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Turning Photos into Seamless Textures with Plugin Galaxy
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Step
1: Open any photo
you like. The quality of the photo isn't important eighter.
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Step
2: Resize the photo
to the size you want the final texture to be e.g. 160x160.
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Step
3: Select the Warp
1 or Warp 2 plugin from the Plugin Galaxy set and apply an
Warp effect to the photo.
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4: To spice up
the colors use the Coolorize plugin.
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5: Finally use
the Instant Mirror plugin to create a seamlessly mirrored texture.
For the example picture the Crossing Left effect of Instant Mirror was
used.
Tip:
Right click on several places within the preview
and try different effects until you're satisfied with the result.
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Step
6: To give the
texture a more individual touch, you can further use the Noise Painting
effect of the Noiseee plugin.
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Variation
1:
The Star plugin can give the texture a more special touch.
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Variation
2:
Use Grid plugin to give the texture a grid look.
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Variation
3:
Use the Metal effect of the Fusion plugin to create metalic or
grey variations.
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Variation
4:
Use the Xeon effect of the Fusion plugin or the Pop Art
plugin to create some colorful variations.
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