You need some knowledge of PSP's basic tools, layers, selections and preset shapes. You shoudl have at least Paint Shop Pro Version 6 for this tutorial.
To work offline, download a PDF of the tutorial here .
The RGB values for the colors I used are: dark red (128,0,0)
beige (225,204,199) light pink (205,145,158)
You can use these or any color combination you like.
Open a new image – Width: 200 Height: 200 Resolution: 72 pixels/inch Background: Transparent Image type: 16.7 Million Colors
| Flood Fill with white.
Click on Effects –> Texture Effects –> Tiles and use the following settings: Tile Shape: Square Angularity: 0 Size: 17 Border Size: 1 Smoothness: 15 Depth: 1 Ambience: 0 Shininess: 0 Light: White Angle: 336 Intensity: 60 Elevation: 40 |
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| Using the Magic Wand and holding down the Shift key, click on every other square.
Flood Fill with dark red and Deselect. |
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| Select the remaining white squares in the same way, Flood Fill with beige and Deselect. |  |
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| Click on Image –> Rotate: Direction: Left Degrees: Free 10 All Layers: Unchecked
If the image looks a little blurred use Effects –> Sharpen –> Sharpen. |
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