Making a Graph Paper Background
I had someone ask me how I made the graph
paper background I used on one of my web sets. Here is how I do it.
Step 1: Open a new image size
100w x 100 h.
Step 2: Using your flood fill
bucket  and in the tool
options choose solid in the fill style, and fill the image with white.
You will have an image like this:
Step 3: Choose a light blue
color for the next step. This is the one I used.
Step 4: Now click on your line
tool  with the
following settings:
Step 5: Draw lines horizontally
and vertically at 10, 20 & 30 pixels as shown:
Step 6: DOUBLE CLICK on the
selection tool  and
set the following settings. Click OK.
Your image will look like this now:
Step 7: Go to Images>Crop
to Selection as shown:
Your image will look like this:
Save the image as "grid.psp.
Making the background:
Step 8: Open another new image
1200w x 100h and flood fill with white (solid) as you did the first one
above.
Step 9: Add a layer to the
second image (Layers>New Raster Layer), and name it "grid".
Step 10: Click on the flood
fill tool and choose
pattern in the Tool Options palette, and choose grid from the list as shown.
Step 11: Now flood fill your
background image with the grid pattern.
Your image should look like this:
Step 12: On the grid layer
in the layer palette, adjust the opacity to around 40 as shown. Note: you
can vary the opacity if you wish.
Your image should look like this
now:
Click here
to see what the finished background looks like.
Note: You can experiment by using
different background and grid line colors for various effect.
You can apply a faded effect by using
the selection tool
and clicking on the grid layer (make sure and click on the grid lines)
and flood filling the grid lines with a linear gradient fill set at Foreground-Background,
and angle set at 90.
Click here
to see one that I have done using black and gold.
If you have any questions about the
instructions, Please let me know and I will try to answer them.
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