dgirl555 Posted June 24, 2009 Author Share Posted June 24, 2009 First tut, so don't laugh... It is kinda gruesome, but a cool effect. This tut will be mostly in pictures, so just follow the arrows on the screenshots. Most are self-explanatory. You will use: Fire! Paint bucket Gradient (reflected linear and radial) Curves 1. Fill the Background with black. 2. Add a new layer, you can name it if you really want... 3. Select the light grey on the pallette for your primary and clear (0 on the transparency alpha) and use the linear gradient or the radial gradient (see arrows). 4. Make a line or radial on New Layer. 5. Repeat 4 until you are sastified with the result. 6. Go to Effects>Render>Fire! while still on New Layer. Adjust until you are satisfied with the results. 7. Go to Adjustments>Curves and adjust the luminosity to darken the 'blood.' 8. Go back to Curves to make it redder. Notice that it is still separate from the background. Do not flatten, since it will mess with the coloring. 9. Once again, go back to curves to fine-tune the darkness on luminosity. 10. Finally, we flatten the image and voila! Bloody metal! Don't be afraid to show what you've made! Thanks to Sarkut for the link back to the plugin! Now epic epiphany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgirl555 Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 First tut, so don't laugh... It is kinda gruesome, but a cool effect. This tut will be mostly in pictures, so just follow the arrows on the screenshots. Most are self-explanatory. You will use: Fire! Paint bucket Gradient (reflected linear and radial) Curves 1. Fill the Background with black. 2. Add a new layer, you can name it if you really want... 3. Select the light grey on the pallette for your primary and clear (0 on the transparency alpha) and use the linear gradient or the radial gradient (see arrows). 4. Make a line or radial on New Layer. 5. Repeat 4 until you are sastified with the result. 6. Go to Effects>Render>Fire! while still on New Layer. Adjust until you are satisfied with the results. 7. Go to Adjustments>Curves and adjust the luminosity to darken the 'blood.' 8. Go back to Curves to make it redder. Notice that it is still separate from the background. Do not flatten, since it will mess with the coloring. 9. Once again, go back to curves to fine-tune the darkness on luminosity. 10. Finally, we flatten the image and voila! Bloody metal! Don't be afraid to show what you've made! Thanks to Sarkut for the link back to the plugin! Now epic epiphany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgirl555 Posted June 24, 2009 Author Share Posted June 24, 2009 First tut, so don't laugh... It is kinda gruesome, but a cool effect. This tut will be mostly in pictures, so just follow the arrows on the screenshots. Most are self-explanatory. You will use: Fire! Paint bucket Gradient (reflected linear and radial) Curves 1. Fill the Background with black. 2. Add a new layer, you can name it if you really want... 3. Select the light grey on the pallette for your primary and clear (0 on the transparency alpha) and use the linear gradient or the radial gradient (see arrows). 4. Make a line or radial on New Layer. 5. Repeat 4 until you are sastified with the result. 6. Go to Effects>Render>Fire! while still on New Layer. Adjust until you are satisfied with the results. 7. Go to Adjustments>Curves and adjust the luminosity to darken the 'blood.' 8. Go back to Curves to make it redder. Notice that it is still separate from the background. Do not flatten, since it will mess with the coloring. 9. Once again, go back to curves to fine-tune the darkness on luminosity. 10. Finally, we flatten the image and voila! Bloody metal! Don't be afraid to show what you've made! Thanks to Sarkut for the link back to the plugin! Now epic epiphany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgirl555 Posted June 24, 2009 Author Share Posted June 24, 2009 First tut, so don't laugh... It is kinda gruesome, but a cool effect. This tut will be mostly in pictures, so just follow the arrows on the screenshots. Most are self-explanatory. You will use: Fire! Paint bucket Gradient (reflected linear and radial) Curves 1. Fill the Background with black. 2. Add a new layer, you can name it if you really want... 3. Select the light grey on the pallette for your primary and clear (0 on the transparency alpha) and use the linear gradient or the radial gradient (see arrows). 4. Make a line or radial on New Layer. 5. Repeat 4 until you are sastified with the result. 6. Go to Effects>Render>Fire! while still on New Layer. Adjust until you are satisfied with the results. 7. Go to Adjustments>Curves and adjust the luminosity to darken the 'blood.' 8. Go back to Curves to make it redder. Notice that it is still separate from the background. Do not flatten, since it will mess with the coloring. 9. Once again, go back to curves to fine-tune the darkness on luminosity. 10. Finally, we flatten the image and voila! Bloody metal! Don't be afraid to show what you've made! Thanks to Sarkut for the link back to the plugin! Now epic epiphany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drakaan Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Not bad...looks like it could be a quick way to get rusty metal, too (add a little frosted glass on a second layer). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drakaan Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Not bad...looks like it could be a quick way to get rusty metal, too (add a little frosted glass on a second layer). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drakaan Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Not bad...looks like it could be a quick way to get rusty metal, too (add a little frosted glass on a second layer). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drakaan Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Not bad...looks like it could be a quick way to get rusty metal, too (add a little frosted glass on a second layer). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgirl555 Posted July 21, 2009 Author Share Posted July 21, 2009 Hey, I'm just adding another example!!!! Now epic epiphany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onemorelevel Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 This is.... An awesome tutorial! Great Effect, could be useful. But I dont get anything like yours. "Being calm can work wonders" ~My gallery~D: Iceberg Tutorial! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgirl555 Posted August 27, 2009 Author Share Posted August 27, 2009 This is....An awesome tutorial! Great Effect, could be useful. But I dont get anything like yours. Are you sure you made a whole new layer for the grey gradient? I forgot it once and it threw off the picture completely! Now epic epiphany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onemorelevel Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Yea, Im sure, Also, Im trying to use the flame effect. The fire effect just fills the picture. "Being calm can work wonders" ~My gallery~D: Iceberg Tutorial! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarkut Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 (edited) Nice effect, dgirl555. I haven't been able to duplicate it. This is the closest I've gotten, and had to do a lot more steps to get this close. Maybe you could show more details, like a screen shot of the Fire! effect window showing the settings you used. The effect I get at this point is very dark, mostly black in the areas where your image is silvery. That plugin is Tom Jackson's Fire Effect, btw. ============================================== Edited April 8, 2010 by Sarkut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgirl555 Posted August 30, 2009 Author Share Posted August 30, 2009 hmm.... maybe I'll update with screenshots complete with the figures I used. -updated!! :wink:- Now epic epiphany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarkut Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 dgirl555: The extra screenshots helped. I was using the wrong gray, it makes a surprising difference. http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/2990 ... ot025c.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epic epiphany Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 hey everybody, any questions regarding this tut, please send to this account, I have officially switched to epic epiphany and no longer use dgirl555... Previously dgirl555, but now you can call me epic Oh, and I really like airbrushing photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epic epiphany Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 hey everybody, any questions regarding this tut, please send to this account, I have officially switched to epic epiphany and no longer use dgirl555... Previously dgirl555, but now you can call me epic Oh, and I really like airbrushing photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epic epiphany Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 hey everybody, any questions regarding this tut, please send to this account, I have officially switched to epic epiphany and no longer use dgirl555... Previously dgirl555, but now you can call me epic Oh, and I really like airbrushing photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epic epiphany Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 hey everybody, any questions regarding this tut, please send to this account, I have officially switched to epic epiphany and no longer use dgirl555... Previously dgirl555, but now you can call me epic Oh, and I really like airbrushing photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epic epiphany Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 hey everybody, any questions regarding this tut, please send to this account, I have officially switched to epic epiphany and no longer use dgirl555... Previously dgirl555, but now you can call me epic Oh, and I really like airbrushing photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onemorelevel Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 My fire effect looks nothing like yours... "Being calm can work wonders" ~My gallery~D: Iceberg Tutorial! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onemorelevel Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 My fire effect looks nothing like yours... "Being calm can work wonders" ~My gallery~D: Iceberg Tutorial! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onemorelevel Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 My fire effect looks nothing like yours... "Being calm can work wonders" ~My gallery~D: Iceberg Tutorial! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onemorelevel Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 My fire effect looks nothing like yours... "Being calm can work wonders" ~My gallery~D: Iceberg Tutorial! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banana Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 Thanks. Used it in my sig. Feedback on that sig please. Check out all my sigs here. Told you everything loud and clear, but nobody's listening. I'm Home - Gym Class Heroes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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