bkworm Posted November 24, 2011 Posted November 24, 2011 (edited) This is my first tutorial so please, don't get all mad and stuff if I do something wrong. I'm going to show you how to make this Or this It depends on how far you choose to go. 1. Make a new sheet of any size. I chose 800x600. 2. Make a radial gradient with white in the center, like this 3. Effects-Render-Clouds Scale = 52 Roughness = .84 Blend mode = Reflect 4. Effects-Blurs-Unfocus Radius = 4 5. Effects-Blurs-Surface Blur Radius = 100 Threshold = 100 6. Effects-Distort-Bulge -200 7. Effects-Distort-Twist Amount = 20.48 Size = 2.00 8. Adjustments-Curves-RGB Now really on this part you can make it any color you want. I went with this: If you're happy with what you have now, you can stop here. If you think you're up for MORE, keep reading. 8. Layers-Duplicate Layer 9.Make the new layers blend mode Screen 10. Effects-Distort-Twist Amount = -27.48 Size = 2.00 These next few steps are optional, but I think they make the picture look better. 11. Adjustments-Brightness/Contrast Brightness = 6 Contrast = 14 12. Effects-Photo-Sharpen 20 Do this 3 times. 13. Go down to the bottom layer and repeat 12 14. Layers-Merge Layer Down And you're done! Play around with it and see what you get! Edited November 24, 2011 by bkworm 1
Ego Eram Reputo Posted November 24, 2011 Posted November 24, 2011 Not only your first tutorial - your first post as well! Welcome to the forum bkworm. This is a nice effect - that bears a striking resemblance to this tutorial: http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/18399-storm-vortex-tutorial/. I'm guessing that you were heavily influenced by the original. Yes? If this is the case you should acknowledge the original author as a minimum. Your tutorial produces a sufficiently different result, so I'm going to leave it and allow others to comment on its merits. ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker
barbieq25 Posted December 11, 2011 Posted December 11, 2011 A nice outcome! Welcome to the forum! Knowledge is no burden to carry. April Jones, 2012 Gallery My DA Gallery
AhmedElyamani Posted December 23, 2011 Posted December 23, 2011 That's more than awesome ! Thanks for the tutorial .
sokagirl Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 Will have to give this onea shot , just love working with gradients . Thanks for the tut ^_^
Cool Crystal Posted January 18, 2012 Posted January 18, 2012 (edited) cool! See mine by going to file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Terry/Desktop/Blue%20hole.png! the link thing don't work so... Edited January 18, 2012 by Cool Crystal
Recommended Posts