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1. resets the preview window to 100 magnification A aa The Show Original button toggles the preview between filtered and untiltered versions of your image Click and hold the button to view the unattected image Release the button to preview the effect UpToDate Message Indicator D When you see this visual cue you have a new message from Alien Skin Software See the UpToDate Messages section for more details OK and Cancel Buttons E Clicking the OK button applies the filter with the current settings Clicking Cancel closes the filter window without applying the effect Mouseover Help String Area F Elements in each filter have mouseover help text Whenever you move your cursor over a user interface element a short description appears in the bottom left corner of the window Preview Window Area G Preview the effect on your image here The preview area can be resized by clicking and dragging any corner or edge of the filter window Progress Bar H The rectangle to the left of the magnification indicator displays the percentage of rendering completed Magnification Indicator I The current level of magnitication is shown to the right of the render status bar at the lower right corner of the filter window Using Settings The Settings tab in each filter window allows you to create manage download share and back up your favorite filter recipes To use a setting simply click the Sett2. contents Alien Skin Home Page Product Home Page Open UpToDate Messages About Eve Candy 5 Textures To access a Table of Contents for the online help click Help gt Contents The Filter Interface Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Textures Diamond Plate Edit Filter View Help Settings Basic Color and Lighting Feature Size pixels Aspect Ratio mi Diamond Height Bevel Taper Smoothness J Surface Roughness Texture Orientation Es 5 S Seamless Tile Random Seed 1627 J E Click here for new messages from Alien Skin ea A a Latent G0 YX E J Makes the edges of the bars rounder F Slider Controls A Slider controls and radio buttons appear along the left side of the filter window These controls perform most functions in our filters Refer to the filter chapters for detailed slider descriptions Thumbnail Navigation B Click and drag the movable red box to move the preview to any spot in the selected layer Move Zoom and Show Original C The Move hand Zoom magnifying glass and Show Original buttons are found above the preview window Click the hand to enable the Move tool then click and drag to move around the preview image Click the magnifying glass to enable the Zoom tool Click in the preview window to zoom into your image Command click to zoom out Alt click for Windows users Double clicking the Zoom tool at any time
3. Distortion Controls the uniformity of scale dimensions Increasing values yield stretched scales of different sizes Left to right Increasing Distortion Surface Roughness Adds bumps to the surface of the scales Higher values increase the apparent elevation and density of the bumps Add Bumps at Edges Adds rough bumps to the edges of converging scales or the space surrounding scales Lighting Tab Direction Controls the direction from which the light falls on your selection Click and drag within the lighting control box to change the direction or enter a value between O and 360 degrees Inclination Controls the angle formed by the light and the page Click and drag within the lighting control box to change the inclination or enter a value between 45 and 90 degrees Highlight Brightness Controls the intensity of the shiny highlights appearing on areas facing the light Highlight Size Controls the size of the shiny highlights on areas facing the light higher values yield larger highlights Highlight Color Choose any color for the shiny highlights You can select a color using the eye dropper or choose the foreground or background color You can also choose one of the six most recently used colors Light Boost Strengthens the light source High values yield a brighter light source It s like changing out a 40 watt bulb for a 100 watt bulb Chapter 7 Stone Wall Stone Wall imitates rough hew
4. Opacity Noise Controls the amount of transparency added to the noise pattern Higher values yield more variation in transparency Texture This drop down box offers six noise patterns e Smooth Lumps e Smooth Fractal e Wrinkled Fractal e Dots e Crinkles e Diamonds Toggle through the options to familiarize yourself with the six texture styles Left to Right Diamond and Dots textures Texture Feature Width Controls the horizontal size of the noise lumps Higher values create wider lumps Texture Feature Height Controls the vertical size of the noise lumps Higher values create taller lumps v i v MOSS PN mo o lt o La y Above Left Equal Texture Feature Width and Height Streaks Right Rotated texture applied with low height T L and long width values Fractal Roughness Controls the amount of detail in the fractal patterns Higher values yield a rougher more detail appearance useful for adding natural texture to photos Rotate Texture Rotates the texture layer without rotating any original image Click and drag the circular slider or enter a value between O and 360 degrees Invert Texture Flips the hue saturation brightness and opacity to negative values Left to right Inverted textures Seamless Tile Check this box to create a repeatable pattern with no seams Random Seed Controls the random elements of this filter Click it until yo
5. Alien Skin Software 1111 Haynes Street Suite 113 Raleigh NC 27604 USA Phone 1 919 832 4124 Toll free in USA 1 888 921 SKIN 7546 Fax 1 919 832 4065 Email alien skinfo alienskin com For Tech Support support alienskin com On the Web http www alienskin com This manual is copyright 2004 by Alien Skin Software LLC All rights reserved Alien Skin is a trademark and Eye Candy is a registered trademark of Alien Skin Software LLC All rights reserved The Eye Candy software is furnished under a license agreement found in the software installation program Information in this document is subject to change without notice No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical for any purpose without the written permission of Alien Skin Software LLC Don t make us come after you we have more fun things to do Adobe and Adobe Photoshop are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated Macintosh is a trademark of Apple Computer Incorporated Windows is a trademark ot Microsoft Corporation Fireworks is a registered trademark of Macromedia Incorporated Paint Shop Pro is a registered trademark of Jasc Incorporated All other product names mentioned in this manual are used for identification purposes only and may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies Registered and unregistered trademarks used herein are t
6. you don t have access to the World Wide Web mail in the registration card included with your software User Interface Menus Command menus are accessible when you launch any Textures filter Macintosh users will see the menus in place of their usual menu bar Windows users will see the menus at the top of the filter preview window Edit Menu This menu allows you an unlimited number of Undos and Redos If you experiment with the sliders and find that you prefer a previous group of settings simply use the Undo command in the Edit menu or use Command Z Control Z on Windows machines to back up as many times as necessary The Edit menu also allows you to copy cut paste and delete values from parameter fields Filters Menu This menu allows you to switch between filters in the Textures user interface Photoshop users note that if you switch between filters in the Textures preview the Actions History and Last Filter Used functions record the filter you initially selected View Menu This menu allows you to zoom the preview in and out To display the preview at 100 magnification select Actual Pixels See the Keyboard Shortcuts section below for more options Help Menu The Help menu leads to local documentation and online Web pages Clicking Help gt Filter accesses filter specific documentation The same assistance can be reached by pressing F1 Windows or Help Macintosh Filter Help FI
7. Flat Mortar Selecting this box produces a level surface Clearing the box bevels the mortar See Flat Mortar in the Brick Wall chapter Seamless Tile Select this box to create a repeatable pattern with no seams Random Seed Controls the random elements of this filter Click it until you get a result you like Lighting Tab Direction Controls the direction from which the light falls on your selection Click and drag within the lighting control box to change the direction or enter a value between O and 360 degrees Inclination Controls the angle formed by the light and the page Click and drag within the lighting control box to change the inclination or enter a value between O and 90 degrees Highlight Brightness Controls the intensity of the shiny highlights appearing on areas facing the light Highlight Size Controls the size of the shiny highlights on areas facing the light higher values yield larger highlights Highlight Color Choose any color for the shiny highlights Light Boost Strengthens the light source High values yield a brighter light source It s like changing out a 40 watt bulb for a 100 watt bulb 33 Chapter 8 Swirl Swirl smears your selection with fine brush strokes You can swirl images simple color patterns or solid colors Swirls can form tiny whirlpools or sprawling clusters of streaks Used properly Swirl adds an impressionist touch to your compositions Control Des
8. Image Doctor 15 My Downloads 5 oracle i Broorarny Files Ca i H E l 5 Click OK Importing Settings Textures provides two ways to extract and route settings to any installed Eye Candy 5 filter set The first method is the simplest way to import shared or archived settings 1 Find the setting that you want to add to Textures 2 Double click it 3 Click OK You re done If you prefer doing things the hard way use the following method 1 From within the Textures user intertace click the Settings tab 2 Click Manage 3 Click Import Manage Settings User Settings Last Used Baias 4 Navigate to the location where you ve stored the setting Import Setting File Look in B Desktop y B My Documents 4 4 y My Computer My Recent Amy Network Places Documents 1 Settings Make Me Happy Desktop My Documents Y My Computer File name Settings Make Me Happy fis MyNSwok Flesafiype AS Fiter Seting 1s 5 Click Open 6 Click Close to exit the settings management interface E mailing Settings To email a setting 1 Click Manage 2 Highlight the setting you wish to e mail 3 Click E Mail 4 f your e mail client is compatible with our settings manager a message will pop up like magic with the setting attached Yay Eudora Outlook Microsoft Entourage Mac Apple Mail and Outlook Express wor
9. dialog saying that don t have privileges or permission to install the software Solution The Textures installer like most installation programs needs to write files to secure folders on your computer If you use OS X Windows 2000 or Windows XP you must have administrator privileges For information on configuring your user account for these privileges see your system administrator or your operating system manual Problem Atter installing the plug ins and starting the graphics host program the filters do not appear in the Filter or plug in menu Solution The filters were not installed in your graphics program s plug in folder Find out which folder your host program uses for plug ins With Photoshop you can determine this by going to Edit gt Preferences gt Plug ins Then install the filters again making sure you select the proper plug in folder Also remember that atter installing new filters you must restart your graphics host for the plug ins to become available With other host programs consult your user manual for more information about where plug ins need to be installed and how to access them Problem Textures doesn t work with a graphics program that claims to use Photoshop plug ins Solution Some host programs claim to work with all Photoshop plug ins without testing thoroughly or strictly following the Photoshop plug in standard It you d like to use Textures with a host not
10. the gaps between ribbons transparent revealing the underlying layers Shadow Strength Specities the darkness of the shadows falling on ribbons woven beneath other ribbons Higher values yield darker shadows Seamless Tile Check this box to create a repeatable pattern with no seams Random Seed Controls the random elements of this filter Click it until you get a result you like Advanced Tab Thread Detail Controls the appearance of threadlike streaks in ribbons Higher values yield more threads Thread Smear Length Controls the length of the threads running along ribbons Low values make ribbons appear grainy High values create the appearance of unbroken streaks running the length of each ribbon Smear Original Image Select this box to create threads which smear underlying image details Left The original Image is smeared Distortion Controls the waviness of each ribbon A zero value produces straight ribbons Higher values result in increasingly wavy ribbons Left to right Increasing distortion Edge Roughness Controls the jaggedness of the ribbon edges Higher values yield increasingly jagged edges 4 Chapter 11 Wood Wood simulates the features common to sawn lumber including grain knots and rings You can control the thickness and waviness of growth rings the angle at which the wood is cut and more Create planked or solid and tileable wood textures Control Descript
11. A cet tant hare thie 44 A A O E O 45 Error Messages iiss siissccdsscesceevsescssnccavecwsseccosens sn evesdscuvbadssees ccatdsedencceseeusess 46 TFOUDICSIIOORUING iii dad 47 Installation Problems ieckckk hokiesideedile ly icddageedle boedsduaenadidaldian 47 Performance ISSUCS ccccceccececceccccuccecuececuseucescucuscuececucuseutbeutbeeutbaennss 49 Chapter 1 Getting Started Welcome Welcome to Eye Candy 5 Textures Textures a set of 10 plug in effects for Photoshop and other compatible graphics host programs Please explore this manual Even if you re a plug in guru there s plenty of worthwhile information Take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with our user interface Soon you ll be ready to dive into using Textures This chapter contains the following sections e What s New e Eye Candy 5 Release Schedule e Host Requirements e System Requirements e Macintosh Installation e Windows Installation e Registering Textures e User Interface e Keyboard Shortcuts What s New This section lists the new filters features and improvements added to Textures New Filters Textures adds four new effects to the Eye Candy family of filters e Brick Wall Simulates six brick patterns e Diamond Plate Produces a reflective stamped metal surface Reptile Skin Creates snake and lizard skin e Stone Wall Creates realistic stone and mortar effects Interface Changes Several interface improvem
12. III processor e 256 MB RAM e Windows 2000 or Windows XP Macintosh Installation Use the following instructions to install Textures 1 Shut down your graphics host program Photoshop Fireworks or Elements oe Note To install Textures your OSX user account must have administrator privileges For information on contiguring your user account for administrator privileges talk to your IT guy or consult your OS X user manual 2 Insert the Textures CD into your computer If you purchased an electronic version of Textures locate the Textures installation program that you downloaded trom the online store 3 Double click the Install Textures icon Click Continue Read the License Agreement Click Accept Enter your name company name optional and your registration code Note The registration code is a 12 letter sequence inside the front cover of your manual If you purchased an electronic version of Textures you ll find the 12 letter code in the e mail invoice sent with your downloaded software Store this e mail in a sate place for future installations Click Register Our installer will now search for Photoshop 7 CS Elements or Fireworks MX 2004 Photoshop users Highlight lt Drive gt Applications Ad obe Photoshop 7 or CS Plug ins and click OK to install Textures The installer will tind the Photoshop plug ins folder and install Textures there Elements users Highlight lt Dri
13. Tile check box first then play with the other filter controls Random Seed Controls the random elements of this filter Click it until you get a result you like Texture Offset Tab Horizontal Offset Shifts the bricks right and left Zero produces no shift Positive values shift the bricks right Negative values shift the bricks left Vertical Offset Shifts the bricks up and down Zero produces no shift Positive values shift the bricks up Negative values shift the bricks down 20 Chapter 4 Diamond Plate Diamond plate simulates the stamped metal patterns seen on pickup truck bumpers or non skid stairs in industrial settings You can add a reflective surface to the texture and control the size and shape of the bumps Control Descriptions Basic Tab Feature Size Zooms the metal surface in and out High values yield a close up view bumps grow larger and the spacing between each bump Z increases Low values yield smaller and more densely packed bumps Left to right Decreasing Feature Size Aspect Ratio Manipulates the relative width and height of each diamond plate bump Increasing the value yields a longer skinnier bump Smaller values yield a shorter fatter Left to right Decreasing Aspect Ratio Diamond Height Increases and decreases the apparent elevation of the bumps Higher values strengthen highlights and shadows to increase the elevation Bevel Controls the width of th
14. ag the circular slider or enter a value between O and 360 degrees Seamless Tile Select this option to create a repeatable pattern with no seams Random Seed Controls the random elements of this filter Click it until you get a result you like Above Decreasing Coverage 25 Chapter 6 Reptile Skin Reptile Skin simulates the scale patterns common to lizard and snake skin Control the shape of the scales and whether they overlap Apply Reptile Skin to photo color sources patterns or solid colors Create solid or tileable textures or apply Reptile Skin to any selection Control Descriptions Basic Tab Reptile Type Selects one of the following scale options e Lizard Yields non overlapping scales e Snake Yields overlapping scales Solid Color Select this option to choose a single scale color You can select a color using the eye dropper the detault color palette or choose the foreground or background color You can also choose one of the six most recently sampled colors Color from Original Select this option to color the texture using underlying color details Above right Reptile Skin applied with the Color from Original option selected Yes that s Animal Fur Feature Size Zooms the selected surface in and out High values yield a close up view of the texture with larger scales Low values yield a distant view of the texture scales become smaller and more densely packed S
15. bleshooting issues e Installation Problems e Performance Issues Installation Problems Problem The installer won t accept my 12 letter registration code or can t find my code Solution Lost registration code The product registration code serial number is a 12 letter code located in one of the following three places e Your user manual physical ver sion e On the CD jewel case physical version e On the download page and in an email invoice electronic version If you ve registered the software with us by purchasing directly from us registering online or sending in a registration card we ll have the code in our database If you didn t register with us contact us at support alienskin com to receive a new registration code If you have the code Make sure that you are entering the 12 letter code and other registration fields correctly The Name field must contain at least three characters Make sure that you are using a Textures code Product registration codes are not interchangeable For example your Eye Candy 4000 code will not work with Textures You will need to use the code that you received when you purchased the software This 12 letter code can be found on the web page from which you downloaded the software in an email invoice you received while downloading the product or on a sticker inside the front cover of the manual Problem When try to install Textures get an error
16. criptions Basic Tab Add Swirl to Solid Color Select this option to Swirl the solid color of your choice You can select a color using the eye dropper the default color palette or choose the foreground or background color You can also choose one of the six most recently sampled colors Add Swirl to Original Image Select this option to swirl the colors in the original image Random Choose this option to apply a random pattern of swirls to your selection 34 From Image Features Select this option to force brush strokes to line up along contrasting image details Swirl applied to the original image On the left a ran dom pattern was applied On the right the swirl pat terns are derived from image details Feature Size Controls the average spacing between the center of the brush strokes Lower values create lots Seamless Tile Select this box to of tiny closely spaced whirlpools Large create a repeatable pattern with no values create larger individual seams n whirlpools sometimes with no visible Bandon seed C onio erano Cene elements of this filter Click it until you get a result you like Left to right Increasing Feature Size Smear Length Controls the length of the streaks in your selection Small lengths yield an effect like shag carpet Larger values smear the streaks to greater lengths yielding either long radial spokes or depending on the Twist percentage uninterrupt
17. e bevelled edge of each bump Higher values yield a wider bevel and shrink the flat tops of the bumps Taper Controls the shape of the bumps in your selection A value of zero yields rectangular shapes higher values taper the ends of each bump yielding tootball like shapes Left to right Increasing Taper Smoothness Controls the sharpness of the bevelled edges surrounding each bump Lower values create a sharper edge higher values defocus the edge Surface Roughness Adds a pitted surtace to your selection Higher values increase the depth and number of pits and add variation to the surface Left to right Increasing Surface Roughness Texture Orientation Rotates the diamond plate texture Click and drag the circular slider or enter a value between O and 360 degrees Seamless Tile Select the Seamless Tile check box to create a texture that can be tiled with no seams Note Selecting Seamless Tile may distort the diamond plate effect To avoid distorted results apply Diamond Plate to a square selection For predictable results you can also select the Seamless Tile check box first then play with the other filter controls Random Seed Controls the random elements of this filter Click it until you get a result you like Color and Lighting Tab Metal Color Selects the color of the diamond plate texture You can select a color using the eye dropper the default color palette or choose the foregro
18. ed whirls or eddies Twist Controls the appearance of rotation in each swirl Zero creates relatively straight smears 100 yields a whirlpool shape With extremely short smear lengths the difference in appearance is negligible Streak Detail Adds contrast to the flowlines in swirls making the streaks more visible and focused 35 Chapter 9 Texture Noise Used delicately the Texture Noise filter adds organic texture to images making them appear more natural by varying hue saturation brightness and opacity However by tossing subtlety to the wind you can add flashy psychedelic highlights to an image or create solid blocks of texture Control Descriptions Add Noise to Original Image Keeps the original image and adds Add noise to a solid color texture noise Applies Texture Noise to the solid color of your choice You can select a color using the eye dropper the default color palette or choose the foreground or background color You can also choose one of the six most recently sampled colors Above right Texture Noise Snowfall setting Hue Noise Controls the variation in hue Higher values yield a more colorful appearance 36 Saturation Noise Controls the range of variation in saturation Higher values yield a wider range in saturation of the colors in the noise Brightness Noise Controls the range of brightness values in the texture Higher values yield a more obvious range of brightness
19. ents appear in Textures e Improved Settings management settings are now accessed under the Settings tab You can create manage save share and backup settings See the Using Settings section for more details e UpToDate a messaging system we will use to communicate with our users See the UpToDate Mes sages section tor more details e Intra product navigation switch from one Eye Candy 5 filter set to another from within the Textures user intertace Changes to Existing Filters Besides the aforementioned user interface changes and new filters Eye Candy veterans will notice the following updates to pre existing filters e Animal Fur tormerly Fur Animal Fur now simulates six fur patterns e Marble adds two new styles of marble reproduction e Swirl offers options to swirl a solid color chosen in the user interface as well as to align swirls with original image details e Texture Noise tormerly HSB Noise Texture Noise adds three new texture patterns and the option to add texture to a solid color chosen in the user interface e Weave adds three new woven patterns e Wood breaks wood into planks to simulate hardwood floors and more UpToDate Messages The UpToDate messaging system keeps you intormed about the latest Alien Skin Software products special offers software updates and other news When you receive a message an unobtrusive visual cue announces Click here f
20. ges talk to your IT guy or consult your user manual Insert the Textures CD into your computer If you purchased an electronic version of Textures locate the installation program that you downloaded trom the online store Double click the Setup exe icon Click Next Read the License Agreement Click Accept Enter your name company name optional and your registration code Note The registration code is a 12 letter sequence inside the front cover of your manual If you purchased an electronic version of Textures you ll find the 12 letter code in the e mail invoice sent with your downloaded software Store this e mail in a sate place for future installations 8 Click Next Our installer will search for all compatible graphics programs on your computer and display them in a list 9 Highlight one program you can only install into one graphics program ata time and click OK Rerun the installer if you wish to install Textures into other graphics hosts Registering Textures You must register your software to receive technical support and critical product updates Registration also qualities you for product discounts and upgrade pricing on future versions of Eye Candy If you purchased Textures directly from Alien Skin Software you are automatically registered with us You only need to register it you purchased Textures elsewhere You can register online at http www alienskin com register It
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22. ings tab and highlight the desired setting in the list Saving Settings To save a setting 1 Adjust sliders to taste 2 Click the Settings Tab 3 Click the Save button 4 Type a name for your new setting into the Save Setting window Save Setting Setting name Settings Make Me Happy 5 Click OK Renaming Settings To rename a setting 1 Click the Settings Tab 2 Click Manage 3 Highlight the setting that you want to rename User Settings Close Last Used Settings Make Me Sad ename Delete Export E Mail 4 Click Rename 5 Type in the new name 6 Click Close Deleting Settings To delete a setting 1 Click Manage 2 Highlight the setting you wish to delete 3 Click Delete 4 Confirm that you want to delete the setting by clicking Yes Exporting Settings When you export a setting Textures packs your filter recipe into a tiny file which you can share with friends You can also use the export feature to back up settings that you can t live without To export a setting 1 Click Manage 2 Highlight the setting you want to export 3 Click Export 4 Navigate to the location where you want to store the settings Tile E Eva Browse for Folder Export setting File E 4 My Documents la uf My Computer q 344 Floppy tAn Se Local Disk Cs EE 5 ADOBEAPP E desktopbackup i Documents and Settings i Hulls E
23. ions Basic Tab Ring Thickness Acts as a zoom lens Low values elevate the view creating thinner densely packed rings High values yield a close view with thicker widely spaced rings Cut Offset Controls the angle at which the wood is sawn At O the board is cut along the length of the tree like a 2x4 At 100 the wood is cut into logs almost like firewood Lett to right Increasing Cut Offset Pulp Color Selects the color of the space between growth rings You can select a color using the eye dropper or choose the foreground or background color You can also select one of the six most recently used colors 42 Bark Color Selects the color of the growth rings Variation Amount Controls the amount of waviness along growth rings Higher values result in increasingly curly rings Left to right Increasing Variation Amount Variation Roughness Controls the jaggedness of waves in growth rings Higher values yield increasingly jagged growth rings Left to right Increasing Variation Roughness Rings still flow in the same direction variation makes them more wavy Contrast Controls the brightness of the pulp rings Higher values create brighter highlights and the appearance of raised growth rings Left to right Increasing Contrast Wood Orientation Rotates the texture Use the circular slider or enter a value between O and 360 degrees Seamless Tile Check this box to create a repeatable patte
24. k great Netscape Mail is not compatible with our e mail feature Resetting Settings to Factory Default Every filter has a Factory Default setting Clicking this setting resets the current filter parameters You can also press the F5 Windows or Command R Macintosh key to reset the filter Enjoy the Filters That s it for the opening section We ve designed Textures to be both tun and easy to use We hope you enjoy using the filters Keyboard Shortcuts Next Editable Text Field Tab Previous Editable Text Field Shift Tab Cancel Escape Option Command Zero Switch to Move Tool hand H nie Zoom In with zoom enabled Mouse Click Left Mouse Click Zoom Out Option Mouse Click Alt Mouse Click 12 Chapter 2 Animal Fur Animal Fur simulates six categories of mammal hair anything trom dogs to big game You have control over the color of the fur its length and waviness You can also choose the color and size of spots in the tur Create photo realistic fur textures or apply Animal Fur to any selection Control Descriptions Pattern Tab Pattern Type Chooses the color pattern to emulate The tollowing six options are available e Original Image Derives hair col ors trom underlying colors in the original image e Cheetah e Dalmatian e Giraffe e Leopard e Tiger e Zebra Try out some of the Factory Settings in the Settings Tabto quickly familiarize y
25. like Hairs Tab Main Hair Direction Rotates the average direction of hair growth Use the circular slider or enter a value between O and 360 degrees Main Hair Direction interacts with Wave Strength High Wave Strength creates more variation in the direction of hairs Hair Length Controls the length of individual hairs Higher values yield longer hairs Wave Strength Creates broad curves in the hair texture Higher values increase the visibility of these curves Below Increasing Wave Strength Wave Spacing Controls the frequency and length of visible waves in the selection Lower values create lots of closely packed short waves High values create long flowing waves decreasing the number of waves in your selection Stiffness Controls the curliness of individual hairs High values yield straighter hairs low values yield increasingly curly hairs Edge Cover Controls how far the hairs extend beyond the selection boundary Low values reduce the distance that hairs grow beyond the selection edges Left to right Increasing Edge Cover Lighting Tab Inclination Controls the angle formed by the light and the page Click and drag within the lighting control box to change the inclination or enter a value between 45 and 90 degrees Highlight Brightness Controls the intensity of the shiny highlights appearing on areas facing the light Highlight Size Controls the size of the shiny highlights on a
26. listed in this manual please visit our Web site for the latest list of compatible hosts Problem How do uninstall Textures Macintosh Users Find the Textures folder in your graphics program s plug in tolder and delete it Also delete the Users lt user name gt Library Application Support Alien Skin Textures folder Windows Users Run Add Remove Programs trom your Windows Control Panel Select Textures trom the program list and click the Add Remove button This will remove the program and most of its components To remove your settings navigate to the Documents and Settings lt user name gt Application Data Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Textures folder Performance Issues Problem Some or all of the filters appear grayed out in the Filter menu Solution Grayed out filters in the Filter menu occur if you are in certain color modes such as CMYK Lab or Bitmap that won t allow a specific filter to work properly Problem get a message that Textures ran out of memory while rendering the preview Solution There are a few things you can do to free up more memory In Photoshop the history palette and other features take up a lot of memory You can free this memory by selecting Edit gt Purge gt All To free up even more memory in Photoshop select Edit gt Preferences gt Memory amp Image Cache Then increase the Maximum Used value If you routinely work with huge images we recommend
27. ly sampled colors Mortar Thickness Controls the thickness of the mortar between the bricks Higher values broaden the mortar and shrink the bricks Mortar Depth Controls the distance from the surface of the brick to the mortar A value of one creates a flush surtace High values drop the mortar beneath the brick surface Above Increasing mortar depth in flat and curved pro files Mortar Color Selects the color of the mortar Flat Mortar Selecting this box produces a level surface Clearing the box bevels the mortar Top to bottom Increasing Mortar Depth Left to right flat and curved mortar profiles Color Variation Randomly varies the brightness of individual bricks Higher values widen the range of brick colors Above Increasing color variation Surface Detail Adds a coarse texture to the brick surface Increasing this value amplifies the roughness and increases the depth of the effect A value of zero mimics a smooth brick surface Edge Roughness Adds a jagged edges to each brick Increasing the value produces rough aged brick Above Increasing edge roughness Highlight Brightness Controls the intensity of the shiny highlights appearing on the brick surtace Seamless Tile Select this box to create a repeatable pattern with no seams Note Selecting Seamless Tile may distort the Brick Wall effect To get predictable results when creating seamless tiles select the Seamless
28. n stone masonry You can control the width and profile of the mortar and the color of the stones You can also create a three dimensionally raised stone with a coarse or smooth surface Control Descriptions Basic Tab Stone Size Zooms the selected surface in and out Higher values zoom in making the stones appear larger Surface Height Adds three dimensional height to the stones High values extrude the surface Low values yield a flat surtace like patio stones Left to right Increasing Surface Height Stone Color Selects the color of the stones You can select a color using the eye dropper the default color palette or choose the foreground or background color You can also choose one of the six most recently sampled colors 31 Mortar Thickness Controls the thickness of the cement between the stones Higher values broaden the mortar Mortar width scales with stone size Left to right Increasing Mortar Thickness Mortar Color Selects the color of the mortar Color Variation Increases and decreases the brightness and hue of individual stones Higher values widen the range of stone colors Left to right Increasing Color Variation Edge Roughness Adds a jagged edge to the perimeter of each stone Higher values produce an increasingly uneven edge Grain Adds subtle organic noise randomly placed blobs that add natural variation to the stone texture Use only as much as needed
29. or new messages from Alien Skin Software Click this link to read your new messages See the interface example below E Click here for new messages trom Allen Skin RITA Customizing UpToDate Preferences Receiving messages is optional You can specify the intervals at which your UpToDate system checks for messages To customize your UploDate message preferences use the following instructions 1 In any Textures filter Click Edit gt Preferences 2 Select the frequency at which you would like the UpToDate system to check for new messages lf you don t want to receive messages select Never Windows users lf you have a dial up Internet connection you should select the Ask me before making an Internet connection option lf not your computer will make unexpected phone calls Macintosh users lf you have a dial up Internet connection deselectthe Ask me before making an Internet connection option You must establish an Internet connection before receiving UpToDate Messages 3 Click OK Seamless Tiling Every filter in Textures comes equipped with a Seamless Tile option Seamless tiles are rectangular images that tit together like a puzzle when lined up next to each other Note Seamless tiles should only be used tor specialized jobs such as desktop wallpaper Web backgrounds or 3 D graphics Don t use this feature unless you have to To get the best results when creating seamless tiles
30. ourself with the many possibilities Base Color Selects the color of the fur that surrounds the spots You can select a color using the eye dropper or choose the foreground or background color You can also select one of the six most recently used colors Spot Color Selects the color of the spots or stripes Speckle Randomly varies the darkness of individual hairs Higher values increase the variation Low values yield less noticeable speckles Pattern Spacing Controls the average space between spots behaving like a zoom lens High values yield a close up view the spots and the base colored fur increase proportionately Low values raise the view away from the surface the spots Left Low Pattern Spacing Right High Pattern Spacing Spot Size Controls the breadth of the spots High values yield larger spots reducing the space occupied by base colored hair Low values produce small spots and expand the area filled with base colored hair Left to right Increasing Spot Size 14 Pattern Variation Controls the uniformity of spot shapes and sizes High values create randomly shaped spots Lower values create consistent spot shapes and sizes Draw Outside Selection Select this option to make hair grow beyond the selection boundary Seamless Tile Check this box to create a repeatable pattern with no seams Random Seed Controls the random elements of this filter Click it until you get a result you
31. reas facing the light higher values yield larger highlights Highlight Color Choose any color for the shiny highlights You can select a color using the eye dropper or choose the foreground or background color You can also choose one of the six most recently used colors Shadow Strength Controls the darkness of the drop shadows cast by individual hairs Higher values darken the shadows and give more contrast to lightly colored fur Chapter 3 Brick Wall Brick Wall generates realistic brick surfaces using six traditional bricklaying patterns You can control the height and width of the bricks the texture of the brick surface and the appearance of the mortar Control Descriptions Brick Aspect Ratio Adjusts the length of the bricks Higher values Basic Tab produce longer bricks Brick Height Controls the height and length of the bricks Higher values yield taller bricks Above Increasing Aspect Ratio Brick Pattern Chooses the pattern in which the bricks are placed e Running e One Third Running e Stack e Common American e English e Dutch English Cross Above One third running and Dutch English Cross Scroll through the list of patterns to familiarize yourself with the options Brick Color Selects the color of the bricks You can select a color using the eye dropper the default color palette or choose the foreground or background color You can also choose one of the six most recent
32. rn with no seams Random Seed Controls the random elements of this filter Click it until you get a result you like Knots Tab Number of Knots Controls the number of knots randomly placed in the wood texture Choose one to ten knots Knot Size Controls the width of the dark knots Higher values yield larger knots Above Knotted wood Grain Tab Grain Size Controls the size of the lines that simulate grain in the wood pulp Higher values create larger grain Left to right Increasing Grain Size Grain Aspect Ratio Controls the length to width ratio of the grain Higher values yield a longer grain without affecting its thickness Grain Density Controls how closely packed the grain appears Higher values yield more streaks increasing the grain density Grain Opacity Controls the contrast of grain streaks against the rest of the wood higher values yield opaque streak and strengthen the illusion of depth in the wood texture Panels Tab Divide Into Panels Selecting this option divides the wood texture into boards Divide into Panels Before and after Board Length Higher values yield longer planks Board Width Higher values yield wider planks Darken Seams Darkens the lines dividing planks Increasing the value yields noticeable gaps Board Color Variation Randomly contrasts the color of planks Higher values strengthen the effect 45 Chapter 12 Error Messages This ho
33. rol Descriptions Vein Color Selects the color of the highlights running through the bedrock Basic Tab RE Feature Size Zooms the selected surface in and out Higher values zoom in to make features appear larger a 5 4 gt AA is Ae P 3 T y y 5 ay gt 3 os gt a y T 5 2S 5 4 r A amp PA 4 7 a 7 Ss P ld fi 7 r f E A Style Selects one of the following three marble options e Veiny e Layered e Fractured Scroll through the list of patterns to familiarize yourself with the options Bedrock Color Selects the color of the dominating color You can select a color using the eye dropper the default color palette or choose the foreground or background color You can also choose one of the six most recently sampled colors a E I Left to right Decreasing Feature Size 24 Vein Thickness Increases the width Roughness Adds detail to the of the features on the marbled surface marble features while increasing the Extremely high values can cause veins jagged appearance to overlap darkening the selection Left to right Decreasing roughness Above Increasing Vein Thickness R i Grain Adds subtle organic noise Coverage Controls feature density randomly placed blobs that add Higher values pack more marble natural variation to the marbled texture into a selected area texture Use only as much as needed Layer Rotation Rotates the marble texture Click and dr
34. st application does not support enough of the Photoshop filter specifica tion for this filter to run This filter requires editable transparency Please turn OFF Preserve Transparency in the Layer palette The filter ran out of available memory while rendering the preview image Macintosh users only This filter only runs on Mac OS X 10 2 or later Sorry Your host graphics program is incompatible with Eye Candy 5 Textures Textures Consult the list of compatible host programs in the Host Requirements section of the Getting Started chapter In the Layers tab deselect the Lock Transparent Pixels button The history palette and other features take up a lot of memory In Photoshop you can free up this memory by selecting Edit gt Purge gt All You may not have enough physical memory RAM to handle the image that you re working with Check the operating system requirements for Textures in your user manual Textures only works with Mac OS X 10 2 or later 46 Chapter 13 Troubleshooting We ve documented the most commonly asked tech support questions here A regularly updated troubleshooting guide can be found in the Support section of our Web site It you get really stuck send E mail to support alienskin com Include in the E mail your 12 letter registration code whether you are using Mac or Windows and your graphics host program Photoshop Paint Shop Pro etc This chapter covers the following trou
35. that you have ten times as much physical RAM as the image size in memory Problem The preview seems broken It only shows the checkerboard pattern Solution Sometimes the preview begins in a transparent part of a layer Click an opaque area of your selection in the navigation thumbnail Problem A filter makes the graphics program or the entire computer crash or freeze up Solution Sometimes freezes or crashes occur when your computer runs out of available memory If you are using Photoshop you can sometimes free up large amounts of memory by selecting Edit gt Purge gt All Also make sure that your computer system meets the minimum requirements to run our software Shut down other programs before you run your image editing program as there might be a conflict between another program and Textures If you notice such a conflict we will love you very much if you try to identity the problem program and inform us of the conflict at support alienskin com
36. u get a result you like 38 Chapter 10 Weave Weave simulates four woven patterns plain basket satin and twill You can convert photos into woven textures and create solid or tileable textures Control Descriptions Basic Tab Pattern Selects one of the following three weave patterns e Plain e Basket e Twill e Satin Explore the Settings tab to quickly familiarize yourself with the different weave patterns Texture Orientation Rotates the texture Use the circular slider or enter a value between O and 360 degrees Ribbon Width Controls the breadth of the ribbons in the woven texture Higher values yield wider ribbons Solid Colors Select this option to choose your ribbon colors Vertical Ribbon Color Selects the vertical ribbon color You can select a color using the eye dropper the default color palette or choose the foreground or background color You can also choose one of the six most recently sampled colors Horizontal Ribbon Color Selects the horizontal ribbon color Colors from Original Tints the woven texture using color details in your selection Above Colors from Original Gap Width Increases the size of the holes between ribbons Larger values create bigger holes Fill with Solid Color Selects the color which shows through gaps in the ribbons Keep Original Image Select this option to color the gaps using original image details Make Gaps Transparent Makes
37. und or background color You can also choose one of the six most recently sampled colors None Choose this option if you do not want a reflection map Select From File Selects a reflection map file Reflection maps color the diamond plate contours to simulate a shiny metal surface Reflection Strength Controls the opacity of the reflection map Higher values yield a brighter more reflective surface Lower values allow more of the metal color to shine through Left to right Increasing Reflection Strength Direction Controls the direction from which the light falls on your selection Click and drag within the lighting control box to change the direction or enter a value between O and 360 degrees Inclination Controls the angle formed by the light and the page Click and drag within the lighting control box to change the inclination or enter a value between O and 90 degrees Highlight Brightness Controls the intensity of the shiny highlights appearing on areas facing the light Highlight Size Controls the size of the shiny highlights on areas facing the light higher values yield larger highlights Chapter 5 Marble Marble simulates virtually any marbled texture derived from three styles Veiny Layered and Fractured From these three families you can emulate anything from Travertine to Brecciated textures You have control over the colors roughness and pattern density of the marbled surface Cont
38. urface Height Controls the bevelled elevation of the scales Higher values increase the elevation Left to right Increasing Surface Height Aspect Ratio Manipulates the width of each scale Increasing the value yields a wider scale Orientation Rotates the texture Use the circular slider or enter a value between O and 360 degrees Shrink Bumps Controls the size of each scale Low values yield scales that abut forming hexagonal shapes Higher values reduce the scales creating scales divided by flat space Left to right Increasing Shrink Bumps Flatten Bumps Flattens the top of the scale Higher values increase the size of the flattened surface Make Pointed Controls the roundness of scales Left to right Increasing Make Pointed values Snake pattern Left to right Increasing Make Pointed values Lizard pattern Lighten Darken Edges Controls the darkness of the scale edges to mimic certain types of reptile scales Left to right Increasing Lighten Darken Edges Draw Outside Selection Select this box to prevent scales from being cut flat at selection edges Clear the 27 box to cut scales off at the selection edge Left to right Draw Outside Selection checked and deselected Seamless Tile Select this box to create a repeatable pattern with no seams Random Seed Controls the random elements of this filter Click it until you get a result you like Distortion Tab
39. ve gt Applications Adobe Photoshop Elements 2 Plug ins and click OK to install Textures The installer will tind the Photoshop plug ins folder and install Textures there Fireworks MX 2004 users Highlight lt Drive gt Applications Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004 Plug ins and click OK to install Textures The installer will find the Photoshop plug ins folder and install Textures there Photoshop users can check for the plug in location by selecting the Plug In option under the Preferences sub menu of Photoshop s Edit menu If the installer does not find the plug ins folder Click the Choose another install location button Locate your plug in folder If you do not choose the proper folder the filters will not show up in your Filters menu Note f you are not sure where to install Textures consult your graphics program user manual Highlight the folder and click the Choose button to return to the main installation screen The installer copies the tiles to your hard disk Rerun the installer if you wish to install Textures into other graphics programs Windows Installation Use the tollowing instructions to install Textures la N DO 0d A O Shut down your graphics host program Photoshop Fireworks or Elements Note To install Textures your Windows 2000 or XP user account must have administrator privileges For information on configuring your user account for administrator privile
40. you should follow a few simple guidelines e Seamless tiles are always rectan gular Don t try to ram a square peg in a round hole e Don t use tiny tiles Small tiles cre ate obvious repetitive patterns in tiling applications e If you intend to use seamless tiling select the Seamless Tile option before you tweak the effect If you don t the filter may need to stretch the texture disproportionately When you select the Seamless Tile option certain features will be disabled or severely constrained For example Wood tiles cannot have knots and rotation controls snap to major angles like 45 or 90 degrees Eye Candy 5 Release Schedule Eye Candy 4000 is being upgraded in three parts the first of which is Eye Candy 5 Textures Each upgrade will contain 10 filters The other two upgrades to Eye Candy 5 will be released separately by the summer of 2005 Host Requirements Textures is a plug in you must use it with one of the following compatible host programs Macintosh Hosts e Adobe Photoshop 7 or later e Adobe Photoshop Elements 2 or later e Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004 or later Windows Hosts e Adobe Photoshop 7 or later e Adobe Photoshop Elements 2 or later e Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004 or later e Jasc Paint Shop Pro 8 or later System Requirements Macintosh Systems e 500 MHz PowerPC G3 processor e 256 MB RAM e Mac OSX 10 2 6 or later Windows Systems e 1 GHz Pentium
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