Turning Photos into Seamless Textures with Plugin Galaxy
|  | Step 1: Open any photo you like. The quality of the photo isn't important eighter.
|  | Step 2: Resize the photo to the size you want the final texture to be e.g. 160x160.
|  | Step 3: Select the Warp 1 or Warp 2 plugin from the Plugin Galaxy set and apply an Warp effect to the photo.
|  | Step 4: To spice up the colors use the Coolorize plugin.
|  | Step 5: Finally use the Instant Mirror plugin to create a seamlessly mirrored texture. For the example picture the Crossing Left effect of Instant Mirror was used. Tip: Right click on several places within the preview and try different effects until you're satisfied with the result.
|  | Step 6: To give the texture a more individual touch, you can further use the Noise Painting effect of the Noiseee plugin.
|  | Variation 1: The Star plugin can give the texture a more special touch.
|  | Variation 2: Use Grid plugin to give the texture a grid look.
|  | Variation 3: Use the Metal effect of the Fusion plugin to create metalic or grey variations.
|  | Variation 4: Use the Xeon effect of the Fusion plugin or the Pop Art plugin to create some colorful variations.
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