Ok the first thing we need to know is that to have a really nice looking glitter we need to start with a nice colorful, shiny almost pattern for our fill. You can find hundreds of these already on the Internet by searching for glitter fills/patterns/backgrounds. They are mostly used to make sparkly backgrounds in moving blinking tags. Chances are if you see these on a web site they are animated and moving like glitter shimmering. However since we are not making blinking image but rather glitter dust we do not need to worry about saving the .gif info like we would if we were making an animated item. We only need to save the first layer (you will get a automatic message when saving these in PSP, just click yes) These are a great way to see what the patterns should look like when creating your own. These examples can be found HERE
These are very, very small images that are great since then we will get a lot of glitter effect when applying these with our brush.
Create a new image 300ppi and whatever size you wish, I am using a 3x3” with a white background as it is easier to see the glitter effect against the white.
Create a new layer and choose the pattern fill of your choice in your materials properties. Keep in mind that any image you have open in PSP will show up in the pattern fills and is towards the top of the list. If you don’t have ALL selected in the Category list the open images will not show up.
Ok the next thing is our brush settings. In PSPX I had a preset brush called Colored Noise, I did change the setting to fit my needs and you can see the settings I used below. The only thing you can’t see is the Blend Mode is 0, uncheck both Continuous and Wet Paint Look. To open your brush variances (F11) or View>Palettes>Brush Variances.
After I changed my brush variances and main setting, I saved this as a preset brush to use again later. If you don’t have this as a preset that is fine just go ahead and create your own from scratch using the round brush. This is what it should look like with the right pattern fill applied.
Now you can either free hand a shape with this brush or use a preset shape like I did below and I am in love with the Vector Paint Script from Pixelnook.com if you haven’t downloaded this script you really have too, it makes painting on a vector shape, line, object fool proof.
I used a flower-preset shape (top left) and had my brush settings chosen and then just ran the script and got these glitter flowers.
Have fun adding glitter to your world!!
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