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STARFIELD/MAGICAL GLOW F/X TRICKS
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Tutorial by KorganoS 2004
Thanks to sir GregMartin for the inspirations
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Requirements
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- Adobe Photoshop 6 or newer
- Mouse, no,... a PC, actually... lol
- non-colorblind user
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Introduction
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This is my first publicized tutorial (although I still have many self-made tutorials, which I will post here, sooner or
later ^_^' )
Please do not publish this anywhere else without my permission... I have put much effort in making this tutorial
:)
What you will gain from this tutorial :
- Understanding of working with layers (simple, two layered document)
- Layer blending modes, because this trick depends heavily on it
- Advanced brush effects like scattering and size jittering
The reason why I made this tutorial :
- I have no life... ROFL! XD
- sharing my skillz with all of you <.<
- Lots of ppl requested me to make tuts (yeah, since like months ago,.. haven't got the chance, sorry -_- )
- To help you making better walls... yeah this is the most important thing.. :)
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Preparing media
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First off, start with a new, blank image.. I use 800x600 resolution for this one, you can make it bigger, if you wish... Make sure it's a transparent (not filled) document...
Fill The blank layer with black using the paint bucket tool
swap the background/foreground color (press X on the keyboard), and click on the front color thumbnail to change the foreground color to blue (I use #0033FF for this one)
then go to Filter->Render->Difference Clouds, you can see that the nebula
is forming...
repeat the filter using Ctrl+f to make it appear more 'thicker',
repeat again as neccessary, you will get various results...
make a new layer, then set the blending mode to 'Color Dodge'
Fill it with black
then pick the Painbrush tool, and set white color as the foregound color..
| OPTIONAL STEP |
try brushing over the 'Color Dodged' layer, what do you get? It's somekind of neon-colored streak, neat eh? ^^
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Advanced Steps
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Go into brush options
drag the 'Spacing' slider to around 250%, or as necessary..
Make sure the checkbox next to 'Shape Dynamics' is active... then click on it to see the options... drag the 'Size jitter' slider to max (100%)
go into 'Scattering' option, and make sure the checkbox is active..
drag the scatter slider to max (1000%)
then use the Paintbrush tool again... set the brush size to around 20 pixels or
less
brush over the layer, then VOILA! you have a very neat effect to make stars or magical effects for a character... very
pretty, isn't it? XD
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Conclusion
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-Continue to experiment with different settings, and different colors...
-to make starfields, use even smaller brush and make it as random as possible..
-Try experimenting with duplicating the layer, and changing blending modes..
Last but not least, look forward my next tutorial.... :D lol dunno when I'll finish it...
