Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 3:15 am Post subject:
Exploding Planet!!
EDIT: This is for Photoshop. P
What if the zombie apocalypse got out of hand. What do you do? Destroy the planet of course!
Okay...
1. With this tutorial, we will be working photos of dried cracked mud, so go to google images and search for "dried mud". It works best on pictures with birds eye view (direct view from top) so we can see the cracks. Please note that the steps may differ if your image is significantly different to the one im using in this tutorial, so experiment.
2. I'll be working on the 2nd image. Base on that image, I start a new document 640x480.
Now open the mud image up, on the dirt image, do a CTRL+A to select all, then go to the new document you just created and press CTRL+V to paste the image.
3. The cracks are dark, so we'll invert the image so it becomes white, this will give it a better explosion effect. so go to Image->Adjustment->Invert (or press CTRL+I).
Now use the eliptical marquee tool and make a large round selection on the image. Hold SHIFT while you create the selection to make a perfect round circle.
Now go to Select->Inverse,
Then hit Delete so you are left with a circle from the mud image. DO NOT DESELECT YET.
4. Now, while you still got your selection, go to SELECT->INVERSE again to select the shape.
Now go to Filter->Distort->Spherize. Set amount to 100%. Then do it again, this time, 50%. You can now deselect.
Now, lets fill the background layer (the layer underneath the mud layer) with black.
Then go to Layer->Flatten Image
Now go to Filter->Sharpen->unsharp Mask.
Amount: 500%. Radius: 1.7px. Threshold: 122 levels
5. Go to Filter->Distort->Polar Co-ordinates.
Options: Polar to Rectangular.
Go to: Image->Rotate Canvas->90CW.
Apply: Filter->Stylize->Wind
Method: Wind. Direction: From the right. Hit CTRL+F to reapply. VIEW
Go to: Image->Rotate Canvas->90CCW.
Finally, apply Filter->Distort->Polar Coordinates.
Options: Rectangular to Polar.
6. There you go, now all you do is just play around with colors, by either using Image->Hue and Saturation, or Image->Color Balance.
I use color balance in the image below.
Here's a wallpaper I made:
Last edited by AltomareXD on Sun Mar 22, 2009 3:33 am; edited 1 time in total QUICK_EDIT
That was mean from you, Orac Don't worry Hyper, I'm sure no one will defeat your 1337 exe-hacking skillz in the next 10 years! _________________ QUICK_EDIT
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Its not about what type of program you use, becuase you gotta learn them all to get into Graphics (2D or 3D), on a normal job i end up using Photoshop, Illustrator or Corel and Acrobat just to complete it.
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Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:08 am Post subject:
I need just tablet and Gimp.
now seriously: I think I will try this tutorial in Gimp when I have some time, how many changes will have to be done (and maybe post them). _________________
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now seriously: I think I will try this tutorial in Gimp when I have some time, how many changes will have to be done (and maybe post them).
Please do, a sub-tutorial for the GIMP would do me a world of good. I've been messing around with it, and I can't find a way to create the halo around it. Last edited by Orac on Wed Mar 25, 2009 5:59 am; edited 1 time in total QUICK_EDIT
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Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 5:41 am Post subject:
DaFool wrote:
no MS Paint?
No man. MS Paint is old school and it sucks. _________________ Awesome banner made by m-.. I mean AltomareXD!
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Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 4:44 pm Post subject:
Well, that mine isn't exact, I added some things and the wind effect was set stronger.
made by Tickle
compare:
it depends on many factors (like colour and so, I added supernova effect, star in the corner, lense effect) _________________
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Exploding Planet!!
Don't worry Hyper, I'm sure no one will defeat your 1337 exe-hacking skillz in the next 10 years!
it makes people more self dependent 
