Kaddl89 0 Report post Posted July 2, 2010 I've made the lines a little thinner an flipped/rotated them Looks like a abstract flower I think:) Thanks or the tut flip I think I can use for more Ideas I have... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Romur 0 Report post Posted September 2, 2010 That is a nice trick You get a better result with Distort/Twist if you ran Distort/Sin Waves before. Otherwise, the extremities of the swirl remain “flat”, especially with a low distortion. But I’d just like to mention that you can work around if you do not have the Sine Waves plugin. The solution is to add a new layer on top and make a radial gradient with primary color fully transparent and the secondary colour black. This layer will hide the extremities of the swirl as shown below (left without sin wave and without mask; right without sin wave but with the mask). With a higher distortion (like the galaxy) this default does not show and the sin wave pre-processing is not necessary. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phamduongthai 0 Report post Posted September 4, 2010 That is a nice trick You get a better result with Distort/Twist if you ran Distort/Sin Waves before. Otherwise, the extremities of the swirl remain “flat”, especially with a low distortion. But I’d just like to mention that you can work around if you do not have the Sine Waves plugin. The solution is to add a new layer on top and make a radial gradient with primary color fully transparent and the secondary colour black. This layer will hide the extremities of the swirl as shown below (left without sin wave and without mask; right without sin wave but with the mask). With a higher distortion (like the galaxy) this default does not show and the sin wave pre-processing is not necessary. Nice tut. Thanks so much ^^ It took me a while to figure things out, though :"> Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rixo 0 Report post Posted October 1, 2010 Cool. I got this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
xmariusx 1 Report post Posted January 5, 2011 I love this tutorial. Thanks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ventor1 15 Report post Posted January 6, 2011 (edited) I love this tut! Not for what it is; but rather for the doors that it opens! Edited January 6, 2011 by ventor1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skyrocker 0 Report post Posted January 21, 2011 This is a very nice tutorial, and btw, this is what i made using this tutorial. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jimster1244 0 Report post Posted January 26, 2011 I really liked this tutorial so i created a account to show you what things i made from this, the last 2 are for a friends logo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darthpyro 0 Report post Posted February 15, 2011 (edited) With a bit of work, here is mine; Lots of twists and bulges used here. Edited February 15, 2011 by Darthpyro Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mattz1996 0 Report post Posted February 16, 2011 I haven't used PDN in a while but here's my attempt your last pic: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mii55 0 Report post Posted March 1, 2011 Nice. Great tut. As some of you know I am a newbie so this is really cool for me Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Moninca 5 Report post Posted June 14, 2011 (edited) Amazingly simple, and amazingly beautiful. Thanks for the tut! Edited June 14, 2011 by Moninca Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weej16 0 Report post Posted July 2, 2012 Love The Tutorial! Here is my try! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IsM4thrill 0 Report post Posted August 5, 2012 Guys please i need help with the Sine waves!!!! I just can't get it corect...... Iv'e downloaded it and put it in the Paint.net effects but when i go in to paint.net i just don't have it in the distort list....... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IsM4thrill 0 Report post Posted August 5, 2012 (edited) Ok love the tutorial, actually this is my first time to get complete something Edited August 5, 2012 by IsM4thrill Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nitenurse79 605 Report post Posted August 6, 2012 Great tute After making five swirls on seperate layers, I flattened all the swirl layers, duplicated it, flipped horizontal then run twist on each of the two layers before using conditional hue/saturation. This is what I came up with Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Krutch-it 0 Report post Posted September 27, 2012 Um.I have one problem: all of the gradients I have/install take up the whole selection. Like: I can't get it to resize how I want, they a;ll just automatically take up the whole area. I've installed 3 different gradient packs/plugins. Am I missing something, or is there a different plugin I need? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AGJM 13 Report post Posted January 12, 2013 Um.I have one problem: all of the gradients I have/install take up the whole selection. Like: -snip- I can't get it to resize how I want, they a;ll just automatically take up the whole area. I've installed 3 different gradient packs/plugins. Am I missing something, or is there a different plugin I need? Before you make the gradient, open up all of the windows. The color, the tabs, the tools, the history. Now, look at the color tab - look at your primary and secondary colors. The secondary should have a gradient fading into a checkerboard. If it doesn't, you go ahead and make it by swapping the secondary (or just swapping to black), clicking the "More >>" arrow, going to transparency, and dragging it all the way down. After that, you go to your "Tabs" window (this part you might understand already) and add a new tab, and do as the tutorial says. Should work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NekoSync 0 Report post Posted April 5, 2013 How do you make the background of the swirls transparent? I used magic wand on the background and CTRL + X but it gets rid of the entire thing! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Visual 27 Report post Posted April 5, 2013 I like the expirementation. I do not like reading the offensive tones of some of the comments i will not exibit. You need to fill the brains with your experience, rather than to insult this as too basic. Crawl before you can run 100 yards in 9 seconds. Good job. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SAND33P 66 Report post Posted April 5, 2013 This is a great tut, i will definitely be giving a go at making something like this. The use of colour is perfect Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FFSnipe 0 Report post Posted October 8, 2013 (edited) Hrm... i know this topic is old, but its still on page 1. I have been tinkering with paint.net for a long while, and I am self taught. I decided to step up my game and read some tuts to become more talented. I am still quite noobish but I am trying. Here is my attempt at with this. I added some more steps afterwards, such as shape3d to make the flowers look as though they are blooming upwards. The flowers themselves were made from this technique. AbstractRoses http://i.imgur.com/oPtdzZX.png Edited October 8, 2013 by FFSnipe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
barbieq25 931 Report post Posted October 9, 2013 Very nice Sand33p & very clever FFSnipe. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites