Fun House Twister Background

For this tutorial
you will need:

20/20 - freeware

* NOTE * 20/20 is a stand-alone program, not a plug-in filter

This zip file containing Funhouse Filters - Freeware

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Written November 28, 2002
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Fun House Twister Background

This tutorial was written using PSP7, but can probably be done in earlier versions with a few adjustments.

** Remember to save your work often! **

1. Open an image you wish to use. It can be any image, as each one will give you a different result. Personally, I prefer something with a good bit of color. Here is the image I am using; if you would like to use it, right click and save to your computer.

2. Resize your image to 200 x 200 (make sure "Maintain Ratio Aspect" is unchecked. Go to Edit - Copy. Open 20/20 and go to Edit - Paste as New Image.

3. Go to Image - Seamless Tile. Now Edit - Copy. Minimize 20/20 for now and go back to PSP and Edit - Paste as New Image.

4. Go to Effects - Blur - Gaussian Blur and set the Radius to 12.

5. Go to Effects - Noise - Add 15% Uniform.

6. Go to Effects - Plugin Filters - Fun House - Twister and move the slider to 215. Click OK.

7. Go to Effects - Sharpen - Sharpen More.

8. Edit - Copy and go back to 20/20; Edit - Paste as New Image. Image - Seamless Tile; then Edit - Copy (you can close 20/20 now). Back in PSP, Edit - Paste as New Image.

9. Effects - Sharpen - Sharpen. Your background is now seamless and ready to use.

Here are a couple I did using different images.

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