection

34. Effects, Reflection Effects
Kaleidoscope

35. Effects, 3-D Effects
Inner Bevel

36. Selections, Select None

37. Image, Add Borders
Symmetric checked
7 pixels
Color your choice

38. Magic Wand
Select Border

39. Effects, Texture Effects
Texture
Woodgrain

40. Selections, Select None

41. Image, Add Borders
Symmetric checked
10 pixels
Color not in graphic

42. Magic Wand
Select Border

43. Edit, Paste
Paste Into Selection

44. Effects, Reflection Effects
Kaleidoscope

45. Effects, 3-D Effects
Inner Bevel

46. Selections, Select None

47. Layer, New Layer
Add Watermark

48. File, Export, JPEG Optimizer
Compression value set to 20 or 25
Save as Header
Keep Open

49. Selection Tool
Custom
Left 0
Top 45
Right 43
Bottom 300

50. Edit, Paste
Paste as New Image

51. Back to Header
Select None
We are done with this

Background

1. Working on the New Image

2. Image, Canvas Size
Width 111 Pixels
Height 255 Pixels
Placement Center, Left

3. Layers, Duplicate
Image Mirror

4. Layers, Merge
Merge Visible

5. Magic Wand
Select Middle

6. Flood Fill
Color of Choice

7. Selections, Select None

8. Image, Rotate
Free Rotate
Right 90
All Layers

9. Text Tool
Resize the text and add
Center with Mover Tool

10. Effects, 3-D effects
Drop Shadow

11. Selections, Select None

12. Image, Rotate
Free Rotate
Left 90
All Layers

13. Image, Canvas Size
Width 1250 Pixels (or your preference)
Height 255 Pixels
Placement Center, Left

14. Effects, 3-D Effects
Drop Shadow
V-0
H-2
Opacity 50
Blur 100.00
Color Black
Shadow on new layer Unchecked

15. Layer, New Raster Layer
Layers, Arrange, Send to Bottom

16. Selections, Select All

17. Maximize your other tube
Edit, Copy
Close

18. Back to working Image
Edit, Paste
Paste Into Selection

19. Selections, Select None

20. Effects, Image Effects
Seamless Tiling
Default
(Click arrow at top for Default)

21. Adjust, Blur
Average
31

22. Layer, New Raster Layer
Layers, Arrange, Send to Bottom

23. Flood Fill Color of Choice

24. On Palette
Use eye to close Top (Merged Layer)

25. Having another layer highlighted
Layers, Merge
Merge Visible
26. Effects, Texture Effects
Weave
Change Width to 20

27. Effects, Texture Effects
Texture
Woodgrain
Change Depth to 4

28. Open Top Layer

29. Layers, Merge
Merge all

30. File, Export, JPEG Optimizer
Compression value set to 20 or 25
Save as Background

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