Tutorial
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Photoshop version: 6
Tools used: Paintbrush
Filters used: Radial Blur, Wave
(I would check that you have all of these, minus the version, before you begin this tutorial)
The finished product:
While trying to help someone re-create a background, I came up with this background. It's pretty neat and looks awesome as a desktop background! :happy:
The first thing that you want to do (actually the second) is make a new image with these settings:
Name: background (or whatever you want)
Width: Your resolution width (ie. 1024)
Height: Your resolution height (ie. 768)
Resolution: 72
Mode: RBG Color
Content: White is checked
After you have you image opened, draw big black, gray, and white splotches with the paintbrush all over the image. The size of the brush doesn't matter, but I used 200 px. (NOTE: The more white you have, the less of the effect you'll get)
Now that you have your splotches, you want to use radial blur (Filter>Blur>Radial Blur) with these settings:
Amount: 50
Blur Method: Spin
Quality: Good
You should have something that looks similar (meaning that it won't look EXACTLY the same because your splotches are different than mine) to this:
Now change the brightness and contrast (Image>Adjust>Brightness/Contrast) to:
Brightness: 65
Contrast: 25
Now time for some fun with the wave filter! (Filter>Distort>Wave) These are the settings that I used and I will explain what they do (or try to):
Number of generators: 5 (the higher the number, the more lines there are)
Wave length: Min(top) = 5 Max(bottom) = 135 (the higher the number, the fatter it is)
Amplitude: Min(top) = 5 Max(bottom) = 35 (the higher the number, the zig zags get longer and tighter)
Scale: Horizontal = 100% Verticle = 100% (the lower the percent, the less the defined the zig zags are)
(Yours wont look EXACTLY like that if you messed with the settings a little)
The background is still NOT QUITE finished so don't start celebrating.
You have two options now. You can either make a new layer and repeat all the above steps OR you can create a new layer and flip the image that you already made. If you choose to do the first option, read above and do the same thing again (with different splotches). If you choose to do the second option, read below. (You'll get a better effect if you make a new layer and do the above steps over again)
Fliping an object:
First what you want to do is select the image (Ctrl A). After you do that, paste it (Ctrl V). It SHOULD go to a new layer. If not, make a new layer and THEN paste it. If it's not pasting anything, then try copying it again.
Now what you want to do is flip it. You can do this by using transform (Ctrl T) and right clicking and choosing "flip horizontal" or "flip vertical". You can do both if you want.
Now that you have your two images, it's time to change the hue and saturation (Image>Adjust>Hue/Saturation). There aren't really any settings for this one because it's based on what you like; not what I like. I choose a light purple and a dark purple for mine. (Don't forget to check the colorized button!!!)
Hue: Changes the color
Saturation: Changes how bright/dull it is. If it's set on a lower number, then it will be duller (closer to gray). If it's set on a higher number, then it will be brighter.
Lightness: Changes how dark/light it will be.
The very last step that you'll have to do is to change how the layer will act. I choose Color Burn but it doesn't really matter what you choose (other than normal).
Voila! You have a wonderful background that you can put on your desktop, xanga, website, etc! ^_^
EDIT: I reuploaded all the images!... Though, the instructions were all there...
Tools used: Paintbrush
Filters used: Radial Blur, Wave
(I would check that you have all of these, minus the version, before you begin this tutorial)
The finished product:
While trying to help someone re-create a background, I came up with this background. It's pretty neat and looks awesome as a desktop background! :happy:
The first thing that you want to do (actually the second) is make a new image with these settings:
Name: background (or whatever you want)
Width: Your resolution width (ie. 1024)
Height: Your resolution height (ie. 768)
Resolution: 72
Mode: RBG Color
Content: White is checked
After you have you image opened, draw big black, gray, and white splotches with the paintbrush all over the image. The size of the brush doesn't matter, but I used 200 px. (NOTE: The more white you have, the less of the effect you'll get)
Now that you have your splotches, you want to use radial blur (Filter>Blur>Radial Blur) with these settings:
Amount: 50
Blur Method: Spin
Quality: Good
You should have something that looks similar (meaning that it won't look EXACTLY the same because your splotches are different than mine) to this:
Now change the brightness and contrast (Image>Adjust>Brightness/Contrast) to:
Brightness: 65
Contrast: 25
Now time for some fun with the wave filter! (Filter>Distort>Wave) These are the settings that I used and I will explain what they do (or try to):
Number of generators: 5 (the higher the number, the more lines there are)
Wave length: Min(top) = 5 Max(bottom) = 135 (the higher the number, the fatter it is)
Amplitude: Min(top) = 5 Max(bottom) = 35 (the higher the number, the zig zags get longer and tighter)
Scale: Horizontal = 100% Verticle = 100% (the lower the percent, the less the defined the zig zags are)
(Yours wont look EXACTLY like that if you messed with the settings a little)
The background is still NOT QUITE finished so don't start celebrating.
You have two options now. You can either make a new layer and repeat all the above steps OR you can create a new layer and flip the image that you already made. If you choose to do the first option, read above and do the same thing again (with different splotches). If you choose to do the second option, read below. (You'll get a better effect if you make a new layer and do the above steps over again)
Fliping an object:
First what you want to do is select the image (Ctrl A). After you do that, paste it (Ctrl V). It SHOULD go to a new layer. If not, make a new layer and THEN paste it. If it's not pasting anything, then try copying it again.
Now what you want to do is flip it. You can do this by using transform (Ctrl T) and right clicking and choosing "flip horizontal" or "flip vertical". You can do both if you want.
Now that you have your two images, it's time to change the hue and saturation (Image>Adjust>Hue/Saturation). There aren't really any settings for this one because it's based on what you like; not what I like. I choose a light purple and a dark purple for mine. (Don't forget to check the colorized button!!!)
Hue: Changes the color
Saturation: Changes how bright/dull it is. If it's set on a lower number, then it will be duller (closer to gray). If it's set on a higher number, then it will be brighter.
Lightness: Changes how dark/light it will be.
The very last step that you'll have to do is to change how the layer will act. I choose Color Burn but it doesn't really matter what you choose (other than normal).
Voila! You have a wonderful background that you can put on your desktop, xanga, website, etc! ^_^
EDIT: I reuploaded all the images!... Though, the instructions were all there...
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