Pixey Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 This tutorial is available as a PDF. Click here to view or download it Bevel Selection AA's Assistant Sarkuts Yellow Gold - found at the bottom of his tutorial. Gradient Mapping Metalize Emboss - which I think is standard now with v4. Font used is: Frankenstein (can be found on fontzone.net) Tip: Remember to save your work frequently in case of a crash. 1. Begin with a canvas of 800 x 400 and fill with black. 2. New Layer - with color FFD800 and size #192 type your text. Align centre & Gaussian Blur at default. 3. Holding down Shift select just outside of the text with the Magic Wand - then Ctrl and Invert selection and make a New Layer. Then go to Effects - Stylize and Emboss and change the layer mode to Overlay. 4. Go back to layer 2 – which should still be selected and go to Effects – Selection - Bevel Selection at default. 5. Now you must deselect! 6. Use the Magic Wand with shift held down to select directly on the yellow text on layer 2. Play with the Hardness/Tolerance in the top tool bar until you get a nice selection inside of the text – about 20. 7. Make a New Layer and use the Paint bucket to fill the inside selection with a light grey color # 808080. Deselect and Gaussian Blur at #4. 8. Select the same layer again with the magic wand, invert and add Noise at an intensity of #60. With it still ‘selected’ go to - Adjustment – Black & white and then Effects – Object and use AA’s Assistant at default. 9. Duplicate the layer and change the mode to Negation. Deselect. Remember to ‘save’ your work periodically. 10. Go to the text layer 2 and use – Color – Metalize at default and repeat one more time. Use AA’s Assistant twice. 11. Go to – Adjustments – Gradient Mapping and make sure both the boxes are checked. 12. Finally play with the Curves Plugin and then the Brightness and Contrast of about 13 and 2. Or as to your liking. 13. Duplicate the last layer for more intensity and also you can play with the layer modes on the two layer # 4’s, as well to change the color of the inside of the text. 14. Finally save your work in PDN first, then Flatten and save in .png. Hint: To add depth to the text use Effects – Object – Trail. 6 Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnysdream Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Awesome idea.Will give it a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goonfella Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 (edited) Blingkin(oh dear!) good tutorial Pixey. Well laid out , well explained and easy to follow - a real necessity for a numpty like me! Hear is my effort (forgot to add the Trail effect but it`s still OK) - Edited September 24, 2014 by Goonfella 2 Quote Please feel free to visit my Gallery on PDNFans And my Alternatives to PDN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted September 25, 2014 Author Share Posted September 25, 2014 @Johnny'sdream - look forward to seeing your result . Thanks for stopping by. @Numpty Gooney ...... wow! What a great result and thanks so much for the kind works. I actually forgot to add the sparkles, like you did - Duh ! Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackenzieh Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Here's my attempt: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seerose Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 (edited) Dear @Pixey! This is very interesting tutorial. I hope I did everything right. Thank you so much for your effort. Edited April 16, 2018 by Seerose 3 Quote Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. Gandhi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted February 21, 2017 Author Share Posted February 21, 2017 Great result @mackenzieh it looks simply perfect . Excellent work . @Seerose Fantastic piece here - I like the way you added some trail to it. Well done you too . I'd forgotten about this tutorial I think I'll have a go at it myself . Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRON67 Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 (edited) My version.. I've used Artistic -> Sponge... instead of Noise for the silver look and changed/simplified some other steps too. The second one shows a combination of Sponge, Bevel Object of the resulting two tones in alternate directions and Noise. After flattening Star Glow was added like in the first one. Edited February 21, 2017 by IRON67 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMake Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 On 21.02.2017 at 8:32 PM, IRON67 said: My version.. I've used Artistic -> Sponge... Unexpected use of effect. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted February 21, 2017 Author Share Posted February 21, 2017 My Goodness @IRON67 This is what I call "thinking outside of the box" - as @Ash was fond of saying . Very nice results indeed and the 2nd one is super-dooper . You did really good and thanks for doing the tutorial . Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynxster4 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 (edited) I thought I'd give it a go. Wasn't really aware of this tutorial, @Pixey. @IRON67's use of @ReMake's Sponge Effect is a great idea! I tend to use Grain a lot, but Sponge gives the effect of actual 'gems' in the letters. Great tut, Pixey! Give a rep when I'm restocked. Edited July 29, 2017 by lynxster4 re-hosted image 4 Quote My Art Gallery | My Shape Packs | ShapeMaker Mini Tut | Air Bubble Stained Glass Chrome Text with Reflections | Porcelain Text w/ Variegated Coloring | Realistic Knit PatternOpalescent Stained Glass | Frosted Snowman Cookie | Leather Texture | Plastic Text | Silk Embroidery Visit my Personal Website "Never, ever lose your sense of humor - you'll live longer" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted February 22, 2017 Author Share Posted February 22, 2017 Oooooo - so pretty @lynxster4 and what a good idea using the sponge plugin - it does give it a 3D finish. Very sparkly too . Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakana Oji Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 I'd like to know why the embossed layer should be set to Overlay. The whole text there is pure grey so it'll just be completely transparent. Quote Big McThankies From McSpankies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted January 29, 2019 Author Share Posted January 29, 2019 @Sakana Oji It's required as other layers, as you continue through the tutorial, will have the Mode Negation, so at the end of the day the result is better. Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djisves Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 I enjoyed this one, thank you @Pixey. Now, on to more text tutorials. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted May 22, 2020 Author Share Posted May 22, 2020 Ooooooo - I love it @Djisves 1 Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djisves Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 8 minutes ago, welshblue said: what font is it ? heheheh... after spending a lot of time looking for the font, I gave up and used a logo image instead. It's a trick I used often in my PES modding days. I found a good quality Cartier logo of 2000 px wide. My first instinct for this tutorial was to go for "Tiffany & Co image or even Zwarovski. I discarded both because they are too wide to be ale to show any detail and keep within forum image size limits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djisves Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 I should have clarified: I gave up looking for a FREE font. 😁 That one was easy to find. The price-tag was hard to swallow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted May 25, 2020 Author Share Posted May 25, 2020 Nice result @welshblue very nice text indeed Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papipap Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 (edited) On 9/24/2014 at 11:08 PM, Goonfella said: How do you do this Sparkle Effect, especially so accurate? I´ve tried "Sparkles Effect Plugin" and "Star Glow" by MadJik and "TR´s Star Filter", but all these didn´t work for me? @Goonfella Edited June 9, 2020 by Papipap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djisves Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 10 hours ago, Papipap said: How do you do this Sparkle Effect, especially so accurate? Try this one: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seerose Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 @Djisves! ❤️ Wow! Very good result. Thank you for sharing with us. 1 Quote Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. Gandhi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakana Oji II Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 When you say "duplicate the last layer" do you mean the top layer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted October 4, 2020 Author Share Posted October 4, 2020 I mean the last layer you made. Doing this 'intensifies' the colors. Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakana Oji II Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 (edited) You mean the embossed layer, which so far has just been solid grey ever time I tried? EDIT: BTW I'm back on the forum, I just made a new account because I couldn't remember to password for my old one. Edited October 4, 2020 by Sakana Oji II Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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