There are so many fun things you can do with flood fill and this Now bring up a background in PSP that Now on the top toolbar, click on the Toggle Control Palette as shown below: Click where you see OPTIONS and then you will see this screen: Set Fill Style as Pattern and New Pattern Source as the background you chose. Leave it blinking if you would like to add Drop Shadow Ok now I will show you how to flood fill in a tag making it Make a square or rectangle in that area and leave it blinking. Go up to EDIT and then COPY, then EDIT and Now same as before, go up to the Toggle Control Palette and choose If you leave it blinking.. you can then buttonize it using Image.. You can also make matching backgrounds using this technique. Have fun! If you care to visit Lori's Sites, Thanks for coming by. Diana's World of Graphics N' More
tutorial will explain how to do a couple of things.
First.. filling in fonts as shown below.
On a new image, put the wording you want to use
and leave the lines
around it blinking.
you would like tofill the letter with.
Then click on your FLOOD FILL tool:
If you have the background up in your PSP, it will be on that list
of options under New Pattern Source. Then click OK.
Using your FLOOD FILL tool, fill in each letter while it's still blinking.
You will then have this:
now and/or use any other plugin on it.
Below I used Eye Candy-Inner Bevel and then
Drop Shadow, which is under Image and Effects.
coordinate with the graphic you will be using on the tag.
First bring up the tube or graphic you are going to use.
Then find a section in the picture that you want
to use to fill in the tag and using the SELECTION
As shown below:
Paste As A New Image, then you would have this:
this new image as the Pattern in the New Pattern Source selection.
Make a new image (Larger then you want the tag) and fill in the area
you want as the tag using your SELECTION tool as shown below:
Effects and then Buttonize or Eye Candy and Inner Bevel or
any other option you may want to try.
Then add the graphic or tube to the tag.
I used Eye Candy Inner Bevel on the tag and
tube itself then used Drop Shadow. Shown below:
If you want to make a muted background, bring up the new background
in PSP5 and go to Colors, then Adjust and then Gamma Correction.
The possibilities are endless!!
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