Simple Mosaic Tutorial

Tessa's Tutorial© by Tessa

Below was tested by Deb



Needed: Paint Shop Pro , I did this with Paint Shop Pro X3 but you should be able to use any Paint Shop Pro as well. In order to use this picture frame from this tutorial you must download it from the link below and then you must take the white part of the picture out. To do this make the background into a raster layer in your palette, highlight the white with your wand and hit the delete key. Save this image as a gif.

supplies are in the zip file below.

Supplied Frame, frame.zip

 

Step 1: OPEN A TRANSPARENT IMAGE 400 X 400. FLOOD FILL WITH A BACKGROUND COLOR THAT MATCHES A DARK COLOR IN YOUR TUBE. CLICK ON - ADD NEW LAYER. CLICK YOUR TUBE INTO THE CENTER OF YOUR LAYER



Step 2: DUPLICATE THIS LAYER 2 TIMES. X OUT THE EYES ON YOUR LAYERS FOR EACH LAYER EXCEPT LAYER ONE OF THE TUBE. RESIZE THE OPEN LAYER TO 120 PERCENT. X CLOSE THIS LAYER.

 


Step 3: OPEN THE 2ND TUBE LAYER AND RESIZE THIS LAYER TO 140 PERCENT. OPEN ALL 3 LAYERS AND YOU SHOULD HAVE A KALIEDESCOPE EFFECT WITH YOUR TUBE. PLACE THE SMALLEST LAYER ON THE TOP. PLACE THE 120 PERCENT LAYER IN THE 2ND POSITION. PLACE THE 140 PERCENT LAYER ABOVE THE BACKGROUND COLOR. X CLOSE THE TOP TWO LAYERS (THE 120 AND NORMAL LAYERS) AND THE BACKGROUND LAYER. HIGHLIGHT THE LAYER ABOVE THE BACKGROUND WHICH IS THE 140 PERCENT LAYER

 

Step 4: GO TO EFFECTS. TEXTURE EFFECTS. MOSAIC GLASS WITH SETTINGS OF COLUMNS 50, ROWS 50, CURVATURE 50 % , EDGE CURVATURE 0%, GROUT WIDTH 2, GROUT DIFFUSION50%. CLOSE THE 140 PERCENT LAYER AND OPEN THE 120 PERCENT LAYER. HIGHLIGHT THE 120 PERCENT LAYER IN YOUR PALLETE.



 

Step 5: GO BACK TO EFFECTS. TEXTURE EFFECTS. MOSAIC ANTIQUE WITH SETTINGS OF. COLUMNS 50, ROWS 50, TILE DIFFUSION 70, GROUT WIDTH 2, GROUT DIFFUSION 50%. OPEN ALL LAYERS. HIGHLIGHT THE NORMAL LAYER IN YOUR PALLETE. GO TO DROP SHADOW SETTINGS. VERTICAL 5 HORIZONTAL 5, OPACITY 83, BLUR 5, AND COLOR BLACK. WITH ALL LAYERS OPEN MERGE VISIBLE.

 


Step 6: FRAMING YOUR PICTURE CREATE YOUR OWN FRAME WITH YOUR CHOICE OF FRAME DESIGNS OR GO TO YOUR PICTURE FRAME FILE AND PICK ONE. I HAVE INCLUDED THE MULTIPLE SKEWED PIC FRAME THAT I USED ON THIS TUTORIAL.

 


Step 7: I ADJUSTED THE COLORS TO MATCH MY PICTURE USING THE SELECT WAND AND THE PAINT BUCKET. I ALSO ADDED SOME SMALL OUTER EDGE ACCENTS THAT MATCH THE WING OF THE BUTTERFLY. WHEN YOU ARE DONE WITH YOUR PICTURE FRAME AND HAPPY WITH YOUR RESULT ADD YOUR IDENTIFYING MARK AND MERGE VISIBLE.



Step 8: THE GRAPHIC USED IN THIS TUBE CAME FROM THE SSTPS GROUP AND WAS INCORPORATED INTO ONE OF MY OWN LOGOS WITH PERMISSION.

 

PLEASE DO NOT COPY THIS TUBE OR REDISTRIBUTE THIS TUBE...

 



feel free to leave any comments on this tutorial on my website. Enjoy !!