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Supplies
Needed: PSP8
Filter:
FM Tile Tools
1.
Select a dark color from
a image that you
want background to color coordinate
with and then pick
a light color from
the same hue
range. I used
: #B0C0C0 and #4F6261.
2.
Transparent
tile 200 x 200
pixels and flood
fill with selected
dark color.
3.
Adjust -
Add/Remove
Noise:
Uniform, 15% Noise
and Monochrome
ticked.
4.
Layer - New Raster
Layer. Air
brush with marble
2, found in your
brush presets and
at the following
settings.:
Shape:
Round. Size
82, Step 32,
Density 100,
Rotation 0,
Opacity 50
5.
Use short bursts
when spraying with air
brush until you
lightly cover
entire
background.
Move your top
layer opacity
down to approximately
50%.
6.
Merge layers,
Image Effects -
Seamless Tiling
with following
settings:

7.
FM Tile Tools
(optional) -
blend emboss with
original settings.
Here
is another couple
of examples from
another color:

Optional
effects:
Dragging your
airbrush over
image instead of
short bursts gives it a
softer finish as
below example:

Many
thanks to Diana
for checking this
tutorial for
me. She also
liked the effect
of doing the
blended emboss
before merging
layers:

Hope
you have enjoyed
this tutorial and
have fun playing
around with some
of the suggested
options for
different
effects..
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