MOSAIC TILES TEXTURED BACKGROUND TUTORIAL

You wil need:
Photoimpact version 7 or higher
(I'm using PI10)
Simple Filters Pluggin you can download here
if ou need instruction how to installing filter and pluggin go to here
Photo of your choice

lets started:

1. Open a blank new page 12x12 inch (the standart size for scrapbook kit, but you can make it smaller than the above size, as the big size will make the workshop go slow)

2. Open the image you choose, duplicate it, paste it in the blank page we open before, resize it to 300x300 pixels

i'm using picture from martha steward site.

3. Go to Photo, Blur, Gaussian blur, klik option reduce to 5-25pixels (depends on the picture, since I have small picture, and I resize it to 300 x300 pixels, the image become smaller, so it blur already, so I just reduce the gaussian blur to 5 pixels more)

4. Go to Effect, fills and textures, klik puzzle, go to option, square size - adjust the number until there are no partial blocks showing on any of the edges (mine 30), choose the background colour (I love working with white background)

5. if you want the lines wavy, go to effect, distort, ripple, option,

direction = edge
frequency = low
amplitude = 60
ok


6. Go to Effect, Simple, Diamond

7. Resize it to 1000-1500 pixels into 1000-1500 pixels

8. Go to effect, all, textures filters, choose effect emboss.
the reason we should resize the pixels to 1000-1500 because we want to see the texture when we work with the small page/fit window, but when we resize it to 12x12 inch is the texture not going blurred.

9. resize the puzzle to 12x12 inch or 3600x3600 pixels

10. save it as jpg

you are done. Try experiment with the other size, pictures and textures
here is my result with the above picture;

ROSES TUTORIAL

Let's makes ROSES with PHOTOIMPACT

Using PHOTOIMPACT 10


1. Open new image 500 x 500 pixels white background.

2. Path tool, circle, any colour.
drawn size as you like (mine here 150 x 150)
then RC (right Click) Convert,Reset Text/Path Object
RC again, align, Center Both
Duplicate.



3. Go to EP (Easy Palette)
then go to Text/path effects, wrap gallery, path wrap, choose path wrap #27,
double click to apply, you will get like image like shown below:


4. Go to EP
Fill Gallery, Gradient, and choose one of the presets between the G87 - G95
double click to apply
mine here is using Fill galery G91



5. OPTIONAL
IF YOU WANT TO HAVE ANOTHER COLOUR OF YOUR OWN, FOLLOW THIS STEP.

IF YOU HAPPY WITH THE PRESET GIVEN CONTINUE TO STEP NO.6

GO TO EDIT, FILL, CLICK MAGIC GRADIENT, USE BELOW SETTINGS





MINE USING COLOURS PINK AND BROWN (SAVE YOUR COLOURS)


6. DUPLICATE THIS OBJECT
GO TO ADJUST, RESIZE IT TO 85%
DUPLICATE AGAIN THE SECOND OBJECT AND RESIZE IT AGAIN USE THE SAME SIZE (85%)
DUPLICATE AGAIN THE THIRD OBJECT AND RESIZE IT AGAIN
DUPLICATE AS MUCH YOU LIKE ( MINE HERE DUPLICATE 4 TIMES)
GO TO OBJECT, SELECT ALL OBJECT
RC, ALIGN, CENTER BOTH
YOU WILL NOW HAVE THE IMAGE LIKE SHOWN BELOW,




7. CLICK THE CIRCLE SHAPE, GO TO GRADIENT AND CHOOSE ANY GRADIENT
GO TO EDIT, FILL, MAGIC GRADIENT, USE THE SAME GRADIENT LIKE BEFORE
GO TO THE SECOND LAYER OF YOUR ROSES, TRANSFORM TOOLS,
ROTATE 30 DEGREES TO RIGHT
DO THE SAME TO THE OTHERS BUT ROTATE IT AGAINST THE OTHERS. (30 DEGRESS TO LEFT,
(30 DEGRESS TO RIGHT)

8. OBJECT, SELECT ALL OBJECT, MERGE AS SINGLE OBJECT


9. OPTIONAL
IF YOU WANT TO SAVE IT AS PNG.
RC THE ROSES, CUT,
OPEN NEW IMAGE, TRANSPARENT BACKGROUND
PASTE
DECORATE IT WITH LEAVES
SAVE IT AS PNG.

YOU ARE DONE!!!


EASY RIGHT!!!!





PLAY AROUND AND TRY WITH ANOTHER COLOURS.

CURLING RIBBON WITH PI 10

MAKING CURLING RIBBON
WITH PHOTOIMPACT 10




OPEN A NEW IMAGE

CHOOSE THIS SHAPE FROM THE PATH DRAWING TOOL


draw the path like this


give the ribbed edge effect with this setting:
click photo, noise add noise, click option, and adjust the setting;
put the variance number as much as you like - I put 30 for my curling ribbon.
check the monochromatic box - distribution choose varied.


NOW WE ADDED THE TOUCH
to make it look realistic, go to BRUSH TOOL setting
adjust the setting depends of your like
mine is: shape 50 trans 0 soft edge 50
choose the texture you like, mine is paper 26 colour white

after the brushes, duplicate the object and flip it horisontally, and put together like this


give it a shade with the burn and dodge tool

combine the two shapes together (merge as
single object)

after that duplicate them as much as you like and arrange the shape so it looks curl,and them merge them as single object.

here is the finishing result of mine -



try it with the different size, brush texture, or even paint on edges effect..
you will amaze how you can get different kind of curl ribbon, just as you like!









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