Ice Tutorial

[HolyStar]

OK, another tutorial from yours truly. This effect looks really nice on a gift or bookmark and stuff like that...

Anyways, create a new document. Just make sure you put whatever you want as the height as the width, and vice versa. Don't ask, just do.

FILTER>>RENDER>>CLOUDS. FILTER>>STYLIZE>>GLOWING EDGES, edge width: 1, edge brightness: 20, smootheness: 1. ctrnl+shift+l for auto levels. If you want, you can save what you have as a wire texture

FILTER>>STYLIZE>>WIND. Wind, from the left. The FILTER>>DISTORT>>TWIRL, amount -160. Then color balance, 0, 20, 100. Duplicate the layer, merge down, color balance, 0, 40, 100.

It can't get simpler than this right? Well, it does.

Duplicate the layer again, and FILTER>>DISTORT>>WAVE, default settings. Set this layer's mode to screen. FILTER>>STYLIZE>>WIND, Wind from the left. Now color balance again, 0, 40, 100.

Rotate the canvas 90 degrees CW.

There u go, instant frost walk in 4 minutes!

[dragonlord]

haha nice!

[Tenchido]

Would be a hell of alot better if you used photos. Godo tutorial though.

[tacoX]

Do you (or anyone) have a screenshot of this?

[pinklemonade]

When I do glowing edges barely anything shows up.. there are little white wisps but unless I adjust the edge width it's mostly black .____. Did I do something wrong? XD

[HolyStar]

When I do glowing edges barely anything shows up.. there are little white wisps but unless I adjust the edge width it's mostly black .____. Did I do something wrong? XD

Possibly because you forgot to add the auto levels. its ctrl+shift+l in case you overlooked it.

Do you (or anyone) have a screenshot of this?

As of now, no :unsure: I do have a result pic...



And also, you can change the colour to red as well. It looks pretty darn good.

[tacoX]

I really like that man, i'm going to move it now. Nice job!

[CuBa]

YAY! cool effect

[oollii]

Nice tut..real good effect!

[Hayato-Zen]

It looks nice, but it wouldve been nicer if you used photos all the way through the tut.