Simple, simple and the slightest change in the steps will result in a difference of one kind or another.  This is the tutorial for Joyce's cooldecking with changes and variations by me.  The steps will get you Joyce's cooldecking tile;  the steps of the variations are by me and will get you the tile in the chart.  All tiles are using the same Colorizing hue and saturation.  Hue=233; Saturation=163.

Step 1
open a new image 200X200 and flood fill with white.

Step 2
Change color to greyscale.

Step 3
Add noise set at 100, random.

Step 4
Emboss the image so that it will colorize deeper in colors.

Step 5
Reduce depth of color by adjusting the gamma of the image.

Step 6
Increase colors to 16 million colors so you can colorize.

Save the image at this point so you can open it and colorize over and over again!

Step 7
Colorize

This is your final tile.  You can now use 'Save as' to save your colored tile for backgrounds or a flood filling pattern.

This tile is finished.  This one is the first in the chart below.  The only difference between it and the second one is when I changed it from greyscale back to 16 million colors.
 
 

1	Joyce's "Cooldecking" tile new image   200x200 flood fill    white Greyscale Add noise   100, random Emboss Adjust Gamma Correction    3.7 Increase Colors to 16 million Colorize    233,163
2	only change is WHEN greyscale was changed new image   200x200 flood fill    white Add noise    100, random Greyscale Increase colors to 16 mil Emboss Adjust Gamma Correction    3.7 Colorize    233,163
3	same as 2, but sharpened new image   200x200 flood fill    white Add noise    100, random Greyscale Increase colors to 16 mil Emboss Adjust Gamma Correction    3.7 Colorize    233,163 Sharpen more Unsharpen     .04,1,1
4	same as last without embossing new image   200x200 flood fill    white Add noise    100, random Greyscale Increase colors to 16 mil Blend Emboss  (FMTools) Adjust Gamma Correction   3.7 Colorize    233,163
5	substitute fine leather filter for emboss new image   200x200 flood fill    white Add noise    100, random Greyscale Increase colors to 16 mil Add noise    uniform,100 Fine Leather filter Adjust Gamma Correction   3.7 Colorize    233,163
6	after emboss, motion blur set to angle=90 and 1 new image   200x200 flood fill    white Add noise    after emboss, motion blur set to angle=90,1 new image   200x200 flood fill    white Add noise    random,100 Greyscale Increase colors to 16 mil Blend Emboss (FMTools) default Motion blur    angle=90, 1 Adjust Gamma Correction   3.7 Colorize    233,163 Greyscale Increase colors to 16 mil Blend Emboss  (FMTools) Motion blur    angle=90, 1 Adjust Gamma Correction   3.7 Colorize    233,163
7	terrycloth texture new image   200x200 flood fill    white Add noise    random,100 Greyscale Increase colors to 16 mil add noise    random,100 Greyscale Increase to 16 mil Negative color adjust Gamma Correction to 3.0 colorize    233,163
8	Swirlish new image    200x200 flood fill    white Add noise    100, random Add noise    100, uniform Greyscale Increase to 16 million colors Negative color Gausian blur     1.0 adjust gamma corrections     3.7 colorize    233,163
9	Oatmeal new image 200x200 flood fill     white add noise    60, uniform Greyscale Increase to 16 million colors Emboss Adjust Gamma     3.30 Colorize    233,163
10	Grainy new image   200x200 flood fill    white Add noise      60, uniform Gausian blur     .50 Colorize    233,163
11	Confetti new image   200x200 flood fill    white Add noise    100, random Add noise    100, uniform PSP's Sandstone texture Colorize    233,163 FMTools Roll Texture
12	Marshmallow new image   200x200 flood fill    white Add noise    100, random PSP filter soft plastic blur = 20 FMTools Roll Texture   detail = 14 density = 32 angle = 45 color = white FMTools seamless tile vertical unchecked border width .070 stretch control .078 FMTools seamless tile vertical checked border width .070, stretch control .078 Colorize 233, 163
I think you get the idea.   The combinations are limitless.	Colorizing combinations some soft color configs: [first number is hue, second is saturation] sand = 22,67 yellow = 30,67 green = 67,67 teal = 102,67 blue = 140,67 lilac = 170,67 pink = 210,67 salmon = 240,67 for brighter colors, increase saturation to at least 181  combinations suggested by Joyce

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tutorial by CSGreen and Joyce Kohl