Anubis
03-07-2004, 04:29 PM
Tutorial: Creating Faded/Beveled grids background
Author: Anubis
With extra credit to: -
Necessary tools: Photoshop 7.0
Steps:
Difficulty: Easy
1. Open a new image, I used 600x600, anything will do, now go Filter=>Render=>clouds.
2. Go Select=>Color Range than choose a spot with the most mass (area) but not the whole picture, click okay.
3. Now, you must delete everything But the selected area you just selected, so hit Ctrl+Shift+Alt+I than hit Delete you can now Deselect, create a new layer and move it under the layer you are going to make the grid, fill that with black.
4. Now, follow closely, Go Filter=>Render=>Extrude, use these settings.
http://www.aloofhosting.com/anubis/Setting.gif
5. Go Filter=>Pixelate=>Mosaic and put the size to about 18.
6. Now go Filter=>Stylize=>Find Edges
7. Now go Filter=>Brush Strokes=Dark Strokes and use these settings:
http://www.aloofhosting.com/anubis/Setting2.gif
8. finally you can either Invert it and have a grid or follow the below settings.
Finished Product:
http://www.aloofhosting.com/anubis/Trippy.gif
For Beveled Grid:
1. Follow Steps 1-7
2. Now, go Filter=>Stylize=>Emboss and use these settings:
http://www.aloofhosting.com/anubis/Setting-3.gif
Finished Product:
http://www.aloofhosting.com/anubis/TrippyBeveled.gif
For Beveled Blocks:
1. Follow Steps 1-8
2. Go Filter=>Stylize=>Emboss and use the settings above.
Finished Product:
http://www.aloofhosting.com/anubis/TrippyBlocks.gif
Author: Anubis
With extra credit to: -
Necessary tools: Photoshop 7.0
Steps:
Difficulty: Easy
1. Open a new image, I used 600x600, anything will do, now go Filter=>Render=>clouds.
2. Go Select=>Color Range than choose a spot with the most mass (area) but not the whole picture, click okay.
3. Now, you must delete everything But the selected area you just selected, so hit Ctrl+Shift+Alt+I than hit Delete you can now Deselect, create a new layer and move it under the layer you are going to make the grid, fill that with black.
4. Now, follow closely, Go Filter=>Render=>Extrude, use these settings.
http://www.aloofhosting.com/anubis/Setting.gif
5. Go Filter=>Pixelate=>Mosaic and put the size to about 18.
6. Now go Filter=>Stylize=>Find Edges
7. Now go Filter=>Brush Strokes=Dark Strokes and use these settings:
http://www.aloofhosting.com/anubis/Setting2.gif
8. finally you can either Invert it and have a grid or follow the below settings.
Finished Product:
http://www.aloofhosting.com/anubis/Trippy.gif
For Beveled Grid:
1. Follow Steps 1-7
2. Now, go Filter=>Stylize=>Emboss and use these settings:
http://www.aloofhosting.com/anubis/Setting-3.gif
Finished Product:
http://www.aloofhosting.com/anubis/TrippyBeveled.gif
For Beveled Blocks:
1. Follow Steps 1-8
2. Go Filter=>Stylize=>Emboss and use the settings above.
Finished Product:
http://www.aloofhosting.com/anubis/TrippyBlocks.gif