Remii9512 Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 This tutorial is available as a PDF. Click here to view or download it Hey, guys! This is my first tut. I decided, if it was going to be easy, where better to put it than the Newbie Playground! (Right?) So, you want to make some clouds. For random reasons, maybe, or just a nice sky. Whatever you want. But, ISSUE: Darn, the Cloud render (Effects -> Render -> Cloud) just doesn't give a cloudy feeling, eh? Well, I know what to do! Follow this tut! You'll get the right clouds YOU need in no time. First, you'll need something called a plugin. That's an effect or render made by a user that you can use in Paint.Net. The Threshold plugin is part of Ed Harvey's plugin pack - https://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/18811-ed-harvey-effects-v-35-2012-02-13/ Wanna know how to install plugins, too? https://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/1708-how-to-install-pluginsgeneral-plugin-troubleshooting-thread/ So, onto the real work. Paint.Net wasn't made just for text, you know! First step. An emotional milestone. The first step of fantasticalness. You open Paint.Net. Gasp! Is that Paint.Net? Wow! Now, go to file -> new. Great! Now, select your region size. My personal favorite is 800x600, but you can put whatever you want. Awesome! Now, let's get to work. Go to Effects -> Render -> Cloud and that will bring you to a proportions menu. (You won't have as many buttons as I do, but once you learn how to install Plugins, I bet you'll have to scroll to get to B's! We're on our way! Now fiddle around with the cloud settings. Your original color setting will be black and white, but that's exactly what we need. Cool! Now you have what a lazy bum would call 'stormclouds'. But, see the lack of detail? Pssh, I bet we could do better, huh? Now go to Effects -> Color -> Threshold. Here, you can adjust how many or how few clouds there will be. Oooh! Almost done! Now take the Magic Wand tool and set the tolerance to something around 50 and put it on Global mode. Select the color you want the sky (not the clouds) to be. So all that color should be selected! So that's why they call it the MAGIC (Oooh) wand tool. Just a few more steps! Select the Paint Bucket tool :PaintBucketTool: and put the color (in the color wheel) to a sky-blueish-cyan color. Then click anywhere in the selected reigon. Wow! Now you have a sky with blocky, black clouds. But we're not done yet; bear with me! Now, like you did back there to select the sky, now select the other color; the one you want the clouds as. Then have the color as white, gray, or whatever color you want the clouds to be. Now, like you did last time, fill the clouds with that color. Now we have something close to a sky. But the clouds are too blocky. So, what do we do? We use my trusty sidekick, Gaussian Blur! :GaussianBlur: First of all, deselect by clicking outside of the box with the magic wand tool. Found in Effects -> Blurs -> Gaussian Blur, Slide my little friend to what you find appropriate. And-bingo! Right on the spot! You have your handy-dandy clouds! Note, you can make way different clouds and skies with different colors! Awesome, right? If there are any problems with this tut, please post them and I will fix it immediatley. Quote Trolololol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curmudgeon Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 have you ever tried the Clouds plugin by Sepcot? http://paintdotnet.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=2105 IMHO, this produces a much more realistic looking cloud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Image size must be less than 800px. Please resize the ones that are too wide. Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry533482 Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Awesome effect, Remii9512! I will be using this on my future cloud projects. Quote Space...The Final Frontier. -James Tiberius Kirk; circa 2260s My gallery: Jerry's Paint.NET creations My tuts: sun galaxy rings My youtube: http://www.youtube.com/jerry533482 YLOD VICTIM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remii9512 Posted February 7, 2010 Author Share Posted February 7, 2010 Sorry, I'll resize them right now. EDIT: Done. Sorry! Quote Trolololol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Sorry, I'll resize them right now.EDIT: Done. Sorry! Check images 6, 7 & 8. They still appear to be too wide. Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remii9512 Posted February 9, 2010 Author Share Posted February 9, 2010 Hrm, weird... I'll resize them again. Quote Trolololol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martel Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Enjoyable tut Remii9512 Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remii9512 Posted February 13, 2010 Author Share Posted February 13, 2010 You're welcome. Quote Trolololol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krammy Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Haha! This is my first comment. Just rounding up my skills. I can't seem to find Threshold on my Effects tab. Why isn't it there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarkut Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 (edited) Krammy, Threshold is part of Ed Harvey's plugin pack - HOW TO INSTALL PLUGINS Once installed it will show here: Effects > Color > Threshold Edited April 7, 2010 by Sarkut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remii9512 Posted February 21, 2010 Author Share Posted February 21, 2010 Oops! Probably should list that. Thanks! Quote Trolololol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Added PDF link Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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