S T A R L I G H T tutorial ~ratchetnclank~

[soccermaniac103]

Great tut but I am a huge noobie and am having trouble on little effects. Could you help plz

sry..im having trouble with smoke..it's not render so you want me to magic erase the backround ?..and how do you invert the colors Ctrl-l, then this screen pops up with a chart?...and for the ''color lights'' I pick a 100px brush with but what master diameter..?and why do your look so ''neon light'' like

[Takken]

Wow the tut is sweet. But what makes me go wow are the constant results you've posted and gained from using that tut. This place some serious pros.

[rajendra]

Thnx Its Great TuT

Heres my Outcome(not very good at Text)

[ratchetnclank]

My Result(s)

#1- Simple version



#2 - (Darker version)



#3- FFX ft Po0h version



Great tut, learn't alot. Hope ya'll like :]

Fantastic looks great, second is best.

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I think you might of got a gradient map wrong as it's a bit dark.

Crazy results, mine's a bit too simple I think, but I gave it a try.
Here's mine:

Nice and birght i love the vibrancy in this

lol your render fits the c4d very well dungus.
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Here's My Outcome xD. Update! Update! lol.

Nice outcome loving the render choice especially.

[AlxJy]

Nice tut, thanks for sharing

[cC.DOMINO™]

Hey soccermaniac maybe I can answer your questions.


Q: sry..im having trouble with smoke..it's not render so you want me to magic erase the backround ?
A: you dont have to magic erase the bg of the smoke layer, after you go to Image - Adjustments - Invert, then set that layer to Color dodge, and then Image - Adjustments - Desaturate, or whatever setting is in the tut. Then the bg of the smoke layer will be see thru
Q: and how do you invert the colors Ctrl-l, then this screen pops up with a chart?
A: to Invert the colors click Image at top of your photoshop screen, then click adjustments, then click Invert. Usually Ctrl I will do the trick, but thats how to do it if you can't.
Q: and for the ''color lights'' I pick a 100px brush with but what master diameter..?and why do your look so ''neon light'' like
A: the 100px brush will work just fine for the color lights, 100px is the diamater i believe. it should be a soft 100px tho. Another way to get the glowing neon light look is to do a 100px pencil circle with the color you are using, and go to Filter - Blur - Gaussian Blur set at 30. Then set that layer to color dodge and opacity around 40.

Good luck hope that helps you.

[ratchetnclank]

Hey soccermaniac maybe I can answer your questions.


Q: sry..im having trouble with smoke..it's not render so you want me to magic erase the backround ?
A: you dont have to magic erase the bg of the smoke layer, after you go to Image - Adjustments - Invert, then set that layer to Color dodge, and then Image - Adjustments - Desaturate, or whatever setting is in the tut. Then the bg of the smoke layer will be see thru
Q: and how do you invert the colors Ctrl-l, then this screen pops up with a chart?
A: to Invert the colors click Image at top of your photoshop screen, then click adjustments, then click Invert. Usually Ctrl I will do the trick, but thats how to do it if you can't.
Q: and for the ''color lights'' I pick a 100px brush with but what master diameter..?and why do your look so ''neon light'' like
A: the 100px brush will work just fine for the color lights, 100px is the diamater i believe. it should be a soft 100px tho. Another way to get the glowing neon light look is to do a 100px pencil circle with the color you are using, and go to Filter - Blur - Gaussian Blur set at 30. Then set that layer to color dodge and opacity around 40.

Good luck hope that helps you.

Thanks for helping him out Domino

[AlxJy]

Here's my outcome, this is my first sig from a tutorial and I'm actually happy with the result :]

[soccermaniac103]

Thank you Domino rachetnclank for all your helpv after all that help I'd have to restart to make it perfect but I was changing things on the way so heres what I got. Only my second sig ever. It's not the best but still thx for help this will help me in future tutorials

[Takken]

Hey soccermaniac maybe I can answer your questions.


Q: sry..im having trouble with smoke..it's not render so you want me to magic erase the backround ?
A: you dont have to magic erase the bg of the smoke layer, after you go to Image - Adjustments - Invert, then set that layer to Color dodge, and then Image - Adjustments - Desaturate, or whatever setting is in the tut. Then the bg of the smoke layer will be see thru
Q: and how do you invert the colors Ctrl-l, then this screen pops up with a chart?
A: to Invert the colors click Image at top of your photoshop screen, then click adjustments, then click Invert. Usually Ctrl I will do the trick, but thats how to do it if you can't.
Q: and for the ''color lights'' I pick a 100px brush with but what master diameter..?and why do your look so ''neon light'' like
A: the 100px brush will work just fine for the color lights, 100px is the diamater i believe. it should be a soft 100px tho. Another way to get the glowing neon light look is to do a 100px pencil circle with the color you are using, and go to Filter - Blur - Gaussian Blur set at 30. Then set that layer to color dodge and opacity around 40.

Good luck hope that helps you.

You just cleared some issues I wa shaving. Thanks for the informative share.