LJXD Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 This tutorial is available as a PDF. Click here to view or download it Moderators note: images have been rehosted by Remake Okay now this is a texture i have been developing for a while now, it has major use of clouds and difference. Plugins needed Curves+ Optional Flip Horizontal/Vertical This is what you'll end up with 1. Run clouds on approximately these settings 2.Open Curves+ and change it to Advanced. MAke sure its set to IN:Luminosity and OUT: Alpha.Then set Make the line go like this 3. Duplicate layer and motion blur at around 50, centred unchecked and change the angle value to your choice. 4.Set blend mode to difference 5.Merge layers and open curves+ again move the line to about here now Okay now this is your first cloud layer. The whole texture is made up of these layers what we want to do is keep making these by repeating steps 1-5. In the picture above i have 8 cloud layers. TIP: When a preview of clouds comes up, the more black the better, if it has really little black, reseed it. Use flip Horizontal and Vertical to position your cloud layer so it covers the whole picture evenly. 6. Add a new layer and put it at the bottom, paint bucket fill the whole canvas in a really de-saturated colour OR for the noobs, pick a bright colour and go to adjustments> Hue/Saturation and set saturation to between 30-40. UPDATE: really saturated colours look cool aswell. Hope you enjoyed it, and post your outcomes. Quote |My Sig Tut| Deviant Art |Advanced Grunge Texture|My Gallery The Birthplace of Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pluberus Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Pretty cool. I've been looking for new sig background textures. Thanks for posting this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJXD Posted October 15, 2008 Author Share Posted October 15, 2008 Thanks, Pm me if you use it Quote |My Sig Tut| Deviant Art |Advanced Grunge Texture|My Gallery The Birthplace of Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 LJ, I did one, but to be honest, had no patience to create 8 clouds layers. So while rendering the clouds for the 5th clouds layer, I set the mode to difference, and finally got "enough black". Yeah, and then I did a bit on the backgrounds to have the colors close to what I wanted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJXD Posted October 16, 2008 Author Share Posted October 16, 2008 Hey Kat havnt seen you in ages Thanks for the reply, looks quite cool Quote |My Sig Tut| Deviant Art |Advanced Grunge Texture|My Gallery The Birthplace of Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
summer_782 Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 This is a very cool technique. I don't feel like I have it quite right yet, but I was amazed how fast and easy it was once I got started. I completely lost track of how many layers I put in. Very simple and neat technique. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJXD Posted October 17, 2008 Author Share Posted October 17, 2008 This looks pretty cool, thanks for posting Quote |My Sig Tut| Deviant Art |Advanced Grunge Texture|My Gallery The Birthplace of Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussi3ies Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Ahh i remember this tutorial....Still loving the effect. Quote Website: Aussi3ies Website Forum: Aussi3ies Forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asian_skillz Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Wow great outcome, nice job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiyaz101 Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 Great Tutorial Heres my Result, I only did 8 layers, so im sure if i put more "cloud layers" in then ittl look even better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagykalAnna Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 I made this :3 Quote “Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, grace and power in it.” ~Click on my siggy to see my deviantART~ -Haiku I made- A gray sleek creature Jumping from water to air Barly touching sea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouchy_S Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 This is amazing. I am surprised I have over looked this tutorial for so long. Good job, and thank you! Quote My deviantART | My Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiirus Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Great Tut! My Try, A bit too much blurred but it looks good. Btw: Maybe someone could write a Plugin to make it easier Quote I'm still learning, trying to get better. Critics, even bad ones, help me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouchy_S Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 Great Tut!My Try, A bit too much blurred but it looks good. Btw: Maybe someone could write a Plugin to make it easier Pfft, it's no fun that way :wink: Quote My deviantART | My Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiirus Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 Great Tut!My Try, A bit too much blurred but it looks good. Btw: Maybe someone could write a Plugin to make it easier Pfft, it's no fun that way :wink: Hmm... yes... you're right Quote I'm still learning, trying to get better. Critics, even bad ones, help me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuffuloo Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Mine: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuffuloo Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Mine: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJXD Posted August 19, 2009 Author Share Posted August 19, 2009 sweet, i see you used my tut in your tut. Thanksyou Quote |My Sig Tut| Deviant Art |Advanced Grunge Texture|My Gallery The Birthplace of Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan1998 Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 My Try With Full 8 Layers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJXD Posted January 15, 2010 Author Share Posted January 15, 2010 Very nice, thanks for reviving the thread as well. Quote |My Sig Tut| Deviant Art |Advanced Grunge Texture|My Gallery The Birthplace of Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remii9512 Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 When I first saw this, I thought, "Planet Texture". Mustafar, anybody? Quote Trolololol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zukothoth Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 This is my first try, I think it turned out to be really badass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJXD Posted February 12, 2010 Author Share Posted February 12, 2010 It is indeed badass Quote |My Sig Tut| Deviant Art |Advanced Grunge Texture|My Gallery The Birthplace of Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remii9512 Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Being ignored ftw? Quote Trolololol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJXD Posted February 20, 2010 Author Share Posted February 20, 2010 haha sorry dude, it happens a lot on these forums. And every forum i suppose, thats just how it works. Quote |My Sig Tut| Deviant Art |Advanced Grunge Texture|My Gallery The Birthplace of Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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