How do I create VLC like traffic icon (of photoshop tut)

[janbo]

Hi,

Bravely I tried to replicate this tutorial aimed at Photoshop users in my own Paint.NET.

http://psd.tutsplus.com/drawing/illustr ... photoshop/

Unfortunately when I came to Step 6, things came to a halt lol as there is no Pen Tool within Paint.NET. Yes of course we can render trainagle shapes well in PDN with such effects as Polygon and Rectangle Polygon but I had no clue on how to manipulate the rendered triangle to bend the shape inwards and outwards. Thought I could use a photoshop tut paint.net - yeah, was only trying.

If anyone could help on a suitable tutorial on how to create a traffic cone like this, with a Paint.NET, that would be helpful.

[yellowman]

There is another way with Paint.Net for the cone part, click image below to enlarge, and add your own touch ups, make the bottom curved, but you will need 2 plugins

1-TubeOblique

2-Octagonal/quad reshape/matte

[Ash]

Hmm, I've seen that somewhere before....

[yellowman]

Ash, Really?I am hearing this from some Friends here not just about this topic but several others before , just curious post the URL please.

[Ash]

Check out my lava lamp tut.

[yellowman]

Ash..sorry to say it is definitely a different technique, watch here the highlight is gaining a 3D depth and effect and in less steps and efforts, but I like you tutorial it is very nice.

[oma]

I make my cone shapes using 3d shape plugin. cylinder no ball ends and then octogon reshape plugin same as yellowman. gives a more rounded top.

combinaion of methods (actually I think it was Ash that taught me that method ages and ages ago. )

ciao OMA

[Ash]

yellowman: Try to find my new lava lamp on my dA. and you will see. :wink:

That tut was older method (1-TubeOblique, 2-Octagonal/quad reshape/matte)

, lava lamp2 was newer method using S3D.

And people, remember to never cross oma, she will remember forever! :shock:

[oma]

I've also eyes in the back of my head and ears the size of dumbo the elephant.

I see everything that goes on around here and hear all the little comments even in the furtherst reaches of the forum.

[yellowman]

Ash, I am not saying any thing, I just believe you, and may be oma is here in this forum for long time ago and every thing had grown up before her eyes not like me, that's why she remember every thing, I am using the Paint.NEN for more than 3 yrs without any plugin, the first plugin I downloaded was in last Oct. ( less than a year)the month that I signed-up to this forum.

I don't count on Paint.NET search feature I never find what I am searching for in the first page,

I am kind of person if I don't find the thing that I want in the first page_ not just this forum but even in the most famous search engines_ I click the back button, And also if a page takes more than 7 seconds to open I do same thing, click back or another link. Any ways, I was searching for your tutorial to submit the link here to help janbo saving his time, your time and my time as well, I am seeing lots of posts contains no details or help for new askers , just use the search or provides the search link, and that I don't like really, I wish if my English is good to answer all posted questions with boring details.

[Ash]

Don't worry about it, I was not trying to blame you.

As for oma remember everything, I was not using that against you.

I was joking with oma and the rest of the forum.

Nothing to worry about. :wink:

[oma]

Yellowman There are so many ways to do things here on Paint.net. and I was just saying how I did this ( it is an method ASH taught me early in my paint.net useage. ) Contrary to what everyone thinks I've not been here since the start of the program. But I do have a good memory and an excellent little cheat sheet card system. I try to acknowledge and write down who actually taught me something. We have lost a few good members in the past because they thought did not get credit for making new method. So now if I have in my notes I try to say who taught it to me. It may not be the creator of the method but it is who taught me.

I think when ASH says I do not forget he doesn't mean the methods he means the little odd ball things people say. I have been known to dreg up from the past little tidbits and comments made by some of our members over the craziest subjects.

PS today I play with sketchup. fun I make this cone 3d. still paint.net much much easier.

ciao

[iPodLover]

!!!

Isn't this a PDN forum. I see the word Photoshop.

[iPodLover]

O!

Yeah, you are right. This IS about PDN. I promise that I will read the topic later.