blue ([info]awmp) wrote in [info]awmpdotnet,
2005-06-26 09:54:00
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tutorial: tricks and tips for making light textures II

yeah, the first actual entry in my shiny new community *g*

and it will be a quick one, too. fun with filters...

these sort of light textures we will make. no stock images. everything is handmade ;)



general notes

  • I used Photoshop 7.0

  • the pics I'm gonna post are smaller than the actual thing I'm working with





step 01: getting started

- make a new canvas, I usually start with 500x500px for these sort of things
- fill it with black
- you have this now (only larger, of course)




step 02: lens flare

- this is the main trick *g*
- use the lens flare filter (filters - render - lens flair)
- I used these settings (Brightness 120% - 50-300mm Zoom)


- the result of this step can look like this, for example




step 03: liquify

- time to get more motion into it
- use the liquify filter (filter - liquify)
- normally I just leave the default settings for brush size and pressure, but you can fiddle around with that
- you don't have to be overly artistic on that. just smear some arms out of the center, don't worry if it looks weird
- the number of arms depends on your taste...


- so you have an octopussy thing now, or maybe only a mishaped Mercedes Benz star. (hey, I'm from Stuttgart everything with three arms is a Daimler logo *g*)




step 04: more layers

- copy the background layer twice.


- on the first copy use a Filter - Distort - Twirl of 50 and set it on Overlay mode,
- on the second copy of -50 and set it on Soft Light mode




step 05: another neat trick

- ok then, at this point it doesn't look exactly bad but not really good neither...
- so we're doing the following: reset your colors to black and white (D) and switch them so that black is the background color (X)
- Use Filter - Sketch - Photocopy on your second layer (the first copy)
- you can play around with the setting, but you want something rather dark...


- and now it looks suddenly much prettier *g*



step 06: coloring

- time for some coloring...
- you can color each layer on its own, to get some spiffy results, but what I've done here is:
- I only changed the second (now black and white) layer with a selective color correction.
- go to Image - Adjustments - Selective Color, chose neutrals and drag the sliders to your liking


and we got this result


and after some cropping this



finished, yippie :)



variations

- use another lense flare (see result: example 2)
- make less arms when liquifying (see result: example 3)
- play around with all the other options *g*

Tags: light textures, tricks&tips, tutorial: effect

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[info]wtfbrain

June 26 2005, 11:12:13 UTC 6 years ago

This is really cool - thanks for the tut!

[info]_excentric_

June 26 2005, 11:22:05 UTC 6 years ago

WOW! I'm gonna try this ^^

[info]robinhoodvandal

June 26 2005, 11:24:53 UTC 6 years ago

best post ever.
I'm still playing around with it, but I think I am in love with you.

[info]pidgehuss

June 26 2005, 11:32:44 UTC 6 years ago

I'll totally be playing with this when I get home tonight, thanks!

[info]mysstica

June 26 2005, 11:49:08 UTC 6 years ago

Thanks bunches!<3 damn my disk crashed, and you're spoiling me with awesome tuts *God gimme patience pretty puhleeze!*

[info]mkstyle

June 26 2005, 12:55:12 UTC 6 years ago

wow, this is awesome. im saving to mem.

[info]angelgaby

June 26 2005, 13:19:08 UTC 6 years ago

this is great!....im having a bit of trouble though!...Im using psp7 like you except i cant seem to find 'filters'!...Can you explain to me where it is?...Thankyou! :):)

[info]dreamydaydream

June 26 2005, 19:10:49 UTC 6 years ago

psp7 doesn't have a filter option..there is a way to get the liquify effect, however...let me see if I can find a tutorial for that.

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[info]booky_iconer

June 26 2005, 13:21:51 UTC 6 years ago

Wow! Really awesome tut!! But is there a way to do the lens flare in psp8?

[info]hystericblue

June 29 2005, 02:33:28 UTC 6 years ago

I have a vague idea it's not called lens flare in PSP...from what I remember the closest thing I ever found was something called "sunburst" under the illuminations effects, but it's not nearly as pretty as Photoshop's version.

Then again, I was never a PSP guru so maybe someone else will be able to help you a bit more ^^;

[info]unknownspecies

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[info]shagalote

June 26 2005, 13:24:15 UTC 6 years ago

the blue one looks great, I only made them "normal" colored so far, but I managed to use them in icons, hee :D

[info]red_sunflower

June 26 2005, 14:18:12 UTC 6 years ago

Brilliant tut Blue! I have been experimenting with other techniques to make some of those effects but as always, being guided by an expert is a plus.

[info]misslilli

June 26 2005, 15:10:30 UTC 6 years ago

you're my hero :D thanks, I can make my own light textures now *wheee* *bounces*

[info]sailor_juniper

June 26 2005, 15:24:25 UTC 6 years ago

Thats awesome ^_^ Totally adding it to memories!

[info]chiflipgrl

June 26 2005, 16:11:09 UTC 6 years ago

Oooooooh! That is awesome. Saving to my Memories. Thanks!

[info]didifoolya28

June 26 2005, 17:07:07 UTC 6 years ago

Thanks saving to my memories. Gonna give it a try when I Have some free time!!

[info]dreamydaydream

June 26 2005, 19:11:14 UTC 6 years ago

BEAUTIFUL! MEMORIED and WILL CREDT ON rough_draft___

[info]marinwood

June 26 2005, 19:37:24 UTC 6 years ago

This is awesome, as usual. You are the icon/graphics tutorial queen! I've memoried it, and added your new comm to my friends list. Thanks!

[info]meadowflower

June 26 2005, 20:22:11 UTC 6 years ago

VERY cool. Thank you and I'm going to try.

[info]bargaining

June 26 2005, 21:04:31 UTC 6 years ago

Saving to memories. Thanks, Blue! You rock. :)

BTW, love the the comm. It's brilliant. :D

[info]ladyelleth

June 26 2005, 21:26:20 UTC 6 years ago

You are a genius. Thank you so much for this tut, I will definitely use it. <3

Credit will be given over at my icon journal, [info]september_icons

[info]abi_j

June 26 2005, 21:45:57 UTC 6 years ago

This looks great. Bookmarking and will come back to play around with it later :)

[info]ex_neke

June 26 2005, 22:00:32 UTC 6 years ago

Again, great tutorial. Thanks! :-D

[info]openarms

June 26 2005, 23:17:26 UTC 6 years ago

Oooh yes! Am adding to memories! This is a really nifty tutorial!

[info]jivekittn

June 27 2005, 00:11:38 UTC 6 years ago

Awesome! Adding to memories! :)

[info]uglypricetag

June 27 2005, 10:55:36 UTC 6 years ago

added to mems!

[info]deadwillwalk

June 27 2005, 14:51:38 UTC 6 years ago

That's awesome! I'm definitely going to be playing in photoshop later. :D
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