Copy Cat Master Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 This tutorial is available as a PDF. Click here to view or download it Hello. This is my first tutorial. If there something lack please let me know so I can fix it and please forgive me if there grammar and language mistake. I do not know if this kind of tutorial have been made but I tried to search for it and I cannot find any so, yeah. Okay, after a few hours sitting infront of my computer trying to copy photoshop glow beam/light beam by using Paint.NET. I'm successful did it. It's very simple and you can done it in 30-60 seconds. So, today I'm going to teach you how to make something like this. Step one : Color your background with dark color like black by using Paint Bucket. (You will get something like this) Step two : Make a new layer. Choose white color as your primary color then choose Line / Curve tool with your desired size (Mine is 10). After that draw a line like this. (You will get something like this) Step three : Go to Effects > Photo > Glow & set the radius to 20, the brightness to 100, the contrast to 100. Then go to the Layer Properties and change the mode to Glow. (You will get something like this) Step four : Make a new layer. Choose your desired color (Mine is yellow) as your primary color then choose Line / Curve tool with three times size bigger than your white line (Mine is 30). After that draw a line like this. (You will get something like this) Step five : Go to Effects > Blurs > Gaussian Blur & set the radius to 50 (or something). Then go to the Layer Properties and change the mode to Glow. (You will get something like this) Step six : Merge down all the layer and background and you done. (You will get something like this) Step 6.1 (If you want to get a brighter result) : Merge down Layer 2 and Layer 3 then duplicate the layer and merge it down with the background. You are done. Thank you and I hope this will help a lot of people out there. P.S: I do not have any examples of what else can be done with it from me at the moment but you can look at SAND33P work as example for now. I will add one when I have free time later. 2 Quote Glow Beam / Light Beam Tutorial Copy Cat Master Youtube Channel Audio Wave / Audio Spectrum Tutorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sashwilko Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Nice and simple to follow. I have a suggestion though - Your examples of what else can be done with it. Perhaps expand on that part to help out anyone unsure of how to wrap the beam around an object. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copy Cat Master Posted February 19, 2013 Author Share Posted February 19, 2013 Good idea. I'll get into that when I have some time later. Quote Glow Beam / Light Beam Tutorial Copy Cat Master Youtube Channel Audio Wave / Audio Spectrum Tutorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdnnoob Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 This has been done before, though with a slightly different method. Note for step 3: because the line is white, setting the layer blend mode to glow will not affect the image. Quote No, Paint.NET is not spyware...but, installing it is an IQ test. ~BoltBait Blend modes are like the filling in your sandwich. It's the filling that can change your experience of the sandwich. ~Ego Eram Reputo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copy Cat Master Posted February 19, 2013 Author Share Posted February 19, 2013 (edited) This has been done before, though with a slightly different method. My tutorial is more simple, though. Note for step 3: because the line is white, setting the layer blend mode to glow will not affect the image. Ah, I see. Sorry but I'm still newbie/rookie & I'm still learning . Thank you for telling me. Edit : Actually, it do affect the image. White line without Glow mode (Lighter). White line with Glow mode (Darker). Edited February 19, 2013 by Copy Cat Master Quote Glow Beam / Light Beam Tutorial Copy Cat Master Youtube Channel Audio Wave / Audio Spectrum Tutorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdnnoob Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 My tutorial is more simple, though. Ah, I see. Sorry but I'm still newbie/rookie & I'm still learning . Thank you for telling me. Edit : Actually, it do affect the image. White line without Glow mode (Lighter). White line with Glow mode (Darker). You're changing the layer blend mode on the top layer. I was only talking about the white one. Glow on the top one changes the results because it wasn't completely white like the middle layer. Step five, then, has no error. Quote No, Paint.NET is not spyware...but, installing it is an IQ test. ~BoltBait Blend modes are like the filling in your sandwich. It's the filling that can change your experience of the sandwich. ~Ego Eram Reputo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copy Cat Master Posted February 20, 2013 Author Share Posted February 20, 2013 You're changing the layer blend mode on the top layer. I was only talking about the white one. Glow on the top one changes the results because it wasn't completely white like the middle layer. Step five, then, has no error. Oh, I misunderstood. Sorry. Quote Glow Beam / Light Beam Tutorial Copy Cat Master Youtube Channel Audio Wave / Audio Spectrum Tutorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooter Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Very nice, both the examples and the text is very clear, and easy to follow. Good job thanks Quote Scooter Age is only a number --in my case a Really BIG number, but there you have it When the prefect paint.net image is created, I will still be wondering "How they Do that?"- sigh☺️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAND33P Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 (edited) Used a very similar technique for this piece i made a while back, definatly recommend any newbs to play around with this tutorial, adding more layers and going more in depth! Click the image or link for a high quality version http://oi49.tinypic.com/2q0uck7.jpg Edited February 21, 2013 by SAND33P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaManDan21 Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 (edited) This is another example what you can done with it. Oh my Gosh I love Hatsune Miku!! And i love Nekomimi which it seems you like as well! Yippee Edited February 24, 2013 by Ego Eram Reputo Quote Sig Battle Wins: 5My Gallery | Smoke>Flames Tutorial~96% of teens won't stand up for God. Put this in your sig if you're one of the 4% who will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFX Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Nice tutorial Copy Cat Master! Definitely takes effort to create them and shows you're the helpful type. Right on! Edited by Ego Eram Reputo, Today, 01:06 PM.lol uh oh Ninja, I hope EER doesn't find that post we made on midget strippers. LOL I'm totally kidding EER don't ban me bro!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 1 Quote 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShinichiOkazaki Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 ... how many of us are cats here... i just posted my work under galleries... ... this is a simple tut yet ideas can spring from it... i always love fiddling with the effects... and then look for tuts if my methods are correct... now after reading this... i think im on the right track on the glow effect... thanks a lot... =^_^= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copy Cat Master Posted February 28, 2013 Author Share Posted February 28, 2013 Thank you guys. @SAND33P & ShinichiOkazaki - Nice one. I hope I can expand my knowledge and creativity like you guys too. 1 Quote Glow Beam / Light Beam Tutorial Copy Cat Master Youtube Channel Audio Wave / Audio Spectrum Tutorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copy Cat Master Posted November 18, 2013 Author Share Posted November 18, 2013 Edited and updated the tutorial. I lost all the picture when picturepush.com updated. Sorry because I do not have any examples of what else can be done with it from me at the moment but you can look at SAND33P work as example. 1 Quote Glow Beam / Light Beam Tutorial Copy Cat Master Youtube Channel Audio Wave / Audio Spectrum Tutorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GetSporked Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 If you made your siggy background maybe you could make a tutorial on how to do that it looks kind of neat, if you do send me a link thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdnnoob Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Rather than posting that in this topic, you should try sending a PM (private message) via the forum messaging system. For one, your request is irrelevant to the topic. Secondly, if you send a message, the recipient will get a notification of your message. The easiest way to do this is to hover your mouse over the user's name next to one of their posts and click "send message" Quote No, Paint.NET is not spyware...but, installing it is an IQ test. ~BoltBait Blend modes are like the filling in your sandwich. It's the filling that can change your experience of the sandwich. ~Ego Eram Reputo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copy Cat Master Posted January 27, 2014 Author Share Posted January 27, 2014 What pdnnoob said. Anyway, I make that signature background completely random (Pretty much I smash random thing until that created) so, I cannot remember how did I make it, lol. I will need to try re-create it if possible and make the tutorial later when I have the time. Quote Glow Beam / Light Beam Tutorial Copy Cat Master Youtube Channel Audio Wave / Audio Spectrum Tutorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XbattousaiX Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 Nice little tutorial. Got me interested in trying to make a similar kind of glowing ball, and making the colored ball larger didn't help. Sadly, I did not manage to make any balls that glow as well as the beams. Setting the top layer to glow makes the white ball shine through, and it keeps a *very* faint hint of the colored ball. Do you have any ideas on what I could do for glowing balls? Might be worthwhile to add the method for glowing balls to the main post as well? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cc4FuzzyHuggles Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 Hi, I'm not sure how active the original poster of this tutorial is any more. However, maybe this other tutorial will give you some ideas on how to make a ball glow : http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/22896-glowing-sphereorb/ Quote *~ Cc4FuzzyHuggles Gallery ~* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helloman892 Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Here's my result: http://i1382.photobucket.com/albums/ah246/Helloman892/shaftsoflight_zps8d61b28d.png ~HM892 Quote I absolutely adore Death Note. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creative Journey Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Thanks for this help - I used this knowledge to make another kind of picture. I've attached it. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 Added PDF link Quote 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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