Snowy Winter Wonderland Wallpaper

by

Lloyd, Pat, Connie

Click image for full size view.  In this tutorial we will make our own wall paper, and make it snow on our desktop.

Tools needed : Fm Tile Tools/ Blend Emboss: A Demo version can be downloaded from here. Blend Emboss works in the demo

http://www.fantasticmachines.com/demo_downloads.htm

Texturizer plugin

Mask: Rectangle

WinSnow

This picture

Open the graphic You want to use, or right click on this one and save to your computer and then open in PSP.

Hit Shift D to make two copies of the graphic/ then close your original

Click on Image 1 to select it

go to Effects/plugins/FmTools/Blend Emboss and set as below
 

click ok

now your image should have an embossed look covering it

Select Image 2 and then Edit/Copy

Click back on image 1 and click on Edit/Paste/As New layer

this will now cover your embossed image with a copy of the original

Select the eraser tool using the settings below
 

carefully erase the part of your graphic that You want to see the embossing show through.
Since it's on a layer, You can erase any part that You want the embossing to show . I chose all of the Wolves. to give me this effect



Pick a color from your graphic (I picked 8B7E51)

Add a new raster layer

Floor fill with the color you picked
Settings: Blend mode-normal, Match mode: RGB value, Tolerance 100, Opacity 100
Go to masks

Load from disk
Rectangle mask
Invert
Delete - yes
 

Now open Effects, Plug-ins, Texturizer
 

Sandstone at 50%
Relief 4
Light direction-top

Go to Image, Add Borders, Symmetrical, 250

Flood fill  with the wolf pattern.

Now click on Effects, Illumination Effects, Lights, and use the settings below:

Now you should end up with an image similar to the one below. 

In order to use this as desktop wallpaper, it needs to be saved in .bmp format.  Save As to your C:/Windows Directory:

To install your new wallpaper, minimize PSP, right click on a blank space on your desktop, and click on Properties.  It will open to the Background Tab.  Just scroll down to locate your new wallpaper.  Highlight your choice and then Click OK.

Now we can unzip the WinSnow.  Follow the directions in the Read Me file for instructions on starting your own snowscape desktop.

We hope you enjoyed this tutorial, and we encourage you to make your desktop uniquely yours!

Connie, Lloyd, Pat

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