Making a Lattice

SUPPLIES NEEDED:

Paint Shop Pro - Here

Paint Shop Pro Version X2

FM Tile Tools - Blend Emboss

Here

This is a purchase filter but the one that I've used is part of the free ones.

MuRa Meister Filters - Copies

Here

This is a free to use filter

 

This is what we will be making. Very easy and effective for tags, pages, scrapping...

We will make this then you can save in png form

or pspimage form to be used at another time

This tutorial was written and presented by me, ©D'Zines by Grace, 2008.

Any resemblance of this tutorial to any other is purely coincidental.

What you create with this information, is owned solely by you.

Feel free to use any color or material you like. This is just a guide.

 

* File > New Image > 500 X 500 pixels > Resolution - your choice > Transparent

or fill with a color if you so desire

 

* Materials Palette > Foreground - null, Background - White #FFFFFF

 

* Preset Shape > Rectangle - Check Create as Vector and Anti-alias

Draw out a tall thin rectangle -Objects > Align > Center in Canvas -

Layers > Convert to Raster layer

 

* Adjust > Add/Remove Noise > Add Noise - Settings:

Uniform, Monochrome checked, Noise at 10 or to your taste

 

* Effects > Plugins > FM Tile Tools > Blend Emboss set at default

 

* View > Free Rotate > Left (or right doesn't matter) 45.00 degrees, rotate single layer

OK

 

* Layers > Duplicate > View > Mirror

 

* Effects > 3D Effects > Drop Shadow (optional)

Vertical & Horizontal - -1 (Minus one), Opacity - 20, Blur - 3.00

 

* Right click on the top layer in your layers palette - merge down

 

* Selection Tool > Rectangle > No Feather

Since my image is 500 X 500 pixels, I'm going to start my selection at 100 X 100

and drag it out to 400 X 400. This will select the part I want to use and save for future use.

 

* Once you have your selection,

Image > Crop to Selection, close off the bottom layer if you have filled it with a color.

I did so I could see what I was doing.

Now you have your lattice that is ready to fill a page or another new image

 

NOTE: Depending on the size of rectangle you've used, I had to move my selection just a tad so that it would be seamless. Sorry!!

You can do this by clicking on the "mover tool", using your right mouse button move it to another area.

* In your materials palette, Foreground > Pattern - locate your lattice pattern >

flood fill your new image.

 

* Save this as a pspimage or in png form where you can find it to use again.

 

PS - it can be colored to some degree. If you are wanting to use this technique to be colored, it might work better to be made using a gray color.

 

Here's another one I made using Eye Candy Impact Textures Wood

 

I hope this has been instructional for you. Thanks for stopping by and giving this a try!