warfighter67 Posted May 16, 2010 Share Posted May 16, 2010 Yeah, alpha mask and it's potential gives me headaches, haha. I'm not very familiar with alpha mask and have never used it in any of my works, except in tutorials. I also never used HF/NM until I started using your cobblestone texture. I love how it gives a texture so much more.... texture..... to it. Quote My Soundclick!--Well of Souls MMO--Gallery--Facebook--Photobucket--Cool Tile Texture! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csm725 Posted May 16, 2010 Author Share Posted May 16, 2010 Yes, I highly recommend using hf/nm. <ad> Here is a pdn file with some textures made with, you guessed it, hf/nm: [link] </ad> Quote My deviantART | Sig Battles | My Tutorials | csm725.com Click to enter or vote in the official Paint.NET competitions! COMPETITIONS: LOGO OF THE WEEK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warfighter67 Posted May 16, 2010 Share Posted May 16, 2010 (edited) Also, if you'd like to know how I did my tile texture in my sig/avatar, here's a short tut: 1. Make a canvas any size you like. 2. Pick a primary color and a secondary color. It doesn't matter what you use, as long as they don't contrast too much. 3. Run clouds at high scale and low roughness (I used 700-800 scale and 0.15-0.30 roughness). 4. Distort-->Crystallize at default settings, but the crystals can't be too big or too small (default size should work for default canvas, but since I had my canvas 4x my actual image, I used something like 30 for the size). 5. Distort-->Tile reflection at default settings and angle at 0.00. You can mess with the tile size if you want, though. 6. Now duplicate the layer, and run Height field to normal map with about 6-7 bumpiness. 7. Set layer blend mode to overlay and ctrl+shift+g to black and white. Then merge the two layers. 8. Now use your cobblestone tutorial 9. Set the blend mode of the cobblestone layer to overlay, and run Distort-->Tile reflection again. Use the same settings as you did the first time, or it won't work. 10. Merge the layers together. 11. Duplicate your texture layer (your texture should all be on one layer now), and run HF/NM again, at roughly the same bumpiness. ctrl+shift+g for B&W again. Then merge! 12. You're done! If you don't like the color of your tiles, you can go to Color-->Color flip/rotate and choose a different color setting that appeals to you. Edit: Wow, that's a really good, realistic looking concrete texture! I'd have to see if I could do that, sometime. Edit2: forgot a few parts in the tut. if you have questions, just PM me. I might actually make this a full scale tut in the textures section when I get time. Edited May 16, 2010 by Weylin Quote My Soundclick!--Well of Souls MMO--Gallery--Facebook--Photobucket--Cool Tile Texture! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csm725 Posted May 16, 2010 Author Share Posted May 16, 2010 (edited) Interesting, I'll be sure to try this one. FYI I copy-pasted it into a .txt file for future reference. edit - which layer are you talking about? Edited May 16, 2010 by csm725 Quote My deviantART | Sig Battles | My Tutorials | csm725.com Click to enter or vote in the official Paint.NET competitions! COMPETITIONS: LOGO OF THE WEEK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warfighter67 Posted May 16, 2010 Share Posted May 16, 2010 I have edited in some parts I forgot. what do you mean by "which layer are you talking about?" I'll have a reply soon! I have to go eat! Quote My Soundclick!--Well of Souls MMO--Gallery--Facebook--Photobucket--Cool Tile Texture! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisco97 Posted May 16, 2010 Share Posted May 16, 2010 (edited) The sig is alright, the colours do not look good. Your current makes it look like a ZERO. (No offense, of course) Edited May 16, 2010 by chrisco97 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csm725 Posted May 16, 2010 Author Share Posted May 16, 2010 Thank you for the constructive criticism, I appreciate it. Any ideas for what I can do next (sig-wise)? Quote My deviantART | Sig Battles | My Tutorials | csm725.com Click to enter or vote in the official Paint.NET competitions! COMPETITIONS: LOGO OF THE WEEK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warfighter67 Posted May 16, 2010 Share Posted May 16, 2010 Use my mini tut on my tile texture and implement it with your immense creativity! Quote My Soundclick!--Well of Souls MMO--Gallery--Facebook--Photobucket--Cool Tile Texture! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csm725 Posted May 16, 2010 Author Share Posted May 16, 2010 I will try. And by immense creativity you mean 'ability to use random effects at random settings and blend modes'? Quote My deviantART | Sig Battles | My Tutorials | csm725.com Click to enter or vote in the official Paint.NET competitions! COMPETITIONS: LOGO OF THE WEEK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisco97 Posted May 16, 2010 Share Posted May 16, 2010 What Weylin said, I want to see that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csm725 Posted May 18, 2010 Author Share Posted May 18, 2010 New: Cloudy Abstract Fotomanip... http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/138/3/d/Cloudy_Abstract_Fotomanip_by_csm725.png PM me for other screen res, I got up to 2700x1500. Quote My deviantART | Sig Battles | My Tutorials | csm725.com Click to enter or vote in the official Paint.NET competitions! COMPETITIONS: LOGO OF THE WEEK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisco97 Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 Wow, awesome! Love the sig and avatar too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csm725 Posted May 19, 2010 Author Share Posted May 19, 2010 Thanks! Quote My deviantART | Sig Battles | My Tutorials | csm725.com Click to enter or vote in the official Paint.NET competitions! COMPETITIONS: LOGO OF THE WEEK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbieq25 Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 Really nice work on the new sig & avvie! Quote Knowledge is no burden to carry. April Jones, 2012 Gallery My DA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csm725 Posted May 19, 2010 Author Share Posted May 19, 2010 Thank you! Quote My deviantART | Sig Battles | My Tutorials | csm725.com Click to enter or vote in the official Paint.NET competitions! COMPETITIONS: LOGO OF THE WEEK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csm725 Posted May 19, 2010 Author Share Posted May 19, 2010 New - 100% PdN: http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/138/e/a/Cloudy_Abstract_in_Paint_NET_by_csm725.png Quote My deviantART | Sig Battles | My Tutorials | csm725.com Click to enter or vote in the official Paint.NET competitions! COMPETITIONS: LOGO OF THE WEEK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbieq25 Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 Fab texture in this one! Would look great with a bit of metal somewhere...hint! Quote Knowledge is no burden to carry. April Jones, 2012 Gallery My DA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csm725 Posted May 19, 2010 Author Share Posted May 19, 2010 Lol, thanks! Quote My deviantART | Sig Battles | My Tutorials | csm725.com Click to enter or vote in the official Paint.NET competitions! COMPETITIONS: LOGO OF THE WEEK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csm725 Posted May 19, 2010 Author Share Posted May 19, 2010 No problem! At least I'm getting some feedback on my work - btw a 100% PdN sig coming up... *crowd gasps* Quote My deviantART | Sig Battles | My Tutorials | csm725.com Click to enter or vote in the official Paint.NET competitions! COMPETITIONS: LOGO OF THE WEEK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisco97 Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 Wow - nice work! I love it! Have a name for it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csm725 Posted May 19, 2010 Author Share Posted May 19, 2010 The 100% PdN abstract? Hmmm, maybe Spinning Dusk... Quote My deviantART | Sig Battles | My Tutorials | csm725.com Click to enter or vote in the official Paint.NET competitions! COMPETITIONS: LOGO OF THE WEEK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csm725 Posted May 19, 2010 Author Share Posted May 19, 2010 (edited) NEW! Spinning Doom Sig 100% PdN: Better than current? HERE IS A MATCHING AVATAR Should I use instead of current? Edited May 19, 2010 by csm725 Quote My deviantART | Sig Battles | My Tutorials | csm725.com Click to enter or vote in the official Paint.NET competitions! COMPETITIONS: LOGO OF THE WEEK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptuZ Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 Should I use instead of current? i think you current one is better but still nice Quote My Forum Gallery My dA Gallery Graffiti tutorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csm725 Posted May 19, 2010 Author Share Posted May 19, 2010 Thanks! Quote My deviantART | Sig Battles | My Tutorials | csm725.com Click to enter or vote in the official Paint.NET competitions! COMPETITIONS: LOGO OF THE WEEK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csm725 Posted May 19, 2010 Author Share Posted May 19, 2010 New again: clean desktop baclground using Welshy's Trail Text tut: http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/139/b/c/Clean_Beige_Desktop_Background_by_csm725.png Quote My deviantART | Sig Battles | My Tutorials | csm725.com Click to enter or vote in the official Paint.NET competitions! COMPETITIONS: LOGO OF THE WEEK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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