-=Ant's Basic/Beginner Sig Tutorial=- - PSP Forum

kozine · 10-17-2005, 04:46 AM

Nice tutorial Ant. Can't wait to see the scanline tutorial. I will be able to use it in my animated signatures

BigDiddy87 · 10-17-2005, 11:29 AM

Very nice! You even made the tutorial in Photoshop. Lol :thumbsup:

F34R · 10-17-2005, 11:36 AM

Here is a quick and SIMPLE way to do scanlines for your images.

I am using PS 7.0, but this should apply to most versions.

Make an image 1 x 1 with a transparent background.

Press "D", then "X". This sets default colors to black (foreground) and white (background). Pressing "X" swaps the colors.

Choose EDIT > Fill... Foreground (fills the 1 x 1 image with all white)

Now go to IMAGE > Canvas Size... Make sure you are viewing the pixel numbers. It should show:
Height: 1
Width: 1

Increase the Height to 2.

Zoom in as much as you can so that you see half the image is now white, and underneath the white you can see the unfilled trasparent portion. Choose your Magic Wand Tool, and select the transparent portion. Now go to EDIT > FILL... Background color (this should be black).

Now hit CTR-A (select all). Go to EDIT > Define Patter. Name it "scanline".

Now open your other image up, create a new layer on top. Click EDIT > FILL... .choose pattern, and choose scanline for the pattern.

Now your scanlines cover your entire image. To blend them with the image below the scanlines, go to your Layers Palette and set blending mode to "Multiply".

Change the opacity of the scanline layer to your liking. Mine is set at 50%.

Check my sig for the results.

The N3v3rmind · 10-17-2005, 12:18 PM

It was better before...very very before
Also what happened to that sig stevan made you?

kozine · 10-18-2005, 09:17 AM

Where can i find some renders? Ive searched google over and over and cant find anything.

simplygriff · 10-18-2005, 11:15 AM

Scan lines can be done very quickly like this.

Filter> sketch> half-tone pattern Change the type from dot to line.
-G

F34R · 10-18-2005, 02:11 PM

No offense G, but that doesnt produce very convincing scanlines. Unless there is more work to be done to make them "realistic", its only a quick way to do it. (I guess thats what you mean ?)

duggyb · 10-21-2005, 03:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kozine

Where can i find some renders? Ive searched google over and over and cant find anything.

here are some render sites i use

-http://www.clantemplates.com/renders/gallery/

-http://www.render-world.com/gallery/

-http://photobucket.com/albums/y132/UG_renders/

Enjoy!

THNX
Duggy

kozine · 10-21-2005, 04:53 AM

Thanks Duggyb