[Kasami]

Ok this is what it is gonna turn out like:


Note: This may seem a bit like the "Grungestract Background Tutorial" by Trapezium at the start but it gets different at about the 3rd step :w:
Anyway. Open a blank canvas and choose your gradient tool. Set the mode to difference and the shape as Bi-linear, don't change anything else. Click and drag until you get a weird patern. Duplicate this layer and go to filters>edge detect>edge. Then set the layer mode to overlay and merge it down. Duplicate the layer again and now go to Layer>colors>invert. Now press shift F and click on the image, this should flip it. Set the mode to overlay and merge down.
(Hope you got all of that)
you should get this:


Now duplicate this layer and go to filters>noise>pick. Push the 2 bars up to 100 and then click ok. Once that has finished go to tools>color tools>colorize. Play around with it until you roughly get the same colour as the main colour of your render. Set this layer to over lay:


Ok make a new layer and paste your render on it so many times there is nothing left visible other then it. Go to filters>blur>gaussian blur and blur around 18 X 18 pixels. Set the layer to overlay.


Now put your render onto a new layer. Duplicate it and then go back to filters>noise>pick. Make sure the bars are still on 100 and then click ok. Set this layer to overlay.


There's that done.

For my text I just got the text tool, wrote what I wanted it to say in white and then I duplicated the layer and went to filters>glass effects>glass tile. Then I clicked ok to the automatic settings.Then go to filters>blur>guassian blur. Make it a 1 X 1 pixel blur. Set the layer opacity to 60%-ish. Then you make the glass tile layer below the normal text layer.

For my border I just made a new layer selected all then dumped in black went to select>shrink. I shrunk it by 1 pixel then hit ok then pressed ctrl X.

Well if anyone wants more screens I'll put them up, I was just in a rush :o:

[Trapezium]

Looking good!

You seem to be really good with gradients; you've made it look like some C4D. :m:

[Kasami]

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You seem to be really good with gradients; you've made it look like some C4D

I have no idea what a C4D is, but a compliment is a compliment :l:

A gradient can be used for many things, never poo-poo a gradient :w:

[Frelli.]

Followed it a little bit :P

[Kasami]

cool, nice subtle border, you do that with overlayed lines?

[Charade]

Nice tut.
Heres what I got:

[Kasami]

That's pretty good, more of a lighter feel to mine, nice

[Charade]

Thankz :h:

[REBK]

Is that text a downloadable font? If so, can you link me?

Nice tut. I look forward to many more.

[Tunnle Lord0]

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[Kasami]

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Is that text a downloadable font? If so, can you link me?

Yeah it's call "3" :
http://www.dafont.com/three.font

But to get that effect follow the instructions:

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For my text I just got the text tool, wrote what I wanted it to say in white and then I duplicated the layer and went to filters>glass effects>glass tile. Then I clicked ok to the automatic settings.Then go to filters>blur>guassian blur. Make it a 1 X 1 pixel blur. Set the layer opacity to 60%-ish. Then you make the glass tile layer below the normal text layer.

Tunnle Lord0, that looks really cool, but when you use a jpg, don't lower the quality too much

[--S-ouljah-]

nice tut !
this is what i got :

[Kandid]

Hmm... I got lost somewhere around the part where you said to paste your render so many times that that's all you could see. I ended up with something where I had a bunch of blurred renders of Link for a background lol.

I like the tutorial anyway though. I like how you don't use brushes. That's how I've done all my stuff :w:

EDIT: I just decided to change up your tutorial a bit instead of following it to the letter, and I got this-



I think it's =/

[Buket-Head]

When he said Duplicate it so all the render is all that you see is to move it around aswell

[Kandid]

Yeah I did move it around.

[for-aken]

here is what i did

[Kandid]

Thought you might like to see this other banner I made using some of your techniques. It's better than the Venom one IMO-

[Kasami]

@Kªñdid (1st time)
Sorry, I forgot to say set it to overlay, do that and it'll work out :w:

Nice out come anyway.

@for$aken
That is very good, I'm guessing the orb was put there for decoration?

@Kªñdid (2nd time)
I can see the white around the edge, if you don't mind a glow you can duplicate the layer and blur the bottom one by about 2-1 pixels

[for-aken]

no the orb cam with the render but i cut it before i scaled the render down and only scaled the orb liek half so it would be bigger and i only used it once in the bg for the green spot like u did

as much as i try now i can never get the same effect...it alwas looks bad even if i follow the tut again

[Kasami]

Can I see one of your later results, to see where it's going wrong?