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Published: 2019-01-19 00:16:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 727; Favourites: 58; Downloads: 0
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Mandelbulb 3D (M3D) ... frame and signature added in Photoshop.Related content
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Thanx for the wonderful comment, Sena!
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I agree with Jim—well done, my friend! Glad to see that you’re dabbling in M3d again. Just as I am doing. I have plans for certain parameters but zero time to spend working with them, at present.
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I do things that are parameter driven art when I don't feel like painting and the like.
Thanx for the fantastic comment, Krystal!
I still experiment with the M3D stuff, and it is still a learning curve.
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That is a fact!! I still don’t know a lot. I have “visions” of what I want to achieve with M3d, but, sadly, I possess neither the skills nor the amount of free time it would take to produce such wonders. I am still pondering over reflections that would make a certain not-yet-rendered scene truly great, if I may say so. I understand the basics of how to do reflections. But this image might require much more trickery even than that. Is there a means of making realistic reflections in Photoshop CS, the version that I now have (but so far have had very little chance to dabble in)? I have often used an old Flamingpear app with fine results, but doing “spot treatments “ will be a big challenge... Hal Tenny was saying I should use layers and transparencies....uhhh..okay...
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OK, there are two concepts with Layers. One is the Layer, and the other is the Data on the Layer along Selections from a Layer. You will see this information on the [Layer] Tab. Thinks of a painting, with the Layers of (1) sky, (2) distant mountains, (3) middle ground, (4) foreground and (5) objects in the foreground. Layers can be renamed is you double click on the name of the Layer. I do since the thumbnails are still too small even when they are largest. Content-aware right clicks will be your friend in Photoshop too. When in doubt of what can be done, right click on an object, item, list, etc.
Do you understand transparency as the "alpha" channel? In Photoshop, 100% black (R=0;G=0;B=0) is opaque and 100% white (R=255;G=255;B=255) is transparent on a grayscale layer. Those are stored under the "[Channel] Tab. The image data displayed in color if found in the RGB channel is the composite of ALL of the active Layers, and as well as the composite of the Red, Green, Blue channels. If there is transparency for the entire image, it is stored as an additional channel. Further, all the selections that are saved via the [Select/Save Selection] menu items, and are stored as additional "alpha" or "masks" channels.
Each layer does not have to be completely full of image data. When a Layer Style is applied, it is applied to only the non-transparent data. You add data to a layer, and as you paint, or copy, etc. information to the layer, the reminder of the layer is transparent, and the effect is applied to the opaque, or partially-opaque data on the Layer. This allows one to add bevels, patterns, gradients, etc to a laeys, in a variety of transparencies and opaquenesses. That is entirely separate to the transparency of the entire layer, which is specified near the top of the [Layers] Tab.
On the Layer tab, you can modify a selection of data using Layer Styles. There are literally thousand and thousands of free Layer Styles to be downloaded from the Internet. You can then install those in the Photoshop Effects Library, which is in the [Styles] Tab. Click on the little icon in the upper right corner of the Styles Tab to do that; it opens another menu of Style based activities, like load, Load, Reset, Append, and the like. You will find a Preset Manager for each of the various Tabs in the same place. Each stores your file in the {Drive-letter}:\Users\{User-name}\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS2\Presets, or some where near to that.
I hope that helps you understand the image data, layers, transparency, opaqueness and the Layers and Channel Tabs. I recommend following a few tutorials on masks, selections and transparencies, as well as layer styles.
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Patterns and layer styles (overlay) in Photoshop tutorial
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-yXuW…
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How to Install and Use Photoshop Layer Styles
creativemarket.com/blog/how-to…
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BTW, check out some Photoshop Brush tutorials too.
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Awesome! Thank you! Can’t wait to really get started one day soon. I do need to have a go with brushes, I always wanted to add brushes such as clouds and birds to 3d works, imagine how that would help the sense of perspective...
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helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/usin…
This may have some features not yet implemented in PS CS2, but it will still show you many things about brushes. Pay attention to the brush spacing and then brush scattering.
Enjoy!
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Thank you again so very much, my friend! I have been so busy this winter away from my desk that zero artwork has been generated. I have had 2 jobs, but I’ve earned some extra money so can’t complain. That second job will come to an end very soon, just in time before I start the outdoor chores. But at least when I’m doing that, I am at home. Close to my desk where I can sit down during breaks and be working on an art piece... It will happen! Studying on anything new such as PS CS2 should be done at my desk. I’ve tried studying via my tablet, but it gets frustrating because my art programs are on the laptop.
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The last couple of weeks have been a real tribulation for me. I will send a note.
Experience is the the best way to learn Photoshop.
Spend a bit of time learning the basics till they become 2nd nature.
I think the brush engine and layer effects together will be the most complex learning curve, but the most fun!
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Really looking forward to diving in to the fun and the adventure. PS could well become my main go-to rather than the very fine but sadly outdated Paint Shop Pro... I have a rather nasty cold at the moment which wants to be a case of flu or something like it. This is very rare for me...last time I was sick enough to stay home was probably 3 years ago. So I called off today due to high fever last night and feeling generally miserable Monday at the job. I’m no good to them if I’m weak and dizzy, and a runny nose over food is unsanitary anyway! Can’t risk contaminating my laptop’s keyboard either. My already wonky eyes won’t even focus right when I’m sick, so it’s best to wait till that clears up and I have some free time otherwise before embarking on new & exciting experiences with PS.
Note me any time about your troubles. What are friends for if not to commiserate?
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I will write a note. Thanks!
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Thanx for the wonderful comment, Jim!
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Thanx for the awesome comment, Marije!
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Thanx for the fantastic comment, M.!
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You are always very welcome Danny
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Thanx for the wonderful comment, Annie!
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