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BladePro and SuperBladePro Tutorials and User Resources
Tutorials for working with Flaming Pear's BladePro and SuperBladepro texture generating plug-ins. Includes introductions to various features and techniques for colorizing, creating stained glass, making frames, creating and installing presets, and more. Also find links to download free environments, textures, and presets for the BladePro and SuperBladePro texture generating plug-ins from Flaming Pear.
All About BladePro 1 - Intro
A basic introduction to installing and setting up Blade Pro in Paint Shop Pro.
All About BladePro 2 - Bevels
Getting started with Blade Pro... an introduction to bevels.
All About BladePro 3 - Environments & Textures
Getting started with Blade Pro... an introduction to environments and textures.
All About BladePro 4 - Presets
Getting started with Blade Pro... what are presets, what to do with them, and how to make your own.
All About BladePro 5 - Sliders
Getting started with Blade Pro... exploring the sliders.
All About BladePro 6 - More Sliders
Getting started with Blade Pro... exploring the sliders, part two.
All About BladePro 7 - Light Source & Blend Modes
Getting started with Blade Pro... light source controls and the blend mode button.
Blade Pro and Layers
Combining BladePro effects with layers in your image editor will provide even more variety and versatility. Examples use Paint Shop Pro 5.
BladePro Beginner's Tutorial
A comprehensive beginner's tutorial for learning BladePro, with links to additional tutorials and presets.
BladePro Sidebars
Learn how you can use BladePro to create left-hand sidebar backgrounds for your Web page. Examples use PSP 5.
BladePro Textures
Download additional texture packs for Blade Pro.
Dami's Demesne Presets
Several pages of presets for BladePro and SuperBladePro.
Dizzaster's Presets
Three pages, each with a dozen Blade Pro Presets.
DreamEffects for Blade Pro
Ten pages of presets with about 20 effects per page.
GoldenEye Presets
Currently 72 BladePro presets, free for non-commercial use.
Groan Zone Presets
Several pages of presets for black and white images. Also presets for SuperBladePro.
Joe Cilinceon's Blade Pro Effects
Two pages of BladePro presets by Joe Cilinceon. Neon Glow, Ocean, Quartz, Tooled Leather, Cement, Brass, Jade Stone, to name a few.
LLD'zines - BladePro Presets
11 pages with a dozen presets each.
McKnelly BladePro Presets
Thee pages of presets for wood, metallics, marble, and more.
Planet Preset-Martin's BladePro Mall
A virtual smorgasbord of presets and other resources for BladePro and Super BladePro.
Purrcat Blade Pro Presets
Pearl, gold, silver glitter, gold glitter, bamboo and more.
State of Entropy Presets
This is the main index to seven pages of presets.
SuperBladePro Presets from linkwaregraphics.com
Over 75 presets... "glossy and flat metal and glass, pastels and muted tones, darker tones, patterns, textures and multi-colored presets." Also download and installation instructions and other resources for BladePro and SuperBladePro.
The Meadows Studio SuperBladePro Presets
"A delicious collection of SuperBladePro Glass, Sparkle and Texture Presets."