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- Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 20:04:01 +0200
- From: Conny Joensson <cjo@KIRUNA.SE>
- Subject: [IML] IFW: Warp effect quicky
-
- A couple of weeks ago I added a new Exhibition (no. 4) to my Corner.
- One of the images is called "Somewhere in time" and depicts two
- spaceships flying towards the viewer through some kind of warp field.
- I liked this warp field so much that I asked the artist (Cesare
- DeRossi) how he had attained it. Today I recieved his answer, and I
- think his technique is so cool that I just *have* to tell you all
- about it. ;)
-
- First of all you need a PC with PhotoShop. I am sure you could
- accomplish the same thing with other programmes and/or platforms, but
- this is what he used (and I duplicated) to create the effect.
-
- 1. Create a new image with a black background.
- 2. Set the foreground colour to a pastelle blue or green (or
- something)
- 3. Select Filter/Render/Difference Clouds
- This makes blue/green/whatever clouds on the black background
- 4. Select Image/Map/Equalize, to make "harder" contrasts
- 5. Select Image/Adjust/Hue/Saturation to adjust the colour to
- your liking. (Make sure to check the "colorize" checkbox!)
-
- Now we have created the basic space environment. You could start out
- with a completely different kind of image, but this is a good start.
- We still need the warp effect though. Hang on.
-
- 6. Select Filter/Distort/Polar Coordinates Polar to Rectangular
- 7. Select Image/Rotate 90 degrees clockwise (cw)
- 8. Select Filter/Stylize/Wind left
- 9. Select Image/Rotate 90 deg ccw
- 10. Select Filter/Distort/Polar Coordinates Rectangular to Polar
-
- Swosh!!
-
-