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EC PERSPECTIVE MOTION TRAIL
Goal:
Note: Most images are shown in a narrow shape
to save room and lessen the saving size so don't
be mislead by this. This tut is pic heavy for ease
in learning.
Bonus: Background Tile and Side Border icon
Tips!
HootyTut© by Doyle Allen 7/18/03
Approved by the HootyTutTestersGroup!
See part of their results from testing this tutorial
at the bottom of this tutorial! Cool!
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Needed: A tube, PSP 8, EyeCandy 4000
and the filter MuRa's Filter Meister
Perspective Tiling 1.1 (plugin)
Download both at:
Simple and Simple Bonus Tile
Download Both of these at:(Get the extra's)!
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1 Open a Transparent image: 450x400
2 Picture Tube of your choice. Size to fit
on most of the transparent image as
seen below.
Note: The next 3 steps are just to center
your tube!
3 Ctrl + C (copy)
4 Delete (on keyboard)
5 Ctrl + L (pastes as new layer)
6 Layers/Merge Visible
7 Effects/Plugins/MuRa Filter Meister/
Perspective Tiling
Settings shown:
Results of Perspective tiling shown below:
8 Effects/Plugins/EyeCandy 4000/Motion Trail
Settings shown:
Effect of Motion Trail shown below:
9 Ctrl + L
(original tube is pasted as a new layer)
10 Click on the bottom perspective layer on your layers palette to make it the active layer.
11 Shift + H (Adjust/Hue & Saturation/HSL)
Slide the Hue Slider a little at a time to the
left or right until you see a color that pleases
you and compliments your graphic and makes
the top layer stand out.
Feel free to also play with the Sat and lightness
settings as well. If you get lost just set them
back to zero.
12 Click back on the top layer on your layers
palette to make it the active layer now.
13 Effects/Geometric effects/Spherize
The settings I used for this tut are shown.
Feel free to try other settings since tubes
come in all kinds of shapes.
The goal is to make the top layer tube smaller
so more of the tiling in the background will show.
14 M = (Mover Tool) Move your top layer
tube to the bottom center.
15 Effects/ Plugins/EyeCandy/Shadow Lab
Setting: Long Perspective Shadow
Settings shown below:
16 Effects/Plugins/EyeCandy/Bevel Boss
Note: These suggested settings may need to be
altered for best results depending on the graphic
that you use.
Setting=Inner Bevel
Click on lighting and use these settings:
Do not click OK just yet!!!!!!!!!
17 Click back on Basic and use these settings:
Now we need a solid color background to set
these 2 layers on top of.
18Layers/New Raster Layer
19 Eye Dropper Tool: Pick a dominant color from your perspective tile layer and
F = (flood tool) left click on the
new raster layer to flood it.
20 Layers/Arrange/Send to Bottom
21 Image/Add Borders = 5 Symmetric checked
22 Magic Wand/ Select the new border.
23 F = (Flood Tool) Flood with the same
color as you used on your background layer.
24 Effects/3D effects/Inner Bevel:
Settings shown below:
25 Ctrl + Shift + i (invert selection)
26 Effects/Plugins/EyeCandy/Cutout Matt cut
Settings shown:
27 Repeat the cutout but change the Direction
to 135........ all other settings will be the same.
28 Image/Add Borders = 15 symmetric checked.
29 Magic Wand: Select new border
30 Effects/Plugins/EyeCandy/Wood Knots
Note: select the same color as your background
color for the Pulp Color!!!!!!!!!
Settings shown:
31 Image/Add Borders = 5 Symmetric checked
32 Magic Wand/ Select the new border.
33 F = (Flood Tool) Flood with the same color as you used on your background layer.
34 Effects/3D effects/Inner Bevel:
Same settings as before.
35 Image/Add Borders = 25 symmetric checked
36 Magic Wand: Select new border
37 Effects/Plugins/EyeCandy/Wood Knots
Note: select the same color as your background
color for the Pulp Color!!!!!!!!!
Use the same settings as before.
38 Effects/Plugings/EyeCandy/Glass Tubing
Settings shown:
39 Ctrl + Shift + i (invert selection)
40 Effects/Plugins/EyeCandy/Bevel Boss
Setting=Inner Bevel
Use same settings as before
41 Image/Add Borders = 5 symmetric checked
42 Magic Wand/ Select the new border.
43 F = (Flood Tool) Flood with the same color as you used on your background layer.
44 Effects/3D effects/Inner Bevel:
Same settings as before!
45 Ctrl + D (deselect)
46 Resize if needed, Add your watermark and
save as a JPEG!
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Well that was fun wasn't it? Now you know
where to find your EyeCandy plugin don't cha?
LOL
Did you get tired of seeing ...use same settings
as before? Luckily they stay the same if you see
last used on the settings box that opens that
will let you know that they haven't changed.
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BONUS#1: SB icon method for this
tut style.
1 Edit/Copy your framed image
2 Open a new 300x300 transparent image.
3 Ctrl + A (selects all)
4 Ctrl + Shift + L (paste into selection)
5 Ctrl + D (de-select)
6 Effects/Plugins/MuRa Filter Meister/
Perspective Tiling (same settings as before)
7 Effects/Plugins/Simple/QuickTile
8 Lasso Tool: Point to Point setting
Select a portion that shows the image decently.
9 Ctrl + C (copy)
Edit/Paste as new Image
10 Effects/3D effects/Inner bevel
Same settings as used in this tut.
11 Resize to 100 pixels width
12. Adjust/Contrast Brightness to your liking.
13 Save as a partial transparent gif.!
I space these 10 lines apart in Letter
Creator until I have 3 or 4 on the left and right.
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Bonus# 2!!!!!! Making the BG tile
1 Go back to the 300x300 perspective tiling &
Ctrl + D (deselect)
2 Layers/Add new raster Layer
3 F = Flood Tool: Select the color that you used
for your background.
4 Left click on the same colored square in the
Layers Palette and change the color to the same
but really really dark but not quite black.
5 Left click on the new raster layer and fill with
the darker shade.
6 Slide the opacity slide back to about 75% on
the layer you just filled. You should be able to
slightly see what is underneath.
7 Layers/Merge All
8 Effects/Plugins/FM Tools/Blend Emboss
Default settings.
9 Save as a JPEG and tile when you put it in
Letter Creator!
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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:
Here are some of the results from the testers!
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