Paint Shop Pro 9 - Applying a Colour/Grain to a White Door

[Meekal]

Hi,
Before you tell me I should use Photoshop, please don't. I'm used to Paint Shop Pro, it's what I've always used.

Anyway. Does anyone have any tips for applying a grain and/or colour to an image of a White door. I've found a method that works pretty well, but I just wanted to see if there is a better way of doing it. I know the grain doesn't tile very well, I am waiting for larger resolution grain images.

Before
[IMG]http://www.meikledesign.co.uk/host/image_host/white.jpg[/IMG]

After
[IMG]http://www.meikledesign.co.uk/host/image_host/irishoak.png[/IMG]
[IMG]http://www.meikledesign.co.uk/host/image_host/rosewood.png[/IMG]
[IMG]http://www.meikledesign.co.uk/host/image_host/red.png[/IMG]

[-Rusty-]

I also use PaintShopPro, it's all I ever use.

Here's how I've done wood grain. I made this .PSD for you so you can mess around with it however you like. PSP can open .PSD files.

[url]http://filesmelt.com/dl/door.psd[/url]

My door edit:
[img]http://i.imgur.com/AIafp.jpg[/img]

The wood grain texture I used(tile-able)
[img_thumb]http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2009/341/e/4/Wood_Grain_Medium_Ash_Texture_by_SweetSoulSister.jpg[/img_thumb]

Basically I just made a greyscaled layer of the door and then used Clarify(up it to 100% strength). Afterwards I just used a tile-able wood grain texture that I googled and set the blend mode to Multiply. I did a little editing at the end so to make it look a little better. You can see how everything was done by just checking out the .PSD and seeing how I did the layering. I hope this helps you.

[Meekal]

Wow, thank you. You did a better job than me in keeping the details on the door. I can't seem to find Clarify, I'm using PSP9.

[-Rusty-]

I don't remember where it is in PSP9 but this is where it's at on X2.

[img]http://i.imgur.com/KyxSh.jpg[/img]

[Meekal]

Got it, cheers.