Okay another tutorial lol.
We will be making this:

[highlight]1.[/highlight] So start off with a blank canvas, I used 400x130.

[highlight]2.[/highlight] Open your render in a new layer.. I used this one.
Move it and scale it to your liking.

[highlight]3.[/highlight] On the Background layer, make a gradient with these settings:

Result:

[highlight]4.[/highlight] On the same layer, use a gradient with these settings:

Use this gradient a few times around your image, randomly clicking and dragging:

[highlight]5.[/highlight] Use the smudge tool with the 'pepper' brush spacing set on 1.

Result:

[highlight]6.[/highlight] Create a new layer and name it 'FX1'.

Use your gradient tool with the 'german flag smooth' gradient:

Make it right overtop of your render on the 'FX1' layer.

Now set the layer mode to screen:

Smudge it around now:

[highlight]7.[/highlight] Open a c4d in a new layer. I used this one. Now set the layer mode to screen:

Result:

[highlight]8.[/highlight] Create a new layer and name it FX2.

Use FG-transparency gradient with multipul shades of red:

Result:

[highlight]9.[/highlight] Use your pepper brush to smudge the gradients:

Result:

[highlight]10.[/highlight] Add text.


Result:

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C&C?

nice, A LOT, and I mean A LOT better result than last time..

Thanks! I love the method of clouds and that. I got it from some tutorial here.

Pm me the cloud methods tut please.

Sup, I was wondering if you could tell me how to resize images?

Ohh and by the way I used one of your tutorials, look at my Sig

Nice outcome clown. and to resize images, goto image>scale image. very simple really. :D

This is a really nice tutorial, I will probably dish it out. I have one question though, whats a C4d and where can I get a few?

go to google and search c4d, or go to planet-renders.net and search fractal.
A c4d is like an ART image, well, is anyone here able to explain, i can't :'(

hey, love the tut man.. just dont like the text maybe something smoother... if you know what i mean..

this is wat i came up with although i dint do all the steps i was sleepy hehehe good tutorial by the way

This one looks like alot of fun. :] I'm goin to do ^^ Thanks for all these tuts Frodo, I liked your Army of Two tut too. :]

k done ^^