I was making a sig with subzero from mortal kombat and wanted a backround that was made of ice and this is what i came up with.
1. Make a new .psd file, about 350x150
2. Go to: Filter, Render, Clouds. (make sure you reset the colors before you do this, D )
3. Next do the same as above but do difference clouds. Keep doing it until you get the clouds you want (Ctrl+F) usually you want more white clouds then black.
By now you should have something like this.
4. After you've done that go to: Image, Rotate Canvas, 90 CW
5. Then go to: Filter, Stylize, Wind. make the settings "Wind" and "From the right." Then rotate it back.
6. Then go to: Filter, Sharpen, and Sharpen. Do this at least twice. (you also might want to do it even three times, it all depends on how your sig looks when you do it)
once you've done that you should have something like this: http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...n_718/tut2.jpg
if you want you can also go to, Filter, Brush Strokes, Accented Edges, and experiment with that, it kinda gives it a nice shiny effect.
This next thing you don't have to do, but sometimes it's good for making a sig with the render in the middle.
7. Duplicate the layer (Ctrl+J), then select the top layer and press Ctrl+T, then right click on the image and select: Flip Horizontal.
8. Now change the layer mode to Screen or Lighten.
And after that your backround should look something like this:
I hope this is easy to understand. (this being my first tutorial)
what do you think?
06-30-2006, 04:57 PM
Tenchido
Looks pretty cool, and simple. Great tutorial, thanks for submiting.
06-30-2006, 09:46 PM
LiverpoolTheBest
Nice and simple, I like it. Thank you very much.
07-01-2006, 04:50 AM
Monkey9909
Very nice, really nice effect :)
07-01-2006, 07:32 AM
sscorpionn
Yeah, it's cool, thanks needed it for one sig I'm making.
08-18-2006, 08:44 AM
chingster
I say ripped. I did this same effect like 10 months ago from a popular tutorial found on good-tutorials.
08-19-2006, 11:46 AM
Dale
This idea was originally made by someone else on gfxvoid... Over a year ago.
09-02-2006, 02:22 PM
Mdcowboy93
I think it lokks like rain its pretty sweet
09-27-2006, 03:55 PM
R-e-d
lol i didn't rip it, i was just fooling around on photoshop and came up with this effect. sorry if someone already did it, but i was just sharing my ideas :)
11-30-2006, 06:27 AM
Zarle
i really like htis im use it in my avatar if ok ^^
01-05-2007, 01:50 PM
xUnR3aLx
Great tut!
01-09-2007, 09:42 PM
U-Graphix
Meh my sig turned out crappy -_-
03-19-2007, 05:09 PM
Raithie
nice, good job :) I like it!
05-22-2007, 05:44 AM
yooray
thanks but it look like rain
05-22-2007, 06:32 AM
Grogerian
i dont think he ripped -.- i did a tut like this months ago, it was a little diff. but difference clopuds wind and thats really most of it xD
05-27-2007, 05:35 PM
Nightmare
Nice tutorial. Too bad this doesn't work on people without changing their face color :confused:
nice, simple, but i also think it looks like rain moreso than ice.
05-26-2009, 06:12 PM
itapyourmom
hey man really nice i liked it
05-26-2009, 06:36 PM
Dom
itapyourmom you fail, this post has been up for like ages, nobody posts in old, cobwebby threads. xD
05-26-2009, 07:04 PM
itapyourmom
el at least iv learn not to post on old threads srry for reving them
05-26-2009, 07:23 PM
Dom
No, it's okay mate, might have been a question. Your still new around here so you'll pick things up pretty quickly. If you have any comments or questions feel free to send me a personal message - even if it's just you being unsure of something and want to clarify. :)
05-27-2009, 12:53 PM
Sam_Pearce
you could stick lightning brush over this and then you gt storm clouds niccee man
