eriqjaffe Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 I was messing around in Photoshop, and managed to get the following effect using a combination of noise, motion blur, beveling and "satin" on an otherwise flat .gif:Can anybody offer me any tips to improve the technique? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick 1733 Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 can you tell us exactly how you did it, and in what order? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Posted December 4, 2004 Share Posted December 4, 2004 Wow, thats awsome...I have been starring at it for about 5 minutes now...i really should look away now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapshot Posted December 4, 2004 Share Posted December 4, 2004 It looks like a noise pattern was created on a separate layer over the Trashers logo, then a motion blur was added to it, and the layer made opaque. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winters in buffalo Posted December 4, 2004 Share Posted December 4, 2004 Damn... where were you when I needed this 4 months ago? That's nice!A tutorial is in order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discrim Posted December 4, 2004 Share Posted December 4, 2004 I was messing around in Photoshop, and managed to get the following effect using a combination of noise, motion blur, beveling and "satin" on an otherwise flat .gif:Can anybody offer me any tips to improve the technique? damn. quoting Sammy Sosa, "it's SOOOO real!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFoA Posted December 4, 2004 Share Posted December 4, 2004 And he asks how to improve it... Keep it just as it is, that's how you improve upon perfection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paynomind Posted December 4, 2004 Share Posted December 4, 2004 I wouldnt go so far as to say it was perfection, but it is DAMN good. I'm pretty dern handly at photoshop, and I havent been able to come up with anythign that good yet.SPEEEEEECH! SPEEEEEECH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuss16 Posted December 4, 2004 Share Posted December 4, 2004 nice work eriq! You the man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randyc Posted December 4, 2004 Share Posted December 4, 2004 like Discrimihater said that sure does look real Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesCraven Posted December 4, 2004 Share Posted December 4, 2004 Now, can you do that with the double-bird on the bat Cardinals and the Phillies' scripts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFoA Posted December 4, 2004 Share Posted December 4, 2004 I wouldnt go so far as to say it was perfection, but it is DAMN good. I'm pretty dern handly at photoshop, and I havent been able to come up with anythign that good yet.SPEEEEEECH! SPEEEEEECH! SPEECH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iDonovan Posted December 4, 2004 Share Posted December 4, 2004 ..I could sure use that effect for a lot of my stufff....tell us how you didi it.Please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewharrington Posted December 4, 2004 Share Posted December 4, 2004 hes disappeared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eriqjaffe Posted December 6, 2004 Author Share Posted December 6, 2004 hes disappeared. No, sorry, I didn't disappear.Here are the basics of what I did:Start with a logo or shape. Seperate the various colors into seperate layers using the magic wand. For the sake of simplicity, I'm only going to show you one color:Duplcate each color's layer and make them white. I used the Hue/Saturation controls to do this:Working with the "white" layer, select all (control-click on the layer in the layers palette) and add noise:Then, still working with the "white" layer, select the layer using control-click add a motion blur:Set the layer's blending mode to Mulitply, Overlay or Color Burn (depending on how it looks to you). For this, I chose Multiply:To be continued... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneDavid Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 That IS great, now the second test is whether you can mock the chainstitch effect that some MLB teams use on their uniforms. I know the Astros for one use it; I'm sure other teams do as well... it basically has the "loopy" look of the varsity letter on your old high school jacket, if anyone knows what I'm talking about... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eriqjaffe Posted December 6, 2004 Author Share Posted December 6, 2004 Now you go back to working with the "color" layer...apply a bevel using settings like these. The important thing is to set the "Highlight Mode" color to be the same as the color of the layer you're working with...adjust the Depth, Size, Higlight Mode Opacity and Shadow Mode Opacity to taste:I also used the "satin" overlay, to help give it a bit of a shine...And I wound up with this:I'm still experimenting with this, but I'll be sure to share any refinements I come up with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pagan696 Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 a few links with other stitch Tuts:http://www.myjanee.com/tuts/brush7/stitch/stitch.htmhttp://www.bertmonroy.com/tutorials/text/23_stitch.htmhttp://www.graphics-world.com/cgi-bin/tuto...itle=Embroideryand this:"We are unaware of a filter or effect that accomplishes this in a single application. However, the Alien Skin "Xenofex " plug-in has a "fir" filter and several background effects that look just like embroidered stitches. You could start there. The embroider industry has software that actually converts an image to stitches but I do not know if that actually shows the stitches. Simulating stitches would be difficult because of the way the light reflects off the shiny silk thread used in most embroidery machines." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick 1733 Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 Here's my attempt at the exact same process.The problem I had was because of the amount of white so it's not quite as good, but looks pretty good to me.Keep in mind the background is just a solid color, no effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewharrington Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 that looks good nick. you might be able to SLIGHTLY darken the white areas to make them show the effect better. also, i see this could be done either way, but wouldnt the blue space in the middle of the D, around the bronco, be flat as well? on most embroidered pieces? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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