angelofmine
April 11th, 2004, 01:58 PM
To make an effect similar to this:
www.ziyifilms.com/members...torial.jpg (http://www.ziyifilms.com/members/yjl923/icetutorial.jpg)
which can make for some nice graphics backgrounds. Note that this tutorial is for Photoshop only.
1. Create a new file with a white background.
2. Before you start working, hit D to return the foreground and background colors to default (if they weren't already set at default).
3. Select Filter > Render > Clouds. You can keep doing that until you're happy with the cloud formation you end up with.
4. Select Image > Adjust > Auto Contrast.
5. Layer > New > Layer and click OK.
6. Change the foreground color to whatever you want. In this case, I chose a light blue.
7. Edit > Fill and then select Use Foreground Color. Click OK.
8. Don't be alarmed that your entire file will now be whatever color you selected. Go to the Layers palette, and right underneath the layers tab, select the dropdown menu that says "Normal" and change it to "Color."
9. Merge the layers by pressing Ctrl + E.
10. Layer > New > Layer and click OK.
11. Filter > Artistic > Plastic Wrap. Play around with the settings to your taste, but somewhere around Strength = 15, Detail = 9, Smoothness = 8 is ideal.
12. Click once on each of the top two layers displayed in the Layers palette and press Ctrl + I on each layer. This will invert the color (like if you selected blue, those layers will now appear yellow), but don't worry.
13. Set the top layer to Overlay for the blending mode (see #8 if you get stuck on how to do that).
14. On the top layer, go to Filter > Stylize > Wind. Select either Wind > Wind from the Left or Wind > Wind from the Right.
15. Change the blending mode of that layer to Lighten.
16. Layer > New > Layer. Click OK.
17. Edit > Fill and then select Use Foreground Color. Click OK.
18. Set the blending mode to Color.
19. Rotate the canvas however you want by going to Image > Adjustments and then selecting one of the options.
20. Before you save as a jpg or gif (but don't forget to first save as a pdf if you want to work on it again later!), go to Layer > Flatten Image. Then save.
Hopefully my instructions made sense. I don't remember where I originally learned this tutorial (I'm going by memory, here), but thanks to whomever created it. :)
www.ziyifilms.com/members...torial.jpg (http://www.ziyifilms.com/members/yjl923/icetutorial.jpg)
which can make for some nice graphics backgrounds. Note that this tutorial is for Photoshop only.
1. Create a new file with a white background.
2. Before you start working, hit D to return the foreground and background colors to default (if they weren't already set at default).
3. Select Filter > Render > Clouds. You can keep doing that until you're happy with the cloud formation you end up with.
4. Select Image > Adjust > Auto Contrast.
5. Layer > New > Layer and click OK.
6. Change the foreground color to whatever you want. In this case, I chose a light blue.
7. Edit > Fill and then select Use Foreground Color. Click OK.
8. Don't be alarmed that your entire file will now be whatever color you selected. Go to the Layers palette, and right underneath the layers tab, select the dropdown menu that says "Normal" and change it to "Color."
9. Merge the layers by pressing Ctrl + E.
10. Layer > New > Layer and click OK.
11. Filter > Artistic > Plastic Wrap. Play around with the settings to your taste, but somewhere around Strength = 15, Detail = 9, Smoothness = 8 is ideal.
12. Click once on each of the top two layers displayed in the Layers palette and press Ctrl + I on each layer. This will invert the color (like if you selected blue, those layers will now appear yellow), but don't worry.
13. Set the top layer to Overlay for the blending mode (see #8 if you get stuck on how to do that).
14. On the top layer, go to Filter > Stylize > Wind. Select either Wind > Wind from the Left or Wind > Wind from the Right.
15. Change the blending mode of that layer to Lighten.
16. Layer > New > Layer. Click OK.
17. Edit > Fill and then select Use Foreground Color. Click OK.
18. Set the blending mode to Color.
19. Rotate the canvas however you want by going to Image > Adjustments and then selecting one of the options.
20. Before you save as a jpg or gif (but don't forget to first save as a pdf if you want to work on it again later!), go to Layer > Flatten Image. Then save.
Hopefully my instructions made sense. I don't remember where I originally learned this tutorial (I'm going by memory, here), but thanks to whomever created it. :)