Kitsch Can't Cook! - title image for Jello mod tutorial

Here's a couple of quick "recipes" designed to show you how easy it is to modify an existing Blade Pro preset to obtain a different effect. Hopefully this tutorial will encourage you to experiment more with presets and their settings.

Note: This tutorial uses Tony Cheroke's wonderful jello, lime.q9q preset as it's main ingredient. He has given his full prior approval for it to be used in this manner.

Recipe 1: A subtle jello

  1. Open the image editor of your choice.
  2. Apply text of your choice, with the "floating text" option UNCHECKED ie; outlined text.
  3. Launch Blade Pro. Open the jello, lime.q9q preset. (included here, I'm assuming you know how to unzip and install a new preset and it's associated files).
  4. Change the texture file setting from none (blank) to the 3rd texture bmp from the top of the dropdown default selection (counting the blank image as the fitst texture).
  5. Change the Texture zoom slider setting from 64 to 32. The zoom slider appears underneath the texture image, to the right of the main sliders. It has a "checkerboard" background.
  6. Change the Texture amount slider from 0 to -18. This is the 3rd slider from top on the left hand side.
  7. Apply the new preset - save it if you wish (I called mine "jello, lime MOD1.q9q").
Tony's jello, lime.q9q preset before modification.
BEFORE

Tony's jello, lime.q9q preset after a subtle modification.
AFTER


Recipe 2: Chopped Jello anyone?

  1. Repeat steps 1 to 3 from the example above.
  2. Change the texture file setting from none (blank) to lumps.bmp (included in the zip file)
  3. Change the Texture zoom slider setting from 64 to 60. The zoom slider appears underneath the texture image, to the right of the main sliders. It has a "checkerboard" background.
  4. Change the Texture amount slider from 0 to 20. This is the 3rd slider from top on the left hand side.
  5. Apply the new preset - save it if you wish (I called mine "jello, lime MOD2.q9q").
Tony's jello, lime.q9q preset before modification.
BEFORE

Tony's jello, lime.q9q preset after a more drastic modification.
AFTER


Ok, so now we've had a little fun and played with some jello. Want to do something interesting with it?
Click here to continue our little cookery lesson.


© Andrew M. Ronayne - Kitsch design/Go FiGuRe! graphics 1998.
All rights reserved. No part of this tutorial may be reproduced without my written consent.

All images created using JASC's Paint Shop Pro v5.01

Last updated on July 02, 1998.