Popular Post Goonfella Posted May 11, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted May 11, 2015 This tutorial is available as a PDF. Click here to view or download it This is a tutorial on how to make the diamond text I used in my image. After much experimenting I think have finally come up with a method which I hope can be easily replicated to give a similar effect each time. Before you start you will need - a couple of stone textures. I made mine using the Stone 101 thread here. There are several to choose from. You can either make your own or I have added mine for you use. The Dotspecial font available on Dafont.com here. Boltbait`s Selection Tools available in his plugin pack here. dpy`s AA`s Assistant from his pack here The Apply Texture plugin by niwax here. For the sparkles you could use Majik`s Sparkle Effect plugin. And finally Davidf `s Cell Texture plugin . Let`s get started. 1.Open a new image of your chosen size. Mine is 800x300. Create or import a texture of your choice to use as your background. I prefer a darker one as it shows off the text best. 2.Using the Dotspecial font, on a new layer write your text in white, size 110, then align centre.Duplicate the layer,uncheck one copy and move it below the background layer as you will need it later. 3.Pick the Magic Wand, Flood Mode set to Global and Tolerance 50%, then select your text. Now go to Effects>Selection>Bevel Selection at these settings 4.Keeping the text selected next use Effects>Distort>Crystalize at these settings- Deselect and use AA`s Assistant at default settings which should leave you with something like this- 5.Duplicate the text three times.Rename the layers if you prefer. 6.Now, with the top two rock layers unnchecked,go to the Text Fragment layer and use Effects>Blurs>Fragment at these settings- 7.Now make the Text rock 1 layer active and go to Effects>Object>ApplyTexture and use the darker one of the rock textures. Change the layer Blend Mode to Difference. Repeat with the Text rock 2 layer and change the Blend Mode to Negation giving you something like this - Of course these blend modes are just suggestions. Feel free to try different textures and blend modes to create the effect you prefer. 8.New layer at the top above all the others. Change the primary colour to 0094FF and use the bucket tool to fill the layer with this colour. Next go the previously saved text layer below the background,pick the Magic Wand which should still be on Global and select outside the text. Next go to the blue layer and press Delete. You should now just have the blue colour in the text. Change the Blend Mode to Overlay, opacity 60. 9.Now with the colour still the same, make another new layer above the others,rename if you wish, and go to Effects>Render>Cell Texture at these settings- Same as before, select outside the text and delete to leave the effect just on the text. Then change the blend mode to Overlay leaving this effect- 10.Now all you have to do is add a few random sparkles to the diamonds and you are finished. You could of course make some nice jewellery using this method as well. Don`t feel you are restricted to just making text . I am sure this technique could be adapted to create other objects. Now let`s see what you can come up with. 11 Quote Please feel free to visit my Gallery on PDNFans And my Alternatives to PDN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximilian Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 This must have taken a good amount of work to adapt. Let's see what we can do to put it to good use 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Cool technique! I like this a lot Thanks Goony. 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...
Seerose Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 (edited) Goonfella and ERR! Thank you for the "Stone 101" tutorial, very nice work and very good and easy to follow and apply. My result: With Lens Flares. Edited May 12, 2015 by Seerose 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...
Goonfella Posted May 12, 2015 Author Share Posted May 12, 2015 Max you are right there. The technique I ended up using in the tut is quite different to the one I used for the original image. The method I used to start with tended to give random results and made it tricky to recreate the diamond effect so I had to think of an alternative method which was more consistent and would give the same , or similar, results each time. I never used Fragment or Cell Texture effects in the original and the blend modes of some of the layers are different. Also I never used a blue overlay . Although Apply Texture was used in both. I actually think the tut method gives an even better result. EER , glad you like it. Are we going to see one of your creations using it? Seerose , nice text but I think it is being drowned out by the Lens Flare and the background texture. I think if you dropped the flare and changed to a darker background your diamonds would look even better. Quote Please feel free to visit my Gallery on PDNFans And my Alternatives to PDN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HELEN Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Agggghhhh! THIS IS SOOOO COOL! Thanks, Goon. I shouted in a positive way. Quote Don't spit into the well, you might drink from it later. -----Yiddish ProverbGlossy Galaxy Ball---How to Make FoliageMy Gallery PDN Fans--My DA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitenurse79 Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Nicely written Goonfella. I do hope to create something soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goonfella Posted May 12, 2015 Author Share Posted May 12, 2015 Helen I would not have taken it any other way . Thanks very much. Look forward to seeing what you come up with nitenurse. 1 Quote Please feel free to visit my Gallery on PDNFans And my Alternatives to PDN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximilian Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Apparently, one road tends to lead to another more often than not I've been doing experiments on how to produce sketchy versions of pictures and through this tutorial I've learned of the existence of the Apply Texture plugin, which I've found to be very useful for adding a dark coloring to the hair section of the sketches I'm working on. Surely there are other ways to do the same, but the one I've discovered to suit my taste benefits from the Apply Texture thingy Other than that off-topic comment, I'm very grateful for the more consistent newly-discovered diamond method Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seerose Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Seerose , nice text but I think it is being drowned out by the Lens Flare and the background texture. I think if you dropped the flare and changed to a darker background your diamonds would look even better. @Goonfella! I'll try again next week again. Yes, with background of dark colors work better. Thanks again for the tutorial. 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...
nitenurse79 Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Sadly, the best I could manage.You don't mention where the blue layer and the new layer added after that goes in the stack and also I don't know how to add random sparkes to it either, sorry it's a great tute, just difficult for me to follow 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goonfella Posted May 13, 2015 Author Share Posted May 13, 2015 (edited) Sorry you found the tut a bit tricky Nitenurse. I have added a better explanation about where to add the new layers in steps 8&9 concerning the blue overlay and the cell texture layers. Hopefully this will avoid any confusion in the future. For the sparkles there is always the Custom BrushesMini plugin , TR`s Star Filter or Madjik`s Sparkle Effect plugins. I have added a link to Madjik`s version but it`s entirely up to you. Looking at your image it seems to me that you might have forgotten to use the AA`s Assistant after the Crystalize plugin at step 4 which is why you seem to have a white shadow below the diamonds. AAA gets rid of this. Also , as I mentioned to Seerose , a darker background would set off the diamonds a bit better. Keep trying. Best of luck Edited May 13, 2015 by Goonfella Quote Please feel free to visit my Gallery on PDNFans And my Alternatives to PDN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skullbonz Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Great tutorial Goonfella. I have tried to do something like this in the past but never was able to get it quite right until this tute came along. Thanks and here's my try at it; 2 Quote http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/21233-skullbonz-art-gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximilian Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 A first attempt: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goonfella Posted May 14, 2015 Author Share Posted May 14, 2015 Great images guys! You've got the sparkliness spot on and the jewels look great. Well done. Quote Please feel free to visit my Gallery on PDNFans And my Alternatives to PDN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximilian Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 I found the tute easy to follow and the result very pleasant to look at Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goonfella Posted May 14, 2015 Author Share Posted May 14, 2015 Thanks Max, nice of you to say so. Quote Please feel free to visit my Gallery on PDNFans And my Alternatives to PDN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Thank you @Gooney for such a neat tutorial, especially as diamonds are my first gem of choice . I was a tad confused at step 6 & 7 as you refer to 'first layer' twice ...... but I worked it out in the end. Also, would be great to add the link to the cell texture Plugin as well. Many thanks again and herewith my attempt. 1 Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goonfella Posted May 16, 2015 Author Share Posted May 16, 2015 (edited) Interesting use of the tut Pixey. Nice glassy diamonds.I see what you mean about steps 6 & 7. I do say 'first layer' and 'first ROCK layer' but I can see it could be a bit confusing so as soon as I get the chance I will edit the tut to include the actual names of the layers.You are right I did forget the Cell Texture. I will fix this as well later. Thanks for the feedback. Edit - changes made and Cell Texture link included. Edited May 16, 2015 by Goonfella Quote Please feel free to visit my Gallery on PDNFans And my Alternatives to PDN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seerose Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 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...
Goonfella Posted May 19, 2015 Author Share Posted May 19, 2015 Great work Seerose. Very well done. A few more sparkles perhaps but that`s all. Quote Please feel free to visit my Gallery on PDNFans And my Alternatives to PDN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djisves Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 (edited) Followed the tutorial to the letter, except for: Steps 8 & 9 - instead of 0094FF I used FFA3F2 for the pink colour. Step 9 - because I had the desired colour as primary and white as secondary, I did not select "swap" in the Cell Texture dialog box. Step 9 - I set the opacity of the Cell Texture layer to 127 (and blend mode at Overlay, as per the tutorial). For the sparkles at step 10, I used Red ochre's Highlight plugin. I also tried to produce the same effect using plain white dots (made with the paintbrush) instead of the Dotspecial font. For reasons beyond my comprehension, I could not produce a good result. So I ended up havimng to copy-paste individual gems from the above PDN file to achieve the result below: ( Photo from: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marilyn_Monroe_-_publicity.JPG ) To change the hue from pink to blue, I tried a few methods, including Curves and Hue / Saturation. As it turned out, I got a more pleasing result by using Adjustments -> Cyanotype. The simplest solution is often the best. EDIT to correct photo link Edited May 21, 2015 by Djisves 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goonfella Posted May 21, 2015 Author Share Posted May 21, 2015 Excellent work Djisves! It`s always nice to see people adapting a tut to get their preferred result. Best way to learn. The B&W image is super. The diamond necklace just needs a bit of a drop shadow to match the rest of the image. Other than that I can`t fault it. 1 Quote Please feel free to visit my Gallery on PDNFans And my Alternatives to PDN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djisves Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 The image on my post above is gone. I found it on my HD but now I do not like it. So I decided to create a new one, hopefully better. The concept is the same because, after all... what are diamonds if not Marilyn's best friend? Combined with the Pleasantville Effect tutorial. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unikalman Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 (edited) I liked your tut and it blew my mind. I want to use this concept idea in a design. I think to adopt a cross stitch, where a square would like to be a 4x4 diamond. And also the line will be only 1 diamond. Is it possible to be made automatically or only manually one by one square? I will be very grateful if someone guides me with any tutorial. Thank you in advance for the time you are giving me. Edited September 3, 2022 by unikalman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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