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STEP 1. choose your stained glass pattern that you will be
using, and the glass fills.
STEP 2. open a new transp image
400x400
STEP 3. copy and paste the glass pattern outline to the
new image as a NEW SELECTION, the ants will be marching.
STEP 4.
go to EFFECTS/3D EFFECTS/INNER BEVEL/METALLIC/OK
STEP 5. go
back to EFFECTS/3D EFFECTS/INNERBEVEL/ROLLEDPUFF/OK
STEP 6.
SELECTIONS/SELECT NONE, now make a copy of this, and miminize it, just in
case, at the end you need to apply this over your finished image, to cover any
mistakes in the glassworks.
STEP 7. get your magic wand and use
these settings:
RBG VALUE/TOLERANCE 0/FEATHER 0
STEP 8. now
look at the pattern and decide where you want to start, you will be doing all of
one color at a time. Hold down the SHIFT key and begin clicking in the
emply spaces that you want to color with one color, say, all the sunbeams
yellow. If you have a tiny spot that wont fill, use your magnifying glass
to enlarge so that you can see what you are doing. If you touch the
leading, the whole thing will become selected, you don't want that, so undo that
last click. If you have a tiny part that just wont get selected, leave it,
we can touch it up with the paintbrush at the end. When you are finished
selecting all of the parts you want to color with the first color, then go to
SELECTIONS/MODIFY/EXPAND BY 1.
This will bring the ants closer to the edge
of the "leading" so that there is no gap when you floodfill.
STEP 9.
Now we are going to floodfill. Select the color of stained glass you
will be working with, bring it up in front of you, then go over to your color
pallet and null all the boxes except the top styles box, and set that one to
PATTERN.
Now click on the top styles box, which is now your patters
selection box, and then click on the scroll arrow, and push your arrow up, when
ever you have your pattern up in front of you, your pattern that you have
selected will be up at the top somewhere. Find your glass fill, and click
on it, then click OK.
STEP 10. Now click on your floodfill
tool (paint bucket), and touch the parts that are now activated. When you
have filled all of that color, go to SELECTIONS/SELECT NONE.
STEP 11.
Repeat these steps, until all of your pattern is filled.
STEP 12. Now MERGE/MERGE ALL.
STEP 13. If you want
to resize, go ahead, then click on EFFECTS/ SHARPEN, SHARPEN, to bring it
back to focus.
YOU ARE DONE!!
THE WAY I CHANGED THE PATTERNS FROM
THE WEB, IS I COPIED AND PASTED THEM TO A NEW IMAGE, THEN I USED A FILTER
CALLED "REMOVE WHITE" TO MAKE THEM TUBES. I ALSO MADE SOME OF THE
STAINED GLASS MYSELF, THATS FUN TO DO!!
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