aremgy
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« on: July 18, 2010, 01:11:09 pm » |
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S U N N Y
SUPPLIES A tube and a closeup I'm using the work of Ismael Rac. You must purchase a license to use this work at his store HERE.
Filters MuRa's Meister - Copies Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Glass DSB Flux - Bright Noise
Let's begin!
Choose an orange color for your foreground, and a yellow for your background. Make a background gradient; Linear, Angle = 45; Repeats = 0.
Open a new image 100x100. Selection Tool set to Triangle. Draw a triangle that is higher than wide.
Floodfill the selection with the background gradient.
Image - Canvas Size; 500x500, centered.
MuRa's Meister - Copies - Encircle using the following setting:
Preset Shape - Elliptical - Circle. Foreground = Null.
Draw a circle to fit inside the triangles. It should NOT touch the triangles.
Objects - Align - Center in Canvas.
Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Glass using the Clear, No Drop Shadow setting.
Image - Resize to 300x300.
Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen.
Set this image aside for a bit.
Pick a light color from your tube as your background, and a darker color of the same shade for your foreground.
Open a new image, 250x250.
Floodfill with the lighter color.
Adjust - Add/Remove Noise - Add Noise; Gaussian, 12, Monochromatic checked.
Image - Canvas Size; 600x250, all pixels to the Right.
Add a new layer, floodfill with the darker color.
Repeat the Noise effect.
Layers - Arrange - Send to Bottom.
Highlight the top layer, add a new layer.
Selection Toolbar - Custom Selection using the following setting:
Fill the selection with the darker color.
Selections - Select None.
MuRa's Meister - Copies - Line using the following setting:
Make sure you are working on the lines layer; Selection Toolbar - Custom Selection using the following setting:
Selections - Promote Selection to Layer.
Selections - Select None.
Duplicate the promoted layer 3x (for a total of four layers.)
On the bottom promoted layer, Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow using 5, 0, 50, 5, black.
On the other three promoted layers, DSB Flux - Bright Noise using Intensity = 45 (hit the Mix button each time).
Hide all four promoted layers.
Working on the original lines layer, repeat the Custom Selection.
Hit DELETE.
Selections - Select None.
Selections - Select All. (Ctrl + A) Selections - Float. (Ctrl + F) Selections - Defloat. (Ctrl + Shift + F)
Add the closeup tube, moving into position.
Selections - Promote Selection to Layer.
Selections - Invert.
Selections - Promote Selection to Layer.
Selections - Select None.
Highlight the original closeup tube layer; hit DELETE.
On the top promoted tube layer, change the opacity to 20.
On the bottom promoted tube layer, Layers - Merge - Merge Down (with the original lines layer).
Repeat the Drop Shadow you used earlier (5, 0, 50, 5, black.)
Highlight the top layer.
Add your tube as a new layer.
Eye Candy 5 - Impact - Perspective Shadow using the Drop Shadow, Blurry setting.
Add the sun you made earlier, moving it below the tube.
Move it to the upper left corner.
Add a new layer.
Selections - Select All.
Selections - Modify - Select Selection Borders; Inside, 2, Antialias unchecked.
Floodfill with the dark color.
Selections - Select None.
Add your name and any necessary copyright information.
Animate as usual.
For the avatar.
First off, resize the sun you made to 250x250.
Duplicate your tag (Shift + D)
Delete any layers with art.
Crop to 150x150.
Add your sun as a new layer, moving to the upper left.
Add your 2pixel selections border.
You may animate if you wish.
Here's another sample using the work of Keith Garvey:
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« Last Edit: October 23, 2010, 01:04:53 pm by aremgy »
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aremgy
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« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2010, 11:22:40 am » |
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brilliant!! thanks for trying the tut huggs R
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Shirley
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« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2010, 03:14:11 pm » |
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Nice tutorial Rich!
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Snuzz
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« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2010, 04:08:18 pm » |
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Loved the Tut rich ty Heres my try
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Spawn
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« Reply #5 on: November 15, 2010, 03:14:21 pm » |
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Here is my try
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« Last Edit: December 15, 2010, 12:26:49 pm by Spawn »
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aremgy
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« Reply #6 on: November 15, 2010, 04:36:00 pm » |
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looks fantastic!
thanks so much...
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