For this tutorial you will need:
Photo Impact
Paint Engine
Simple Filter
Start by opening a new image 300 x 300
Go to edit fill
choose Texture/Magic/MT47








 
Now go to paint engine..soft brush/slope
Go to creative warp..
Select pattern template 5
Now go to Simple/quick tile
You are almost done!
Right click on your square and select copy.
Open a new impage 1280 x 300
Go to edit/fill/clipboard.
Thats it ..now you have a very different looking background!
Here is the same method using
edit /fill/texture/natural/NT27
This one was done by using the same method..but choose your fill as NT27
and when using creative warp...choose in succession...template 5 6 and 7..watch your image change...play around with the different modes see what you can do!

This tutorial created by Tena Williams on March 24,2002