KPT 3

 

Figure 1. Continuing with the same graphic that we have already made, I choose KPT3 Vortex Tiler to do some really wonderful and beautiful things to this.  This is the interface for the vortex tiler.  The first thing you see at the top left is a pattern.  I like to say its my splash pattern.  There are 2 different patterns that you can use here for many, many lovely graphics.  If you press on the center of that "splash pattern", it then becomes a vortex tiler.  Here again, the second one down is the "glue" which can be used to create different lighting effects for the graphic.  And at the bottom, there is the opacity grid, by dragging across you can change that.  Below the picture, you see a little black box with the words Vortex Radius.  You can alter the pattern by dragging across that area, either right or left.  The question mark at the top left leads to the help files.

 

Figure 2. But we are not finished with this graphic yet!  The most exciting thing is to put the cursor inside the picture and drag!  This is better and lots of fun.  Never be satisfied with the ordinary, always go for somewhere no man or woman has ever been before.  With KPT3, you are only limited by your imagination.  Compare this one with Figure 1.

Figure 3. Notice the difference in the pattern selector at the top on the left.  I clicked on that and what you see there represents the vortex tiler.  Its strange to me that whenever I'm in there, little creatures and forms show up, of their own volition!  Look at the hearts that have just showed up for Valentine's Day.   This again is made by dragging the cursor inside the graphic itself until a pleasing pattern presents itself.

 

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Above, you see that I have chosen the "difference" lighting effect inside the vortex tiler.  I see two lovely golden hearts here also, and one can really feel a fantasy world entrance in this form.

Figure 6. I have finally decided on one that will become a background. We really would probably not want this as a background actually because it is very busy and it would be hard to make a text color other than white show up against it.  Notice that I've gone back to the splash pattern again.	Figure 7.

Figure 8. Now we are ready to apply the seamless tiler.  After youthis up, click on the "mode" box that is first at the top left. Choose the REFLECTIVE one.  The other one is more complicated than it is worth.  Again you can control the lighting and the opacity and the intensity.  I like to keep the intensity between 42 and 52 or so.  Otherwise, you won't have a really seamless graphic.  What this does is to make use of the colors on the edges to alter the edges so that when this graphic is placed next to itself on all 4 sides, there will not be a line there.  You really have to try this to see how beautifully this works.

Figure 9. And here is our background.