Kaddl89 Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 I've made the lines a little thinner an flipped/rotated them Looks like a abstract flower I think:) Thanks or the tut flip I think I can use for more Ideas I have... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romur Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 That is a nice trick You get a better result with Distort/Twist if you ran Distort/Sin Waves before. Otherwise, the extremities of the swirl remain “flat”, especially with a low distortion. But I’d just like to mention that you can work around if you do not have the Sine Waves plugin. The solution is to add a new layer on top and make a radial gradient with primary color fully transparent and the secondary colour black. This layer will hide the extremities of the swirl as shown below (left without sin wave and without mask; right without sin wave but with the mask). With a higher distortion (like the galaxy) this default does not show and the sin wave pre-processing is not necessary. Romur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phamduongthai Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 That is a nice trick You get a better result with Distort/Twist if you ran Distort/Sin Waves before. Otherwise, the extremities of the swirl remain “flat”, especially with a low distortion. But I’d just like to mention that you can work around if you do not have the Sine Waves plugin. The solution is to add a new layer on top and make a radial gradient with primary color fully transparent and the secondary colour black. This layer will hide the extremities of the swirl as shown below (left without sin wave and without mask; right without sin wave but with the mask). With a higher distortion (like the galaxy) this default does not show and the sin wave pre-processing is not necessary. Nice tut. Thanks so much ^^ It took me a while to figure things out, though :"> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rixo Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 Cool. I got this. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of higher altitudes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xmariusx Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 I love this tutorial. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ventor1 Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 (edited) I love this tut! Not for what it is; but rather for the doors that it opens! Edited January 6, 2011 by ventor1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyrocker Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 This is a very nice tutorial, and btw, this is what i made using this tutorial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimster1244 Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I really liked this tutorial so i created a account to show you what things i made from this, the last 2 are for a friends logo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darthpyro Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 (edited) With a bit of work, here is mine; Lots of twists and bulges used here. Edited February 15, 2011 by Darthpyro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattz1996 Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 I haven't used PDN in a while but here's my attempt your last pic: Click my signature to register for the game my signature is based off of If you get to level 5, it helps me too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mii55 Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 Nice. Great tut. As some of you know I am a newbie so this is really cool for me My gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moninca Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 (edited) Amazingly simple, and amazingly beautiful. Thanks for the tut! Edited June 14, 2011 by Moninca My Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weej16 Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Love The Tutorial! Here is my try! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsM4thrill Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Guys please i need help with the Sine waves!!!! I just can't get it corect...... Iv'e downloaded it and put it in the Paint.net effects but when i go in to paint.net i just don't have it in the distort list....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsM4thrill Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 (edited) Ok love the tutorial, actually this is my first time to get complete something Edited August 5, 2012 by IsM4thrill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitenurse79 Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Great tute After making five swirls on seperate layers, I flattened all the swirl layers, duplicated it, flipped horizontal then run twist on each of the two layers before using conditional hue/saturation. This is what I came up with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krutch-it Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Um.I have one problem: all of the gradients I have/install take up the whole selection. Like: I can't get it to resize how I want, they a;ll just automatically take up the whole area. I've installed 3 different gradient packs/plugins. Am I missing something, or is there a different plugin I need? The Spot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGJM Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Um.I have one problem: all of the gradients I have/install take up the whole selection. Like: -snip- I can't get it to resize how I want, they a;ll just automatically take up the whole area. I've installed 3 different gradient packs/plugins. Am I missing something, or is there a different plugin I need? Before you make the gradient, open up all of the windows. The color, the tabs, the tools, the history. Now, look at the color tab - look at your primary and secondary colors. The secondary should have a gradient fading into a checkerboard. If it doesn't, you go ahead and make it by swapping the secondary (or just swapping to black), clicking the "More >>" arrow, going to transparency, and dragging it all the way down. After that, you go to your "Tabs" window (this part you might understand already) and add a new tab, and do as the tutorial says. Should work. The hardest part of ending is starting again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NekoSync Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 How do you make the background of the swirls transparent? I used magic wand on the background and CTRL + X but it gets rid of the entire thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Visual Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 I like the expirementation. I do not like reading the offensive tones of some of the comments i will not exibit. You need to fill the brains with your experience, rather than to insult this as too basic. Crawl before you can run 100 yards in 9 seconds. Good job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAND33P Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 This is a great tut, i will definitely be giving a go at making something like this. The use of colour is perfect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FFSnipe Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 (edited) Hrm... i know this topic is old, but its still on page 1. I have been tinkering with paint.net for a long while, and I am self taught. I decided to step up my game and read some tuts to become more talented. I am still quite noobish but I am trying. Here is my attempt at with this. I added some more steps afterwards, such as shape3d to make the flowers look as though they are blooming upwards. The flowers themselves were made from this technique. AbstractRoses http://i.imgur.com/oPtdzZX.png Edited October 8, 2013 by FFSnipe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbieq25 Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Very nice Sand33p & very clever FFSnipe. Knowledge is no burden to carry. April Jones, 2012 Gallery My DA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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