Fiber Papers

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This tutorial is intended for a beginner to learn about making tileable background.  If you have any questions, please feel free to email me.

To do this tutorial you will also need Photoshop CS - CS3.  You may download a free trial at Adobe.

Remember to save as a .psd file often!

Download Simple Plugins.

1.  Open new, transparent image, size 600 x 600

2.  Edit > Fill > Black

3.  Filters > Render > Lens Flare

4.  Set Brightness = 100%, Lens Type - 50 - 300mm Zom

5.  Filters > Render > Lens Flare.

MOVE the Crosshair to top right corner (see gold arrow).  Brightness = 139%, Lens type = 35mm Prime

6.  Filters > Render > Lens Flare.

MOVE the Crosshair to lower right corner.  Brightness = 109%, Lens type = 105 mm Prime

7.  Filters > Stylize > Glowing Edges

8.  Edge width = 2, edge brightness = 17, smoothness = 6

9.  Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation

10.  Place check next to colorize.  Here's my blue color settings.  (My green color settings are at the end of the tut).

11.  Filter > Distort > Wave

12.  Leave all settings the same EXCEPT, set type = Square, Select Wrap Around, and click Randomize until you get a pattern you like.

13.  Image > Adjustment Layers > Curves.    You will get the straight diagonal line in the picture.  drag that center of the line to the corner where the gold arrow is pointing.

14.  Filters > Sketch > Water Paper

15.  Fiber length = 25, brightness = 60, contrast = 60

16.  Filter > Simple > Quick Tile  (no settings for this filter, it automatically applies)

And you're done!

Here's my green fibermask.  I used these settings in Step 10

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