I took this blank slat
and composited this IN, checked tile across and down image canvas box	It's actually much smaller than shown here.
and transloaded this:	177x288

Then I went back to IM with this 300x300 transparent gif because my slat is smaller than the image I'm going to use... http://wtv-zone.com/punkies1/pics/Misc/transparent.gif

I composited the slat North +0+0 Then I composited the image Northwest +0+25 to get this:

Actual size is 300x300 44k's *~*

I'll be taking that back and changing the transparent parts to another color and outputting it as a jpg to bring down the k's.

You can also Composite any image or background over a slat and go that route. I just like using parts of an image for my slats and then comping that image over for my final product.

For a different take on slats, check out MrsK's Gates and Blinds. Fabulous!!!