Lesson 1

**Subuatai de Bodemloze** · December 10, 2009, 12:22 PM

@ Eol do you have blurred layers under that text? more than one layer? also you need to apply the effect to your symbol as well. And you have a sharp corner in the top right corner on your smoke layer maybe?

**Eöl** · December 10, 2009, 12:37 PM

Ok, will do that. Thanks for the comments.

Edit: btw I changed some of your objectives a little bit to make it better looking for my picture. I hope you don't hate me for that

**Subuatai de Bodemloze** · December 10, 2009, 12:42 PM

Originally Posted by Eol_Nauglamir

Ok, will do that. Thanks for the comments.

Edit: btw I changed some of your objectives a little bit to make it better looking for my picture. I hope you don't hate me for that

Objectives? I don't follow you? As long as you all have the key elements included and understand what i am trying to show you you'l pass. Key elements for this lesson if you havent gathered are: the pattern layer, the rust and stripes, the text layer with the rust overlay & the softlight effects.. the symbol with the same effects. the smoke was optional. Did you render that chick yourself?

**Eöl** · December 10, 2009, 12:52 PM

Originally Posted by Sübü'ätäi

Objectives? I don't follow you? As long as you all have the key elements included and understand what i am trying to show you you'l pass. Key elements for this lesson if you havent gathered are: the pattern layer, the rust and stripes, the text layer with the rust overlay & the softlight effects.. the symbol with the same effects. the smoke was optional. Did you render that chick yourself?

I mean, I did do the main things, but if I thought that for example a blur of 15 would fit my pciture better than the 10 you say we must follow, I did that.
I cut it out myself indeed and darkened the hair a bit.

**Subuatai de Bodemloze** · December 10, 2009, 01:23 PM

yeah you can change things up yep.

**Huene** · December 10, 2009, 01:24 PM

but in your instructions you say that these steps are not for everyone

**Subuatai de Bodemloze** · December 10, 2009, 01:38 PM

the smoke is not for everyone mate. Sorry I meant to say skip to step 8 if you are not doing the smoke effects. My bad

**Roloc** · December 10, 2009, 03:57 PM

Here is my attempt

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**Hesus de bodemloze** · December 10, 2009, 04:43 PM

Here goes my Second attempt.

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And here is the XCF file.

**Subuatai de Bodemloze** · December 10, 2009, 08:06 PM

nice try's guys; both almost there!
@ Roloc, Is that you? Something doesnt look right with your text & your symbol. Is that motion blur layer on softlight? do you have the holes that you made in there?

@ Hesus, pretty good job, Text effect check! effect applied to symbol check! only thing missing is the holes mate then your done. As well I would suggest turning the opacity of the smoke layers down, or blending the edges more with the smudge tool.

Hesus, just looked at the xcf file. easy fix to complete... add the holes as per the beginning of this lesson. If you move some of the layers around you will get better results.. move one of the rusts below your render and turn up the opacity on your red BG! resubmit and your done!

**Killerbee** · December 11, 2009, 08:50 AM

Second try : Added a symbol I quickly drew with pen tool (and then mirrored), and made the image a tad lighter :

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Will add .xcf file later

**Hesus de bodemloze** · December 11, 2009, 12:50 PM

Originally Posted by Sübü'ätäi

nice try's guys; both almost there!
@ Roloc, Is that you? Something doesnt look right with your text & your symbol. Is that motion blur layer on softlight? do you have the holes that you made in there?

@ Hesus, pretty good job, Text effect check! effect applied to symbol check! only thing missing is the holes mate then your done. As well I would suggest turning the opacity of the smoke layers down, or blending the edges more with the smudge tool.

Hesus, just looked at the xcf file. easy fix to complete... add the holes as per the beginning of this lesson. If you move some of the layers around you will get better results.. move one of the rusts below your render and turn up the opacity on your red BG! resubmit and your done!

Lol man what the hell do you mean with those holes. I added some spots in one of the layers with the erase tool and it's opacity down to 50 like you said. Could you be a bit more specific about those holes?

**Subuatai de Bodemloze** · December 11, 2009, 12:59 PM

Hesus see this POST below the Bright Red Text

As per getting the "holes" into this image see "Step 2" in lesson 1 part A

**Hesus de bodemloze** · December 11, 2009, 01:02 PM

O my god.

I started with that. lol Oke i will finish up tomorrow and submit it.

**caramon352** · December 11, 2009, 02:29 PM

Hey guys.. here's my first attempt on the lesson... I think the smoke is fine, but I don't know why, but I don't get the symbol and the test right...

@Sübü'ätäi
What do you think?

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**Finlander** · December 11, 2009, 02:29 PM

Okey, hi all! I've made my picture.

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Hmm...

If I may criticize my work, there is no shiny effect in symbol which text have.

And about the holes... There is no any hole in my picture. I didnt undestand the whole think about them...

Should I add the hole layer somewhere?

Oh, If this is good enought, I will post the cxv (?) (...dont remember the name

...) on Sunday. Tommorow I am going to funerals which is far away, so it may take whole day there.

and I have to learn to use Filefront.

Please sübü'ätäi, comment my pic.

thx

**Subuatai de Bodemloze** · December 11, 2009, 02:36 PM

Originally Posted by caramon352

Hey guys.. here's my first attempt on the lesson... I think the smoke is fine, but I don't know why, but I don't get the symbol and the test right...

@Sübü'ätäi
What do you think?

not bad to start with. Render is nice. smoke needs a bit of softening.. use the blur tool and lower the opacity a bit.. you can also play with the colour a bit using the "colour balance" or "curves"

Have you added the rust layer duplicated the symbol blurred etc..?? See post #3 in this thread!

Originally Posted by Finlander

Okey, hi all! I've made my picture.

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Hmm...

If I may criticize my work, there is no shiny effect in symbol which text have.

And about the holes... There is no any hole in my picture. I didnt undestand the whole think about them...

Should I add the hole layer somewhere?

Oh, If this is good enought, I will post the cxv (?) (...dont remember the name

...) on Sunday. Tommorow I am going to funerals which is far away, so it may take whole day there.

and I have to learn to use Filefront.

Please sübü'ätäi, comment my pic.

thx

Ok mate since you asked.... looks like you got the softlight layer w/ the text there. Good! Did you do the same to the hammer and scicle? One thing that is definitly missing is the despecled text layer.. As well, use the smudge tool and soften the edges of the lower smoke.. or lower the opacityor both. TBH that render needs a bit of work... too light IMO.. but that is for another time. I am trying to find a desktop sharing software for free so I can help you guys that are having difficulty w/ the text effects all at once. I will keep you posted on that.

**Ascarona** · December 11, 2009, 03:40 PM

These are my steps 1-5, just asking wether or not I'm on the right path right now...

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Edit: Hmm... this is odd, the exporting to JPG must have gone wrong or something, its far too soft right now...

**Raglan** · December 11, 2009, 03:43 PM

Originally Posted by Ascarona

Edit: Hmm... this is odd, the exporting to JPG must have gone wrong or something, its far too soft right now...

save as .png - it preserves the quality

i made this post in my workshop sometime ago, it really shows the difference between file extensions

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...74#post6344274