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Easy Textures - Marble

For this one, you need the plugin filter Toadies 2 by Ilya Razmanov. Download it here (428 kb). This filter is free. Unpack it and copy the files to the ..\Paint Shop Pro\Plugins\ directory. The next time you start PSP, the filter should be included in the Image - Plug-in Filters menu. For detailed instructions, go to the Filters Installation page.

Start with a new image, Size 400x400, Background Color: White, 16 Million Colors.

Step 1:
Set foreground color to White.
Image - Special Filters - Add Noise.
Select Random and 50% Noise.

Step 2:
Colors - Grey Scale.
Colors - Increase Color Depth - 16 Million Colors.

Step 3:
Image - Normal Filters - Blur More.

Step 4:
Image - Special Effects - Hot Wax Coating.

Step 5:
Image - Normal Filters - Sharpen More.

Step 6:
Image - Plug-in Filters - Toadies - Metalwork
I used the maximal settings: All on 255.
This is it:

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