Sarkut Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 This tutorial is available as a PDF. Click here to view or download it A way of making gold metal with Metalize, Gaussian Blur and Gradient Mapping. Metalize, AA's Assistant Align Object Alpha Mask Gradient Mapping Demo. Open a new canvas of 200x500. Fill the background with black, make the layer not visible, make a new layer. Add some 108 size text, Gaussian Blur @ 1 radius, AA's Assistant at default, name the layer "Mask". ====================================== Copy the Mask layer into the clipboard. On your keyboard, press: Ctrl + A Ctrl + C Ctrl + D This will select All of the layer, Copy the selection into the Windows clipboard, and Deselect. Make the Mask layer not visible. Position a new layer below the Mask layer, fill it with a vertical linear gradient of Hex C0C0C0 to Hex A0A0A0. Name the layer "Text". ====================================== Apply Alpha Mask with all checkboxes filled. ====================================== With the Shift key down, Magic Wand the alpha outside the text, Invert selection (Ctrl+Shift+I) Make a new layer and apply Bevel Selection at default settings. ====================================== Deselect and Gaussian blur @ 4 radius. Merge down. Duplicate the layer twice. Apply Metalize Type 1, to the lowest text layer, Type 2 to the middle layer, Type 3 to the top layer. ========================================= Set the middle and top layers to Negation blending mode. ======================================== Gaussian Blur all three text layers @ 2 radius. Merge the middle text layer into the bottom text layer, then merge the remaining upper text layer into the bottom text layer.. Apply AA's Assistant at default settings. Use Gradient Mapping to colorize. Be sure to have the Preserve Alpha box checked. ======================================== The key is to apply enough blur at each step to eliminate internal jagginess without blurring excessively. Objects of different sizes, shapes, and gradients of different character will require adjustments to these settings, blend modes, etc. to get the best results. ============================================== Can be used for jewelry making. With Trail plugin. Regarding Gradient Mapping Hidden Content: Copy/paste the XML into this folder. "C:\Users\<"Username">\Documents\Paint.NET User Files\Effect Presets\Gradient Mapping" Then choose it from the top dropdown menu. The Load button doesn't seem to work for loading the XML file. (Maybe it has a different purpose.) Sarkut\'s Yellow Gold.zip 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csm725 Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Wonderful technique. Bookmarked. 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...
pyrochild Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Regarding Gradient Mapping Copy/paste the XML into this folder. "C:\Users\<"Username">\Documents\Paint.NET User Files\Effect Presets\Gradient Mapping" Then choose it from the top dropdown menu. The Load button doesn't seem to work for loading the XML file. (Maybe it has a different purpose.) The Load button (and a long time ago, the neighboring Save button) were used for loading/saving settings from the whole dialog, including the gradient, input channel, and offset. When I added the preset system, I removed the save button, but kept the load functionality for people to "rescue" their old gradients. I should remove it now; it's been long enough. Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heat Stroke Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 (edited) Nice tutorial! A little confusing on the last picture, until I realized you duplicated the text layer and set layer properties to color burn. It was very interesting how you blurred the text and ran AA's assistant. I will use that method whenever I use text in the future. here is my outcome (I had a little fun with the background): Edited October 28, 2010 by Heat Stroke Quote Wait! No matter where you go, there you are! We're all wise guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j.d.melek Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 great tut. love it. Hidden Content: regards j.d. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarkut Posted October 30, 2010 Author Share Posted October 30, 2010 Thanks, csm725. pyrochild, I was wondering about the lack of a companion Save button. Thanks for explaining. Nice 3D shiny, Heat Stroke. j.d., you're welcome! Hope that you find this useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ella Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Thank you so much! I used rotating text and your tutorial to make these snowflakes . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarkut Posted November 17, 2010 Author Share Posted November 17, 2010 Pretty. Nice to see the technique being put to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roseanna Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 My result with this tut.. it's simply awesome! Have been looking for a tut to make realistic gold text and finally found this one! Thanks so much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarkut Posted December 28, 2010 Author Share Posted December 28, 2010 Very nicely done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ventor1 Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Fantastic tut! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarkut Posted January 13, 2011 Author Share Posted January 13, 2011 A hand-some result, ventor1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afcdon Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 (edited) The alpha mask step is not working for me - see this link. I am getting a completely transparent Text layer - have tried twice and can't see where I'm going wrong. Edited January 13, 2011 by afcdon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarkut Posted January 13, 2011 Author Share Posted January 13, 2011 That result would be expected if the Alpha Mask effect was applied with a clear clipboard. Be sure that you haven't accidentally copied a blank new layer into the clipboard. Renaming the layers by copy/paste could also be a cause of this type of problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dug Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Brilliant tut! I have learnt a lot more than just how to be an alchemist.NICE ONE! Quote MY GALLERYD.A.TheRawAtom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarkut Posted February 28, 2011 Author Share Posted February 28, 2011 Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob11 Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 (edited) Although not embellished, I love the results I got strictly from following your tutorial. Gold! Thanks from a newbie! Edited April 27, 2011 by Bob11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbieq25 Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 A pretty good result! If you delete this bit ?action=view¤t= from the link it will take you straight to the image so that people cannot access the rest of your album & saves a lot more download. Quote Knowledge is no burden to carry. April Jones, 2012 Gallery My DA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChitoDog Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 (edited) Very nice results Sarkut. However, you lost me a bit back where you say: Copy the Mask layer into the clipboard. How do we do that? Or is that explained where you say?: On your keyboard, press:Ctrl + A Ctrl + C Ctrl + D If you or anyone who fully understands this tut can help me out I'd really appreciate it. Thanks in advance. Edited May 18, 2011 by ChitoDog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowman Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Sarkut is not around, I didn't see him for a while, and I hope he is alright, we really miss him. I will try to explain with details about what he meant in the tute as much as I could: OK, after you creating the Mask layer, copy it into the clipboard, and that means these steps : Select Mask layer On the menu bar: Click Edit > Select All Click Edit > Copy Click Edit > Deselect By doing the steps above you are copying the whole Mask layer to use it later in the Alpha Mask plugin to cut out the Text layer. And yes that is what he meant by: Ctrl+A Ctrl+C Ctrl+D Those are shortcuts for the details above. Hope it is clear. Quote My GalleryMy YouTube Channel "PDN Tutorials" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChitoDog Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Sarkut is not around, I didn't see him for a while, and I hope he is alright, we really miss him. I will try to explain with details about what he meant in the tute as much as I could: OK, after you creating the Mask layer, copy it into the clipboard, and that means these steps : Select Mask layer On the menu bar: Click Edit > Select All Click Edit > Copy Click Edit > Deselect By doing the steps above you are copying the whole Mask layer to use it later in the Alpha Mask plugin to cut out the Text layer. And yes that is what he meant by: Ctrl+A Ctrl+C Ctrl+D Those are shortcuts for the details above. Hope it is clear. Thanks for your reply/help yellowman. Was much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adel Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 This is my try....Thank u for this nice effect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountnman Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 very nice, adel Quote SARCASM- Just one of the many services I offer free to the public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbieq25 Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Very good outcome, Adel! Quote Knowledge is no burden to carry. April Jones, 2012 Gallery My DA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightningLord Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Nice tutorial. I am a noob to PDN, and it took me a while to find your gradient mapping XML. However, I tried it with just yellow gold / curves. If you add in a layer with yellow/ gold and change its blending mode(to either multiply or color burn) you get the same result. You can also play around with curves(luminosity) a bit. This is only a way to avoid using gradient mapping. Here's my result: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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