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:: lesson 02 ::

This is my second lesson, it is called "Seamless Tiles".
For this page I used one of Jazzl's tubes, you can find Jazzl's site here.

First I made a swatch with five colors from the graphic:
:: swatch ::

From light to dark the color numbers are:
#EBF0F8
#D5DCE4
#9CA4BE
#66577E
#483954

After that I made a gradient using two of the five swatch colors:
:: gradient ::
I used this gradient to make the borders that separate the backgrounds on this page.

The next part of this lesson was creating seamless background tiles.
First I made one using the first and third color of my swatch.
I made a gradient, and ran that through xenoflex (showerdoor with fuzzed out preset).
After that I used FM Tile Tools with the Blend Emboss setting to create the relief.
After that I used the seamless image setting in PSP8 to make the tile seamless.
The settings were: corner, bi-directional, linear and 50%.

This is the result:
:: gradient ::

Then I used the second and fourth color of my swatch to create another tile.
I started with a gradient, then I added 20% monochrome noise to it.
After that I used Texturizer to give the tile a crystalized texture.
For the final step I used the same seamless image settings as before.

This is the result:
:: gradient ::

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For graphics/artwork credit is given when possible.
Is any of the graphics yours, please let me know and I will give credit or remove the graphic if necessary.

© Annemarie 2004