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make quick needlepoint, you'll need the free Screenworks filter from Cybia. To learn how to import plug ins,
click here. Making A Background Tile
Open up a new canvas 100 x 100 and fill
it with an orange color RGB: 215, 84, 23.
Go to Effects, Screenworks, and
apply Dot Screen. Go back to Screenworks and apply Close Knit.
You now have your needlepoint
background tile as shown here.
To retain the colors, save your
needlepoint in .gif format. If you prefer to save it as a .jpg, when saving as
optimized, in the Subsampling box put in None to retain the colors otherwise you'll get a
very dark black effect.
When choosing other colors for this
background tutorial, you'll need to choose pretty vibrant colors for it to work without
coming out looking too black. By going to Format, Brightness & Contrast, you can
lighten the tile up to get the desired effect you want.
Needlepoint Effects On A Picture
You need a picture with very bright
colors, otherwise you'll get very dark results with this filter. You can right click
and save this picture to follow this easy tutorial.
Following the same steps as above, go
to Effects, Screenworks, and click on Dot Screen. Return to Screenworks and click on
Close Knit.
You'll need to lighten it up. Go
to Format, Brightness & Contrast and click on the top third box three times.
Return to Format, Tone Map. Use the following values: Highlight 15, Midtone
15, Shadow -30 and click ok.
More Effects
For a "rug" effect you can
use these values in Screenworks: Dense Net and Close Knit. Then under Format
you can play with Brightness & Contrast, and the Tone Map to lighten it up. You
can add on a little fringe as shown here. To learn how to create a rug, see our Oriental Rug Tutorial.
Another Technique:
Open up your image in
Photo Impact. Right click on the image and click copy. Right click again
and click paste. This will put a copy of your image exactly over the original.
Use Screenworks Dense Net
and Close Knit.
Right click and go to
Properties. Set the transparency to 50%. Hit the spacebar to deselect the
image. If your image is still too dark, brighten the original as noted above.
Below is a sample of the rug using this technique.
I hope you've enjoyed this
tutorial.
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