kaunas163 Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 This tutorial is available as a PDF. Click here to view or download it Moderators Note: This tutorial has been rewritten by ReMake So we are going to make this: Before you start you will need following plugins: Random Shape Fill by @pyrochild Gradient Mapping by @pyrochild Color Tint by @Ed Harvey (optional) So, create a New () image (File -> New). Choose any size. I'm going to use my screen resolution. Set Primary color to 700061 (or you can choose whatever), and Secondary color to black as shown below: Choose Gradient () tool with Radial () mode and draw from the image center to the side as shown in the image below: Add a New () layer. Choose white color as a Primary color. Apply Random Shape Fill effect (Effects -> Render -> Random Shape Fill) Set the controls values as shown below, you can play around with number, maximum/minimum sizes. Add a New () layer and go to the same effect. This time you can change settings a bit, but mess around only with the number, sizes and if needed randomise circles. Go to Layer 2 (), and apply Gaussian Blur () effect (Effects -> Blurs -> Gaussian blur). Choose radius at about 25-30 and make these circles kinda very blurry. Go to Layer 3 (). Apply Gaussian Blur () effect again. But this time radius should be like the half of the previous attempt, or 1-10. Add a New () layer. Change colors to Black and White (), as it was by default. Apply Clouds () effect (Effects -> Render -> Clouds). Choose first setting at about 240, and lower the second. Change the layer's blending () mode to Overlay. Add a New () layer. Choose Gradient () tool with Linear () mode and draw something similar to what I did in the image below. Apply Gradient Mapping adjustment (Adjustments - Gradient Mapping) with built-in Rainbow preset. Then apply Gaussian Blur effect with a maximum Radius. Repeat (Ctrl+F) if necessary, but one time should be already ok. Change the layer's blending () mode to Overlay and lower the opacity till it looks good. (Optional) If you want, you can change the Layer 3 blending () mode to Overlay. Save (Ctrl+Shift+S) project as pdn file, so you can do something else later on if needed and after that merge () all layers (Image - Flatten). From this point you can choose way you want to finish your project. Option 1: Duplicate the layer Apply color tint Apply glow Change the opacity. Option 2: Just apply glow I'm going to do the first option. So duplicate () the layer and apply Color Tint effect (Effects -> Color -> Color Tint) with any color you want. Apply Glow () effect (Effects -> Photo -> Glow) with default settings. And the last step is to change opacity () of the layer. So that's all. Hope you like that Also, I have got an tutorial in video format here: http://youtu.be/Xg1uRdWUSEU 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 It's called Bokeh, and it can also be done using this plugin. :-) Your effect gives more control over the process, though, and teaches some nice concepts. You did a good job with the tutorial. You do need to check out the tutorial posting rules, though. You'll need to paste in the links to the plugins you used. Thanks! Quote The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaunas163 Posted January 23, 2014 Author Share Posted January 23, 2014 It's called Bokeh, and it can also be done using this plugin. :-) Your effect gives more control over the process, though, and teaches some nice concepts. You did a good job with the tutorial. You do need to check out the tutorial posting rules, though. You'll need to paste in the links to the plugins you used. Thanks! Thank you I have read the rules and added links to the plugins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnysdream Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 ay yer the woman with the funny accent!I follow this girl on youtube.Learned a lot from her but never seen her here before.Her PDN skills are way up there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Thank you I have read the rules and added links to the plugins Good work! Thanks! Quote The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 A very nice tutorial of a very nice effect kaunas163! 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...
kaunas163 Posted January 24, 2014 Author Share Posted January 24, 2014 ay yer the woman with the funny accent!I follow this girl on youtube.Learned a lot from her but never seen her here before.Her PDN skills are way up there. Thank you You haven't seen me here before just because I thought that to follow video tutorials is easier than forum post, so this is why I been stuck at youtube A very nice tutorial of a very nice effect kaunas163! Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaunas163 Posted January 24, 2014 Author Share Posted January 24, 2014 (edited) Nice effect ... got to admit I'm not a fan of video tutorials. A written one is easier to follow IMO. But I guess it's horses for courses Now I understand that I was wrong stucking just only at youtube, because for everyone the "easier" way is different and whats good for one doesn't mean for the other I will try to write some of the tutorials there. Also, I will check out other people, while I have some free time Edited January 24, 2014 by kaunas163 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFX Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Nice tutorial kaunas, very detailed! Now I understand that I was wrong stucking just only at youtube... ^ Naw, you're never wrong when sharing techniques. Whether posted here with images and text instructions or via Youtube and a video tutorial, both ways help others to learn something new and is a good thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodsy Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Thank you @ReMake for rewriting this tutorial! And a PDF has been added! 2 2 Quote My PDN Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMake Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Thank you @Woodsy, It was not difficult because @kaunas163 left a link to the video tutorial and I just refreshed the text and images. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 Many thanks to both of you. 2 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...
Seerose Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 @ReMake! @Woodsy! and too @kaunas163! Thank you to all. My result: 2 1 Quote Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. Gandhi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMake Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Nice outcome! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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