Open up any image in paint shop pro. Go to layers>>new raster layer. Now select the fill tool. On the right side of your screen, select gradient as the fill type. Now click on it, and use similar settings to below...

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Now we shall try and improvise the " X-files" effect using a standard set of filters, turned on and available in Adobe Photoshop.

We’ll make a button first, then we’ll do some text later on. Open up Photoshop, make a new layer, and draw a small circular selection with the elliptical marquee tool. Hold SHIFT to make a perfect circle...

Seamless textures are vital for 3D models. Making seamless textures with photoshop is very quick and painless.
Open up your texture file. In this case, I’m using a wood texture...

Ok, we’re going to start out in Illustrator. It helps to have a wacom, but don’t worry if you don’t have one. Open the “Brushes” pallette, (WINDOW > BRUSHES) and create a new brush by clicking the new brush button. Use the numbers pictured here and click OK...

1. Start a new document, and set the foreground colour as #000000 (black) and the background colour as #FFFFFF (white). Now render some clouds (filter > render > clouds).
2. Now apply the Mezzotint filter to this layer (filter > pixelate > mezzotint )...

1. Open a new document, and make a new layer. Next select the Elliptical Marquee Tool () and create an oval shape on the new layer. Now fill this selection with a colour of your choice.
2. Now select the Elliptical Marquee Tool again and click and hold on the oval selection...

Download a stencil style font, I used StockStill Solid, which you can download here. Start a new document and type your text in the centre, and leave some white space around the text...

1. Start a new document, and set the foreground colour as #336EA7. Now type your text in the center (in #336EA7), leaving some space at the top and bottom.
2. Right click on your text layer and select Rasterize layer...

Editor's Pick in Photoshop Tutorials, February 2005
This tutorial goes through the steps of creating some basic natural elements as the basis for a web page layout.