Step 1 |
To achieve the effect, at right, open a 100 x 100 pixel image with 16
million colors. I set the color to a very pale (bluish) grey. The HSL I used
was 213, 85, 243. Use the Selection tool to select a circle that (about) fills the
image. Check anti-alias. |

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Step 2 |
Now, apply "amr real pearl2.9q9", as obtained above, to the
circle. |

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Step 3 |
Again, use the circle selection tool. Position it centered at 60, 60
and select a circle about 50 pixels in diameter. Copy this selection. |

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Step 4 |
At this point you could just paste to a new image, etc. , but I wanted to
make the spacer at left. I opened up a 100 x 100 image and flood filled with the
pattern on this page. I then pasted the selection from Step 3 as a new layer, and
added a drop shadow. Results are at right. |

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Step 5 |
The above looks pretty good, but could use some
"smoothing". I used image resize but I unchecked the "All
Layers" box. This resizes just the pearl. Results are seen at right. |

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Note 1 |
You can play around with sizing by starting with a larger image and larger
circle. That is what I did to get the larger pearl at the top of the page. In
that case, you need to increase the radius of the preset to about 140. |

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Note 2 |
At Step 4, you might want to apply a slight Gaussian blur to the selection
before adding the drop shadow. |

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Note 3 |
The color that you start with in Step 1 does make a difference. It
is strongly suggested that only very light, unsaturated colors be used for realistic
looking pearls. |

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