Careless Whisper Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 Welcome to my first Tag Tutorial. The program I will be using is GIMP and I'll be showing you how to make one of my favorite types of tags. Note, the render I will be using is found on planetrenders.net by searching under RF Online. Before we start you need to first open the file of the render you are going to use. Erase any extra logo on the image, and then go to Edit>Copy Visable. And then we can start the tag making. Now, we want to start off with white canvas. The size I will be using is 350x145pxl. [center][IMG]http://i42.tinypic.com/x6d207.png[/IMG][/center][IMG] Now, make a new transparent layer, and then go to Edit>Paste and then your render will show up on the canvas. Use the positioning tool to reposition your render and then paste another copy of the render on the same layer and position that render so that your canvas is completely covered. Then, go to Layer>Anchor Layer and you'll have the start of the BG. Then duplicate that layer once and hide to top layer. [center][IMG]http://i40.tinypic.com/war05h.png[/IMG][/center][IMG] Now take the smudge tool, switch your brush to the vine brush and smudge the first BG layer until it looks like this. [center][IMG]http://i40.tinypic.com/6ohqx3.png[/IMG][/center][IMG] Now unhide the duplicated BG layer and let's smudge that layer with a light grunge brush. Nothing to heavy, otherwise it'll look bleak. Then set that layer to Dodge. (If you don't have a soft grunge brush, then you can use the sparks brush.) [center][IMG]http://i39.tinypic.com/157hpwj.png[/IMG][/center][IMG] Now, let's make a new layer and then go to Edit>Copy Visable and then Edit>Paste into the new layer and then Layer>Anchor Layer Now go to Filters>Distort>I-Warp. Set the deform mode to Swirl CW and then click and drag alittle around the image preview screen. Do some with the Swirl CCW as well. I like to go in diagonal waving strokes starting from the top left corner to the bottom, so I can get a good swirly effect going. [center][IMG]http://i39.tinypic.com/sl0bvc.png[/IMG][/center][IMG] Go back to the open file of the render you are using and to the Copy Visable ting again. Then go back to the Tag file and Paste your render onto a new layer. Reposition the render and if it is too large, scale it down abit. [center][IMG]http://i44.tinypic.com/vzbmtw.png[/IMG][/center][IMG] Now duplicate the render layer and take out your smudge tool. Use the soft grunge brush you were using earlier and smudge the bottom render layer in outwards strokes. Set that layer to divide. [center][IMG]http://i43.tinypic.com/15pfgub.png[/IMG][/center][IMG] Now, do Copy-Visable and paste into a new layer and anchor it and then make a new transparent layer and use some fusion brushes (If you don't have any, then I suggest you look on Deviantart for some fusion brushes you can download.) Brush along the top of the layer and just alittle bit outside of the layer. [center][IMG]http://i40.tinypic.com/10mllxv.png[/IMG][/center][IMG] Now, hide the fusion brush layer and then rightclick on that layer in the layers dialog and then do Alpha to Selection. Then, go to Select>Invert and then highlight the layer right below that (Should be that one copy visable layer you did right before doing he fusion brushes) and then do Edit>Clear and then do Select>None. Keep that one layer you just did the clear on and then do Layers>Transform> FlipVertically and then set that layer to Difference 70% opacity. --You can delete that fusion brush layer now. :) Good Job! I just made you do a clipping mask! [center][IMG]http://i39.tinypic.com/13z0krq.png[/IMG][/center][IMG] Now, make a another copy-visable layer, anchor it and then make a new transparent layer and let's get our brush tool and we'll do some phantasm brushes along the bottom of the render, don't cover the top, just brush the heck out of the bottom portion.. (If you don't have the phantasm brush, I think you can find some downlads on deviant art again.) [center][IMG]http://i39.tinypic.com/o7q2w9.png[/IMG][/center][IMG] Now, let's hide that phantasm brush layer and set the alpha to selection, Selection>Invert. Ands then Highlight the new copy-visable layer and do Edit>Clear. Now do Layers>Transform>Flip Horizontally. This is what you should have so far. [center][IMG]http://i44.tinypic.com/kcjyhx.png[/IMG][/center][IMG] No set that clippng mask layer to overlay and unhide the phantasm brush layer. Now with the phantasm brush highlighted, go to Filters>Map>Make Seamless. [center][IMG]http://i40.tinypic.com/2ahuvd5.png[/IMG][/center][IMG] Now, let's make our render alittle more clear. Duplicate your orignal render layer and bring that duplicate too to the top of the stack. [center][IMG]http://i41.tinypic.com/anjuk6.png[/IMG][/center][IMG] Now, let's bring some contrast to the render. By using the eyedropper tool (Looks like an eyedropper on the tool box.) And click a dark color on the render for the new foreground color and then set the background color to a lighter color on ther render. Then, with the top render layer highlighted, got to Color>Map>Gradiant Map and then set that layer to overlay [center][IMG]http://i42.tinypic.com/bi0bgg.png[/IMG][/center][IMG] Make a new copy visable-paste-anchor layer and make a new transparent layer. We're going to do another clipping mask. Use some flame brushes this time on the renderless side of the Tag. Do the usual hide brush layer -> Alpha to Selection -> Selection>Invert -> Edit>Clear. Now, do flip horizontally and set that layer to darkened only 80%opacity, delete the flame brush layer. [center][IMG]http://i42.tinypic.com/fdrmo2.png[/IMG][/center][IMG] Now, duplicate the orignal render again and use another gradiant map on that deplicate layer and bring it to the top of the stack. Then set that layer to divide 50%opacity. [center][IMG]http://i39.tinypic.com/2pragbk.png[/IMG][/center][IMG] Now, duplicate the original render layer and bring that duplicate layer underneath the old phantasm brush layer. Get your smudge tool and use the Galexy,Big brush. Smudge that layer in outward strokes like crazy. Now let's use the IWarp again. Do the same kind of I-Warp as you did to the beginning, but this time doing it on the new smudged layer. Now hide that smudge-Iwarped layer and then to to the top of the stack, do a copy-visable-anchor onto a new layer. Then, set that smudged-IWarped layer to Alpha to Selection. Selection>Invert -> Edit>Clear onto the topmost layer. Then, flip vertically and and then horizontally. [center][IMG]http://i44.tinypic.com/2aqi42.png[/IMG][/center][IMG] Now, let's put some lighting into this. Switch your foreground color to white and then make a new transparent layer. Now, get out your brushing tool and get the largest circle brush you have and set the scale of it to 3.00 and click where you think the light source in your Tag should go. I put it right behind where I thought the ears would be on the render I am using. (I used to the default circle brush.) Set a Gaussian Blur on the white circle [center][IMG]http://i41.tinypic.com/1sd305.png[/IMG][/center][IMG] GOOD JOB! We're amost done! Now we will do the depth. But first, let's add alittle more contrast to the render. Duplicate the original render layer, set the foreground and background colors back to black and white. (If you'd like, you can take that old smudged-Iwarp layerm unhide it and set it to lighten only80%opacity.) Now, bring the duplicate render layer to the top of the stack and put a gradient map on it. Set that layer to overlay at 70% opacity.) [center][IMG]http://i42.tinypic.com/282gm0g.png[/IMG][/center][IMG] Now, we'll work onthe depth. Make a new copy visable>paste>anchor layer and now let's go to filters>enhance>sharpen. Us ethe default sharpening settings and then erase with the vine brush or sparks brush (eraser tool). Erase all on that layer except the face of the render and the light source [center][IMG]http://i42.tinypic.com/2db1cte.png[/IMG][/center][IMG] Make another Copy-Visable>Paste>Anchor layer and we'll now use filters>blur>Selective Gaussian Blur. Set the Max Delta to 10 and press okay. Now set that layer to 70% opacity. [center][IMG]http://i39.tinypic.com/2qmdbax.png[/IMG][/center][IMG] Now, let's set some gradient maps onto the Tag. Make another copy-visable>Paste>Anchor layer, desaturate it with Colors>Desaturate (Lightness only.) and duplicate it twice. Using the Colors>Maps>Gradient Maps feature, let's put someof the following colors (Set each gradient map layer to Overlay 50% opacity.): Top Layer: FG: Red BG: Orange Middle layer: FG: Purple BG: Red Bottom Layer: FG: Orange BG: Purple [center][IMG]http://i41.tinypic.com/28gung1.png[/IMG][/center][IMG] Now, you can make a new copy-visable layer and use Colors>Hue Saturation. Bring the saturation level down to -50. [center][IMG]http://i40.tinypic.com/2czc6sw.png[/IMG][/center][IMG] Alright.. now you can add text and a border of you'd like. [center][IMG]http://i39.tinypic.com/10zwcb5.png[/IMG][/center][IMG] [center][size=x-large][font=Impact]DO NOT RIP[/font][/size][/center][size=x-large][font=Impact]DO NOT RIP[/font] [spoiler= Other's Results] Ghawk: [img]http://i39.tinypic.com/9gkms0.png[/img] GHawk v2: [IMG]http://i355.photobucket.com/albums/r442/GHawkXIII/best.png[/IMG] Shadow Striker 521: [IMG]http://i43.tinypic.com/seaf77.png[/IMG] [/spoiler] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Jono Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 The red at the end screws it up. Otherwise, nice tut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Careless Whisper Posted January 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 Well, I didn't really want any other color. The red color, I do admit, was a bit off, I wished it to be alittle bit less saturated of a red then what it turned out to be. But I worked with it by lowering the saturation anyway. Also, as you can see, this explains clipping masks. :) I figured I should explain how to do clipping masks since I believe it can take a really long time to learn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ursus Posted January 22, 2009 Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 When i try to copy the render into a new layer, it just lands on top of everything, and i can't see a thing, because the black around the layer followed suit. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong? How can i paste the render without having the background and all follow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Careless Whisper Posted January 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2009 You are not doing anything wrong. It does that so you know exactly where the edges of the render are. So you can position it better. Then, just anchor the layer into the image and it'll go to the layer you had highlighted when you pasted the render in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ursus Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 I have repositioned it, and anchored it, but the white border's still there. Edit: Never mind. Fixed it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHawk Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 Cool tut. I will have to try it sometime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
§hadow §triker Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 Nice tut. Very useful. I'm gonna use it and see what i come up with. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Careless Whisper Posted February 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 Please, if you use this tutorial, it would be nice if you posted your own results with this tutorial. I'd like to see what others come up with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHawk Posted February 17, 2009 Report Share Posted February 17, 2009 Ok I will post mine when I get my render and the sig is done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Careless Whisper Posted February 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2009 Alrighty then, as soon as people post their results, I'll have a spoiler up showing everyone's tries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHawk Posted February 17, 2009 Report Share Posted February 17, 2009 Ok mine will be done tomarrow or the next day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ursus Posted February 17, 2009 Report Share Posted February 17, 2009 By the crush tool, you mean the light/dark thingie that regulates light, right? I have made a transparent layer to use it on, but I can't seem to get it done on the transparent layer. =/ Do you know what I'm doing wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHawk Posted February 17, 2009 Report Share Posted February 17, 2009 What does teh crush tool look like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Careless Whisper Posted February 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 It should be "Brush" sorry bout that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHawk Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 OK thanks. The sig should be done tonight. EDIT: I forgot, where is the Gaussian Blur at? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Careless Whisper Posted February 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 That's the selective gaussian blur. Different filter, same category. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHawk Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 Ok, what settings do I use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Careless Whisper Posted February 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 Eh, I tried to recreate myself after I was finished with this tutorial, I found I made it quite hard. :D Even for myself, and I'm the one who made the tutorial! :\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHawk Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 So whatever works? Also, is the brush suppose to show a lot or just a little? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Careless Whisper Posted February 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 Depends on what you think is better looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHawk Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 Well here it is. I think I messed up a little but I think it truned out descent.[img=http://i39.tinypic.com/9gkms0.png] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Careless Whisper Posted February 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 Hmm. I think it's either alittle strong on the I-Warp and the lighting circle wasn't placed at the right spot for the render. But it's alright for the first tutorial result. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHawk Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 Yeah i know. The lighting should of been on the left side not the right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Careless Whisper Posted February 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 Well, the good thing is that you tried it out. Maybe, if you'd like to try it again, you might get something alittle more interresting. Because now I challenge you to try to add some effects of your own on top of these effects that are shown in this tutorial. I'd like to see what you get by doing that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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