Pretty Flower Tile

For this Tutorial you will need the following supplies:

Psp 7 download here
Magic Font download here
superblade pro download trial version here
superblade pro preset from NK Designs
(she has very lovely presets) download here
Sinedots II you can download here
simple Diamond plug-in  and Quick tile you can download here

Okay now that you have everything you need
step 1:
open an image 100x100 transparent
set your Background Pallet to this color
#c8d7c4.
Flood fill your image and then change your background color to white.

Step 2:

select your font tool on your toolbar and then click on your image
your font dialog box will open and you will need to select your magic font
size 36 , vector shift I and then press okay. You should have a pretty flower
font design
you may want to adjust the size of your
flower so that it covers your tile 
(you can choose the size of your flower to your liking...play around with it *grins*)


Convert to raster layer.

Step 3:

Take your selection tool set at rectangle
feather 0 antilias checked. Draw a square around your flower and then click in middle of image. You should have  all these little ants marching around your flower.

Step 4:

Go to  Effects and find your Flaming Pear~SuperBlade Pro plugin and apply the
default settings for the nk-india preset
hit okay.

Step 5:

Now go to DragonFly~Sinedots II plugin
and apply the following settings but change the overlay color to #4c2c70. (You can also use another color if you wish) Hit okay



Step 6:

Now go to 3 D Effects/Drop shadow and apply a drop shadow with these settings:

Vertical/Horizontal: 1
Opacity: 50
Blur: 2
shadow color: black

Step 7:

merge visible and then go to Reflection Effects/Kaleidoscope and apply these settings:

Horizontal/Vertical: 0
Rotation Angle: 188
scale factor: 0
number of petals: 10
radial:0

Step 8:

apply simple plugin/Diamond effect and
you should have something like this:

(I found that mine didn't always come
out the same depending on the initial size of the flower... so play around with it and be creative)
or this


now at this point you want to make your tile seamless so go to your plugin FM Tile Tools
or you can use 20/20 if you have it or even simple Quick Tile
any of the above will work *grins*
and apply the seamless tile effect and
Voila you have a pretty flower tile.

I hope you enjoyed creating your flower tile if you have any questions feel free to email me

This tutorial is ©Dreamers Design
please do not remove or send through
groups or email.
if you would like to use this tutorial just
provide a link back and email me to let
me know *thanks*

Written March 15, 2002