HERE WE WILL TAKE THE DIFFERENT SKILLS THAT WE'VE LEARNED AND CREATE A FEW DIFFERENT LOOKS. THIS BLOG WILL BE LESS DETAILED SINCE YOU SHOULD KNOW YOUR WAY AROUND NOW. IF YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN FUTURE BLOGS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
1. CREATING A CUSTOM BACKGROUND AND TABLE WITH A TRANSPARENT BASE (A GREAT OPTION FOR A SPORTS THEMED TABLE)
A. MAKE A CUSTOM BACKGROUND AND SAVE IT AS Table.png IN THE FULL TILT BACKGROUND FOLDER THAT YOU ARE USING (I HAVE BEEN USING THE VEGAS BACKGROUND BUT IF THERE IS A BACKGROUND WITH SEAT COLORS THAT WILL COMPLIMENT YOUR DESIGN BETTER THEN YOU CAN USE IT. BE SURE TO SAVE THE ORIGINAL TABLE THOHGH)
B. MAKE A BASIC CUSTOM TABLE WITH A SEMI-TRANSPARENT BASE LIKE I SHOWED YOU IN THE FIRST BLOG
C. IF YOU HAVE AN IMAGE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD SUCH AS A LOGO OR HELMET THEN DO SO
1. CLICK LAYERS AND SELECT LAYER PROPERTIES
2. NEXT TO WHERE IT SAYS OPACITY THERE IS A SLIDER. SLIDE IT TO THE LEFT UNTIL YOU ARE SATISFIED WITH THE TRASPARENCY OF YOUR IMAGE. YOU MAY NEED TO MOVE THE PROPERTIES BOX OVER TO SEE YOUR IMAGE WHILE ADJUSTING IT.
3. CLICK OK
4. CLICK LAYERS AND SELECT MERGE LAYER DOWN
5. AIF YOU WANT TO DD A NAME OR OTHER TEXT THEN CHOOSE YOUR COLOR ON THE PALETTE
A. TYPE THE TEXT
B. SELECT MORE ON THE COLOR PALETTE
c. ADJUST THE SLIDER UNDER TRANSPARENCY-ALPHA UNTIL YOU ARE SATISFIED WITH THE AMOUNT
6. SAVE YOUR TABLE AS Table.png IN THE FULL TILT ELEMENTS FOLDER AND MAKE A BACKUP IN ANOTHER PLACE
D. OPEN FULL TILT AND CHOOSE THE OPTIONS YOU NEED TO SEE YOUR FINISHED TABLE AND BACKGROUND
I ADMIT THAT I COULD'VE MADE THIIS ONE BETTER AND DON'T MIND THE HLLO KITTY DEALER BUTTON LOL.
2. CREATING A CUSTOM BACKGROUND AND TABLE WITH IT'S OWN BACKGROUND AS A BASE
A. MAKE A CUSTOM BACKGROUND AND SAVE IT AS Table.png IN THE FULL TILT BACKGROUND FOLDER THAT YOU ARE USING (I WILL BE USING THE PLAIN BACKGROUND BUT IF THERE IS A BACKGROUND WITH SEAT COLORS THAT WILL COMPLIMENT YOUR DESIGN BETTER THEN YOU CAN USE IT. BE SURE TO SAVE THE ORIGINAL TABLE THOHGH)
B. NOW THAT IT IS SAVED CLICK THE CUT(BLUE SCISSORS) BUTTON
1. YOU SHOULD NOW HAVE A TRANSPARENT SCREEN THAT IS 794 X541 PIXELS
C. CLICK LAYERS AND IMPORT THE IMAGE THAT YOU WANT TO USE AS YOUR TABLE BACKGROUND
1. DEPENDING ON THE SUBJECT OF YOUR BACKGROUND YOU MAY NEED TO ADJUST THE PLACEMENT ON THE SCREEN. IF FOR EXAMPLE YOUR BACKGROUND FEATURES A PERSON, THEN YOU WILL NEED TO MOVE IT SO THAT IT WILL SHOW UP IN THE CENTER OF YOUR FINISHED TABLE.
a. CHECK THE PLACEMENT BY CLICKING LAYERS AND IMPORT YOUR TABLE TEMPLATE. IF YOUR BACKGROUND ISN'T FITTING HOW YOU'D LIKE THEN CLICK THE BACK ARROW BUTTON. tHIS WILL TAKE THE TEMPLATE OFF AND YOU CAN ADJUST THE BACKGROUND PLACEMENT.
D. WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR BACKGROUND THE WAY YOU WANT IT THEN IMPORT YOUR TABLE TEMPLATE
E. MERGE THE LAYER DOWN
F. NOW CUT OUT ANY BACKGROUND EXCESS
G. MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS TO THE TEMPLATE COLOR, ADD A NAME ECT.
H. SAVE YOUR TABLE AS Table.png IN THE FULL TILT ELEMENTS FOLDER AND MAKE A BACKUP IN ANOTHER PLACE
I. OPEN FULL TILT AND CHOOSE THE OPTIONS YOU NEED TO SEE YOUR FINISHED TABLE AND BACKGROUND
YOU NOW HAVE THE SKILLS TO CREATE SEVERAL DIFFERENT TABLE STYLES. TOMORROW I'LL POST A BLOG WITH ANYTHING THAT I CAN THINK OF THAT I MIGHT'VE MISSED. HAPPY TABLE MAKING!
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YAYYYYYYYYYYYY Another lesson. Many many thanks Lottie for keeping up these classes.
The easiest thing to do for seats is to pick an existing Full Tilt background that has a seat color which would go with your theme. For instance instead of using the Vegas background for the Mona Lisa table I used the Pain Full Tilt background that has gold seats.
TY TY and very big TY
I have been wanting to know how to do this for some time and now I KNOW.
TY.... did I mention how gratefull I am by saying
THANK YOU
all i have to say is u rock.. another quicky... very good instructions
Now to the next style!
Another great lesson lottie.
Great job!
You've helped me so much Lottie! Thank you!!
B. NOW THAT IT IS SAVED CLICK THE CUT(BLUE SCISSORS) BUTTON
1. YOU SHOULD NOW HAVE A TRANSPARENT SCREEN THAT IS 794 X541 PIXELS
this is where I am stuck, I bring up the picture I want to use and then there are no scissors. to get this background....
This is a screen shot of mine