"FINGERPRINT SWIRL
By Jean





ORIGINAL



MAKE GRADIENT BACKGROUND AS FIRST STEP
(DOES NOT MATTER WHAT COLOR AS LONG AS IT MATCHES ORIGINAL)
FX WAVE 20X10
FX WAVE 40X9
TRANSFORM/CROP -0+20
TRANSFORM/CROP +0-20
RESIZE TO ORIGINAL
FX SWIRL 220
EFFECTS/EMBOSS @ DEFAULT
ENHANCE/NEGATE
COMPOSITE/THRESHOLD
DECORATE/COMPOSITE 0X0 BORDER LIGHTPINK COMPOSITE=MULTIPLY
EFFECTS/SHARP 3X3
ENHANCE/SPIFF
DECORATE 15X15+3+3 SADDLEBROWN FRAME
ANNOTATE ART BRUSH



EXAMPLE 2
ORIGINAL



FX WAVE 50X9
FX WAVE 30X8
TRANSFORM/CROP -0+30
TRANSFORM/CROP +0-30
RESIZE TO ORIGINAL
FX SWIRL 240
EFFECTS/EMBOSS @ 1
COMPOSITE EXCLUSION WITH ORIGINAL
ENHANCE/EQUALIZE
ENHANCE/SHARP 3X3
ENHANCE/GAMMA .8
DECORATE/FRAME 10X10+4+4 #55686C



EXAMPLE #3 & #4

STEPS:
DECORATE/BORDER 8X8 COLOR WHATEVER YOU CHOOSE 3 TIMES ( SAME OR DIFFERENT COLORS)
FX/WAVE 50X9
FX/WAVE 40X8
FX/SWIRL @250
TRANSFORM/CROP OR SHAVE 50 PIXELS TOP & BOTTOM
RESIZE TO ORIGINAL
EFFECTS/EMBOSS @DEFAULT
DECORATE/COMPOSITE 0X0 BORDER COLOR WHATEVER YOU CHOOSE COMP = MULTIPLY
COMP/LUMINIZE
DECORATE AND FINISH
ANNOTATE,
OUTPUT @25





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GENERAL HINTS:
YOU CAN EXPERIMENT WITH WAVE SIZES, BUT THESE SEEM TO WORK BEST
WHEN YOU COMPOSITE, IF THE SWIRL DOESN'T COME WHERE YOU LIKE IT, BACK UP AND CHANGE THE SIZE OF THE SWIRL. THAT WILL CHANGE THE PLACEMENT.
THESE TWO EMBOSSES SEEM TO WORK BEST.
IF YOU ARE GOING FOR A MORE SUBTLE LOOK, LEAVE OUT THE EMBOSS, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME PUNCH.
NEGATE AFTER EMBOSS GIVES A WHOLE DIFFERENT LOOK.
OF COURSE, FINISH IT ANY WAY YOU LIKE!
--JEAN






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