Creating A Pretty Cool Shadow Sig

[D00m259]

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Hey! Welcome, this is my first tutorial and I hope you like it.

Plugins required:

1. Gravity http://forums.getpai...vity-ymd100714/
2. Power Stretch http://forums.getpai...ted-may-3-2008/
3. TwistZ http://forums.getpai...wist-ymd100718/

Alright, let's get started, first make a picture that is 250x150 pixels.

Now select the Line tool, set the width to 10 and make a shape something like this (or how you want it).

Now do it again, but kind of like this.

Now apply Gravity (Distort>Gravity) with these settings:

Down

Transparent

-1

-1

-1

0

No check

No check

No check

Now apply Motion Blur (Blurs>Motion Blur) with these settings:

125 - 127

20 - 22

Now use Power Stretch (Distort>Power Stretch) with these settings:

100

100

50

10

0.3 -0.4 (Or where you want, it looks good here)

0.5 - 0.6 (Or where you want, it looks good here)

0

Now use TwistZ (Distort>TwistZ with zoom) with these settings:

27 - 28

1.5 - 2

100

-0.4 - -0.5 (Or where you want, it looks good here)

0 (Or where you want, it looks good here)

5 (Like always)

There are A LOT of ways to do this part, so do it how you want.

But, here's how I did it:

Copy the whole picture,

Use the Canvas Size (Image>Canvas Size) tool and make it so that it's 500x150 pixels(Select the middle-left square in the bottom right),

Paste it in,

Grab the middle left resize square and move it all the way to the other end.

Now add some kind of text in between the space in the center (If you put all the coords how I did, not sure if it's there otherwise.)

And there we go!

[barbieq25]

Pretty cool outcome. Has possibilities for other things too.

[nitenurse79]

Looks interesting for creating cool wallpaper style images.

[david.atwell]

Looks like a Snidely Whiplash mustache. Clever.

[D00m259]

Pretty cool outcome. Has possibilities for other things too.

Doesn't everything?