Tut. Request

[DjLuki1405241479 0]

hey any of you have a cool abstract tutorial for a sig? i use photoshop and im new at it so im tryig to learn. maybe if you have an easy one?also which program is best for animation? and which one is the easiest?Thanks

[ChronicLoser 0]

uh...abstraction? There's plenty of ways you can do that...personally I suggest looking it up on ( http://www.pixel2life.com/ ). I doubt someone would just write up a tutorial on the spot for you here

[Silent Soul X 0]

For animation i use imageready, i also agree with chronic use search sites to find good abstract tutorials. Another site you could try is Good-Tutorials

[DjLuki1405241479 0]

Thanks guys. Both of those were helpful, they got some cool tuts.Peace

[wedjarl 0]

this community/site is all about signatures..not too complicated or too advance..very ideal for beginners...

http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

they host images too...

since you have photoshop, image ready for gif animation will suffice.

[RainbowPhoenix 0]

Well... Photoshop is pretty darn powerful for creating abstract stuff. Things to remember are work in RGB!!! That allows you to use the "Render" filters. You can use the Render Clouds effect for some cool stuff, just remember your foreground and background colors determine the cloud and sky values.Another way to achieve some nice abstract sort of effects is with the Satin effect tool. By using layer blending options and placing the satin over an already abstract background, you can get some pretty funky stuff!Now as far as animation, ImageReady can be a bit difficult for a beginner. I'd almost recommend PaintShop's GifAnimator thing for you, since it is so easy. ImageReady users have the advantage of not only frames, but layers too. Understanding the powerful differences between these two functions is critical to developing good animation in ImageReady.Cheers,Phoenix

[nachtgeist03 0]

In photoshop:New document 400px X 100px1. hit "D" to reset to B&W2. Filter -> Render -> Clouds3. Filter -> Pixilate -> Mosaic (cell size 10)4. Filter -> Brush Strokes -> Accented Edges (default settings)5. Filter -> Distort -> Polar Coordinates (Polar to Rectangular)6. hit CTRL + F once7. hit CTRL + U (check colorize: Hue-210 Saturation-25 Lightness-0)8. Distort -> Wave (generators: 5, wavelength min:346 max: 509, amplitude min: 76 max: 570, type: sine, undefined areas: wrap around, rest default ~ randomize untill you get a good repeating wave)Then you can adjust brightness/contrast to find something you like. Change the hue in step 7 to get a different color, and modify the wave settings in step 8 to achieve something you like.Credit goes to someone on goodtutorials who wrote that. Looked for 20 minutes and couldn't find it. Post the link to his tut if you can find it

[Dream1405241490 0]

Personally I feel just using filters does not get the effect I really like, for your work to really shine I recommend getting brushes from http://www.deviantart.com/ and search for photoshop bruhes, they have quality ones there

[nachtgeist03 0]

A filtered approach to abstracts will be better than trying to instruct someone who's new to photoshop, as saying "get brushes" does not serve them justice. You told them where to get them. But what kind of brushes make for good abstracts? How do you install them? How do you use them? How do you use them in a correct mannor to get a pleasing effect?Besides, I know nobody who's first few times actually creating an art or artform in PS was that advanced. I know it's really not that hard, but you sit someone who's never looked at photoshop before in front of the interface, and they'll go "huh? what do I do now?". Telling them what menus to go through and what options to combine together will get them from point A to point B much faster.

[Dream1405241490 0]

mmm ok sorry about that short terse response before

 

1. Get the brushes: Go to deviantART

2. Go to browse, in the catagory drop down menu choose resources, then choose under the new menu that appears photoshop brushes, in the sumitted menu choose top favorites and download the brushes you want OR just get the following as they are my favorites -

Fractals:

http://silverninja.deviantart.com/art/25-Incredible-Fractal-By-Ninja-16070301

http://metal-cx.deviantart.com/art/Metal-CX-s-Fractals-II-17260650

http://metal-cx.deviantart.com/art/Brush-set-10-16777316

Abstract:

http://metal-cx.deviantart.com/art/Brush-set-11-16912332

http://metal-cx.deviantart.com/art/Brush-set-01-16056024

 

Those should get you started

 

3. After you download them put them in a folder then go to photoshop brushes then choose replace brushes and use the ones you want

4. Just experiment because its impossible to give you tips after this point, its all up too you

[nachtgeist03 0]

Ok, since I know I'm not the only one here who enjoys photoshop, I figured I'd share some of my techniques to making a sig background. This will teach you some basic brushing techniques.

 

First off, open up a new document of any size. I prefer the 380px by 80px size myself:

 

 

I always start my documents off with a transparent background.

 

 

First thing to do is fill your canvas with a color of your choice. I chose black myself.

 

Make a new layer by clicking the button shown:

 

 

Next thing to do is find some brushes that you enjoy. I found these brushes used in the tutorial at http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/. Pick the brush you want to use, choose a foreground color that matches well with the background color, then click and release once on your background without moving the brush.

 

 

For my example I chose white. This is what I got:

 

 

I've found that the way to produce your best result is by only using a single brush once, or if it is an exceptionally large brush, using only one area of the brush in one spot on the background. I repeated picking different brushes and applying each on a seperate layer. This was my final product:

 

 

You do not need to go overboard with your brushing to produce an eye-appealing result. Just be creative and have fun :- )

 

NOTE:: I do have a few .abr (brush) files that I converted from that website ready to go if anyone is interested. All credit is given in each brush file.

 

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Tutorial first posted here. But since I wrote it, I can copy and paste it