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Stormy Orb Tutorial
Author:  Ninja [ Fri Jun 16, 2006 4:52 pm ]
Post subject:  Stormy Orb Tutorial
Hey guys, heres another tutorial, one of my personal favourites. Sorry its kinda long lol. here we go


1. New document (500x500)

2. Filter > Render > Clouds

3. Filter > Render > Difference Clouds

4. Press "Ctrl+F" to repeat the Difference Clouds Effect. Press this about 20 times, until you get a rigid look similar to this.
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5. Filter > Distort > Polar Coordinates (Rectangular to Polar)
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6. Use The Eliptical Marquee to Make a selection around the "Sphere" part of the canvas.
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7. Now Right-Click inside the selection and select "Layer Via Copy" (This will copy the sphere part to a new layer)
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8. Now select the top layer (Your "Sphere only" layer) and go to the "layer styles" and use the following settings:

Outer Glow:
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Inner Glow:
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Gradient Overlay:
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Pattern Overlay:
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Stroke:
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9. Now to add color to our Orb. Press "Ctrl+B" to bring up the Color Balance Options, and use the following Settings.


For Midtones:

Cyan: 100
Blue: 100

For Highlights:

Cyan: 75
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10. Now Set the "Blending Mode" of the top layer to "Vivid Light"
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11. Now Make a Shine on the orb.
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Author:  Mazer [ Fri Jun 16, 2006 7:47 pm ]
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OK, that really is quite nice. But I think the shine might be a bit too much. It looks as though the ball is emitting light. Could you make it glow (blue) and make it less reflective looking?
Author:  Ninja [ Fri Jun 16, 2006 8:45 pm ]
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ah, i see what u mean. How is this bro?

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Author:  Mazer [ Fri Jun 16, 2006 10:17 pm ]
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Ah, now I get it. The shine was covering up the seam Razz
Author:  Ninja [ Fri Jun 16, 2006 10:20 pm ]
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hehe Very Happy. Well everytime you do the difference clouds it always goes random. Sometimes theres no seam, sometimes there is.Darn bad luck lol
Author:  Mazer [ Fri Jun 16, 2006 10:42 pm ]
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There's gotta be a way. Perhaps some strategic blurring could help?
Author:  Amailer [ Fri Jun 16, 2006 11:15 pm ]
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Nice tutorial!
+10 Bits

And since clouds are random, I doubt you could get it the same way as the original pic o.O keep trying Razz

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