You will need the Fantastic Machines Paint Engine filter which you can download
at fantasticmachines.com, the ice crystals setting for it which
you can learn by checking out the Illumination Mask Frame Tutorial at Haylers
Tutorials, and you will also need Eye Candy 3 which can be downloaded at Alienskin.com. Okay I wrote
this tut in Paint Shop Pro 7 but it can be done in PSP 6 except for one step,
which is step #4, the Aged Newspaper Effect, which if you are using PSP 6, then
don't worry about that step, just skip it and go on to step #5. It will not
change the final look of your image except your image in 6 will turn out
to be a different color but look the same otherwise, I personally like
both colors.
1. Open new image 200 x 200, transparent background.
2. Flood fill with color C0B388.
2. Effects, Plugins, Fantastic Machines, Paint Engine and use the following
settings making sure to choose Ice Crystals under Settings and change the
lighten for the brush to 1.1 as shown below:
3. Select all then float.
4. While selected, go to Effects, Artistic Effects, Aged newspaper, and use
12 as the amount to age.
5. Now choose Effects, Inner Bevel with the following settings:
6. Effects, Plugins, Eye Candy 3, Swirl, and use the following settings
making sure to use the setting Little Crystals and making sure to use the
following adjustments:
7. Effects, Texture Effects, Blinds, use the following: Width 2, Opacity 44,
light from left/top color Black, press okay.
8. Now double click on your selection tool and use the following settings,
press the following settings and press okay:
10. Now Image, crop to selection. There you have it a seamless background,
perfect for two background tables, frames, etc.
