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Create PowerPoint Backgrounds with Photo-Brush
by Geetesh Bajaj
Photo-Brush is a great new image editing application
- it has its share of special effects - let's try out a simple
way to create PowerPoint backgrounds with Photo-Brush. Such
backgrounds can be used in any other multimedia or presentation
program.
You can download a 30 day trial version of Photo-Brush
from:
http://www.mediachance.com
Step 1
Start
Photo-Brush. Create a new file using File -> New. The
'New' dialog box opens.
Choose a width and height ratio of 800 x 600 or as per your requirement.
Choose White as your canvas colour.
Step 2
Choose the brush tools from the Tools palette and paint streaks
with random colours. You don't have to be able to paint perfect
curves or lines - we're just using these streaks as a way to input
colour into a blank canvas. Retain plenty of white area within
your canvas.
Step 3
Once your streaks cover the canvas as in the example
shown above, we're ready to apply our first filter.
Choose Filters -> Blur -> Gaussian Blur. Adjust
your settings to duplicate those displayed in the screenshot below:
Step 4
We now have a gaussian blurred canvas with all colours
merging into each other.
Choose Filters -> Special -> Triangular Mosaic.
Replicate settings as under or tweak as desired. The objective
is to end up with a mosaic which is simple and uncluttered, since
its intended use is in a presentation.
Step 5
Save your image in a format such as BMP, JPG or PNG
and format the background of your PowerPoint presentation. Detailed
instructions on changing PowerPoint backgrounds are available in
Indezine's PowerPoint And Backgrounds page
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