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Level: Beginner

1. Open a New Image (File>New) and pick a size. I used 500 x 500 in the original image.

2. Set your foreground colour to black and your background colour to white:

[img]http://www.killagraphix.com/tutorials/pipes1.jpg[/img]

Now just follow the picture instructions:

Filter>>Render>>Clouds

[img]http://www.killagraphix.com/tutorials/pipes2.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.killagraphix.com/tutorials/pipes3.jpg[/img]

Filter>>Pixelate>>Mosaic

[img]http://www.killagraphix.com/tutorials/pipes4.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.killagraphix.com/tutorials/pipes5.jpg[/img]
Setting: 15

Filter>>Blur>>Radial

[img]http://www.killagraphix.com/tutorials/pipes6.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.killagraphix.com/tutorials/pipes7.jpg[/img]
Setting: Zoom, Good, 20

[img]http://www.killagraphix.com/tutorials/pipes8.jpg[/img]

Filter>>Brush Strokes>>Accented Edges

[img]http://www.killagraphix.com/tutorials/pipes9.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.killagraphix.com/tutorials/pipes10.jpg[/img]
Settings on the right are 3, 38 and 5 if you can\'t quite see them

Filter>>Stylize>>Find Edges

[img]http://www.killagraphix.com/tutorials/pipes11.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.killagraphix.com/tutorials/pipes12.jpg[/img]

Image>>Adjustments>>Invert

[img]http://www.killagraphix.com/tutorials/pipes13.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.killagraphix.com/tutorials/pipes14.jpg[/img]

Add some more Radial Blur (Filter>>Blur>>Radial)

[img]http://www.killagraphix.com/tutorials/pipes15.jpg[/img]
Settings: Zoom, Good, 60

[img]http://www.killagraphix.com/tutorials/pipes16.jpg[/img]

Now follow these last few steps:

Image>>Adjustments>>Levels

[img]http://www.killagraphix.com/tutorials/pipes17.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.killagraphix.com/tutorials/pipes18.jpg[/img]
In the third input box, enter \"60\"

[img]http://www.killagraphix.com/tutorials/pipes19.jpg[/img]

Image>>Adjustments>>Contrast
[img]http://www.killagraphix.com/tutorials/pipes20.jpg[/img]
Setting: Contrast +30

[img]http://www.killagraphix.com/tutorials/pipes21.jpg[/img]

Now add some colour:

Image>>Adjustments>>Hue & Saturation

[img]http://www.killagraphix.com/tutorials/pipes22.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.killagraphix.com/tutorials/pipes23.jpg[/img]
*Make sure you have \"Colourize\" checked so you can see a preview of your colour settings on your image.

Then, because I don\'t like grainy images, I went over the image with the blur brush set at 19% hardness; the size of the brush doesn\'t matter, I had mine set to fairly large to cover more area at once.

[img]http://www.killagraphix.com/tutorials/pipes24.jpg[/img]

Finished image:

[img]http://www.killagraphix.com/tutorials/pipes25.jpg[/img]

You can change the settings as you go, to see what kinds of different effects you can achieve with these filters. Post some replies if you try this tutorial, let us see what you did <img src=\'http://www.killanet.net/forum3/public/s ... /smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':)\' />

Here's what i got. I added some brushes courtesy of "Okami", Okami-hu.deviantart.com fiddled around with hue and saturation etc.
Thanks for the tutorial, it was really easy to follow, i didnt get stuck once:)
Nem

[img]http://www.killanet.net/uploads/adaeratut.jpg[/img]

deviantart has a tutorial like that >_>

Nice looking image, nem <img src=\'http://www.killanet.net/forum3/public/s ... /smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':)\' />

...and there\'s loads of variations on similar tutorials for various ways to make loads of different things in different programmes all over the net, Jay...this is my version <img src=\'http://www.killanet.net/forum3/public/s ... shades.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'B)\' />

I'll have a go when I get home <img src=\'http://www.killanet.net/forum3/public/s ... iggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':D\' />

w00t Whoes your daddy the first tutorial that I have actually been able to follow =d

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[b][i][color="gray"][font="tahoma"]I seem to get that on alot of file attachments from this forum only (keeping in mind i'm not an active member of many other invision boards). Not sure which end thats at, but it's not my end, it's either here (kg) or at my ISP... i'm thinking the latter, but maybe you guys (admins) know more than me on the subject.

Anyway... from what i can see there Brock, you've done very well, the image looks great. [/b][/i][/color][/font]

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