Overlays

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	Take a blank image and using a "pattern", perform a graduated fill diaganally across the canvas. [Picture Publisher users - you can achieve this by filling the window with a gradient fill, then fill with a texture, using different merge modes or transparencies. I find the Difference and Texturise merge modes of Picture Publisher 6 give good/interesting results. The Overlay merge mode of Picture Publisher 8 is also suitable.]
	Paste the image you want as a background onto the canvas. Use a Low Opacity/High Transparency (I used around 20-30%) and play with the paste mode until you achive the desired effect; I find several "subtracts" and then a "differance" are fairly effective. Moving the image a few pixels when you change paste mode is also apt to give an interesting effect.
	Pick some more images to overlay with the main image. [Kate is a fan of old televisions, and so she found these old television channel logos on the Web.]
	Add any other overlayed images as before... In this case I wanted it darker, and fortunately the images I used had a black background (or deep blue), thus darkening the overall image.
	Now add the text. This should be done again patterned, but with a different pattern (I used a Studio 24 standard one called diagonal). Use a low opacity, but probably with several goes - thus building up to the right level. Sometimes the text has to be almost opaque, other times it can be almost transparent and still be legible. Finally crop it and if nessacary scale it down to the desired size.