Hey Photoshop guys......... - The Orange Mane

ZONA · 03-12-2007, 09:19 PM

I made this piece today for a local 4x4 club. I never went to school for this kinda stuff and self taught myself. Was wondering if there are any photoshop/Illustrator guru's out there that wouldn't mind sharing some ideas and stuff. I know there are tons of tutorials out there and I've sifted through hundreds, thus picking up some tips and tricks but have yet to find one that I really would like to know. In the below image, I pasted a picture of fire inside the text. But what I really wanted to do some have flaming light burst through the test out at ya, sorta 3D I guess.

I tried the wind left, wind right, rotate, more wind and that was kinda neat but that was more of an electrical look and it wasn't coming out at ya. I also tried the stock extrude filter with CS2 but looks horible. I have almost every filter out there so that's no problem. But I've gone over all of them and I can't find anything that would do that.

Any ideas how I can do that?

Also - I've read probably 20 tuts on how to make steel texture but they're all the same damn tut it seems and it's pretty vanilla. I know you can use grunge brushes to make it dirty or rusty but that's tuff. I really really need a good tut on realistic metal. What I got below looks so generic I want to puke. Thanks again

BABronco · 03-12-2007, 09:35 PM

I don't know much of anything about photoshop. However that does look pretty good. And your avatar along with your sig is awesome!

snowspot66 · 03-12-2007, 11:59 PM

you might try increasing the size of the metalic texture you've got there, just making i tmuch larger can do wonders for appearance, i'm assuming you want a rusted and dirty metal since it's so heavily texture, i'll have to play around a bit, most of the stuff I do in PS is more along the lines of painting

Tredici · 03-13-2007, 12:05 AM

There's a whole tutorial topic in the Off Topic Forum.

DarkHorse30 · 03-13-2007, 12:19 AM

nice work, ditto the avatar (TD also rules). Your design sense is top drawer.

Rock Chalk · 03-13-2007, 11:17 AM

You want a flame burst? On what part? You want it coming toward the viewer? I saw a tutorial on that not too long ago that may be exactly what you are looking for.

Let me see if I can dig it up.

Rock Chalk · 03-13-2007, 11:21 AM

http://www.absolutecross.com/tutoria...cts/4way-fire/

I dont like the way it ends up, but Im sure you can tweak the steps a bit to get it the way you want.

03-12-2007, 09:19 PM	#1
ZONA Ring of Famer Liquid greatness in every packet Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 7,383 Adopt-a-Bronco: Chris Harris	Hey Photoshop guys......... I made this piece today for a local 4x4 club. I never went to school for this kinda stuff and self taught myself. Was wondering if there are any photoshop/Illustrator guru's out there that wouldn't mind sharing some ideas and stuff. I know there are tons of tutorials out there and I've sifted through hundreds, thus picking up some tips and tricks but have yet to find one that I really would like to know. In the below image, I pasted a picture of fire inside the text. But what I really wanted to do some have flaming light burst through the test out at ya, sorta 3D I guess. I tried the wind left, wind right, rotate, more wind and that was kinda neat but that was more of an electrical look and it wasn't coming out at ya. I also tried the stock extrude filter with CS2 but looks horible. I have almost every filter out there so that's no problem. But I've gone over all of them and I can't find anything that would do that. Any ideas how I can do that? Also - I've read probably 20 tuts on how to make steel texture but they're all the same damn tut it seems and it's pretty vanilla. I know you can use grunge brushes to make it dirty or rusty but that's tuff. I really really need a good tut on realistic metal. What I got below looks so generic I want to puke. Thanks again Last edited by ZONA; 03-12-2007 at 09:23 PM..

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03-12-2007, 09:35 PM	#2
BABronco RP2012 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Colorado Posts: 2,214 Adopt-a-Bronco: Clady	I don't know much of anything about photoshop. However that does look pretty good. And your avatar along with your sig is awesome!

03-12-2007, 11:59 PM	#3
snowspot66 Ring of Famer Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 4,643	you might try increasing the size of the metalic texture you've got there, just making i tmuch larger can do wonders for appearance, i'm assuming you want a rusted and dirty metal since it's so heavily texture, i'll have to play around a bit, most of the stuff I do in PS is more along the lines of painting

03-13-2007, 12:05 AM	#4
Tredici Ring of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 10,010	There's a whole tutorial topic in the Off Topic Forum.

03-13-2007, 12:19 AM	#5
DarkHorse30 Smith Rules Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2,091 Adopt-a-Bronco: wolf pot roast	nice work, ditto the avatar (TD also rules). Your design sense is top drawer.

03-13-2007, 11:17 AM	#6
Rock Chalk Cheeky Bastards Laus Deo Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: The Backside of the Internet Posts: 29,940 Adopt-a-Bronco: Chris Harris	You want a flame burst? On what part? You want it coming toward the viewer? I saw a tutorial on that not too long ago that may be exactly what you are looking for. Let me see if I can dig it up.

03-13-2007, 11:21 AM	#7
Rock Chalk Cheeky Bastards Laus Deo Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: The Backside of the Internet Posts: 29,940 Adopt-a-Bronco: Chris Harris	http://www.absolutecross.com/tutoria...cts/4way-fire/ I dont like the way it ends up, but Im sure you can tweak the steps a bit to get it the way you want.