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After multiple tries, I seem to have finally created a graphic that has a semi-metallic sheen:
I'm using it at my site for the section formerly labeled "Legalese". If anyone can tell me how to do really decent metallic effects using PSP5, I would be quite grateful.
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I wish I knew. Ever since I got Photoshop I've gotten more into that than PSP5. How'd you even do that?
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I did get a not-bad burnished metal effect for one of the logos I tried for my company's website, but didn;t use it in the end. . . grey background, speckle it, then motion blur it.
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I filled the blank image (using gray tones) with a sunburst, offset to the top and right. Errr... I mean left .
Next I did the lettering (selecting "Floating") on top of it, then filled the lettering. Leaving the lettering selected, I changed the brightness by +15%. I then did a 1 pixel drop shadow (black) to the lower right, then did a second (white) to the upper left.
For the rivets, I did a small circle selection on a plain background, filled it, and gave it the same treatment as the lettering. I then copied it onto the image above, placing eight of then as shown.
I heightened the contrast of the picture by 50%, leaving the brightness alone, then colorized the whole thing with a hue of 30 and saturation of 128.
And there you have it.
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What is PSP5? I use Photoshop alot. I get metallic surfaces put placing dark and light diagonal lines over a gradation and then blurring the lines. You can highlight (or shade) edges with thin blurred lines and use the airbrush for those little glints. Do everything on a separate layer first!!
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I use both Paint Shop Pro 5 (PSP5) and Photoshop 4 (PSD)(I'm about to get Photoshop 5.5) on a regular basis. Although I mostly use PSD for graphics on my website. With PSD I'd easily be able to that Baloo. In fact -shameless plug- if anyone would like any logo art I'd be happy to give it a try.
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I have Photoshop 5.5 start at startup. Check TechFX for some upcoming tutorials of some effects ive evented. As for the graphic. Use Antialiasing!!!
MUST... ANTIALIAS... EVERYTHING.....!!!!
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Sorry. Force of habit. Most of the graphics I produce are gifs with transparent backgrounds. Antialiasing screws up the interface between the foreground and the transparent "background", so I don't even think about using them most times.
In fact, I so infrequently use antialiasing, I am not certain I understand what you mean. What effect would this have on the picture?
Please demonstrate.
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Baloo: Look at the round edges of the letters. They're rather bitmapped. If you antialias them, the edges will be "blurred" and look more rounded.
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How I envy you guys! I'm running an ambitious website, but the graphics are, well, crap. Let's assume I'm getting Photoshop right now, how long will it take until I can do really reasonable effects such as metallic gloss?
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Are you saying that the ASDB graphics are crap, Bernd? They're great schematics, yes, but images... Well, they're pretty good. But not crap. Certainly not crap.
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