KALEIDO GLITTER Pt 1 Background 2006-09-14

[Ruth]

Tutorial
KaleidoGlitter
09-14-06
©RuthArt
1st Part

This is the eventual tag that will be created for this tut, but the 1st part is only about the Kaleidoscope background.

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This tutorial is my own creation since I love using the Kaleidoscope effect, vectors and glitter or noise. Have fun with it.


1. New canvas…400x500x100 dpi transparent raster

2. Choose your tube and place it on a new layer, resize so that it fits nicely within the borders, sharpen if needed.


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3. Pick 2 colors from it, one very light and one very dark

The colors I chose:
Forground 093363 Dark Blue
Background 55BCF4 Light Blue

4. With your 2 colors chosen, you will now have a new gradient made. Go to gradient and find the Background/Foreground (or Foreground/Background) gradient.

5a. First gradient layer….make your settings like shown:
dark portion of gradient at the bottom, fill one layer, this will be your Horizontal Layer. It may be a good idea to label your layers for now.

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5b. Second gradient layer….make your settings like shown:
the dark portion will now be on the left, fill one layer, this will be your Vertical Layer above the Horizontal layer.

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You now have 2 separate layers with gradient fills labeled with Horizontal and Vertical (above Horizontal) so you know which ones to apply the next step to.

6. Each of these gradient layers will get the effect Blinds applied to it, the numbers being the same.
The Horizontal gradient layer will get the vertical blind effect (Horizontal box is left unticked, Light from left/top is ticked), and the Vertical gradient layer will get the horizontal blind effect added (Horizontal boxed ticked.)

Make your Horizontal Gradient layer active and apply Effects, Texture Effects, Blinds

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with the setting shown below which will give you a vertical blind effect.

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Now make your Vertical Gradient layer active and apply Effects, Texture Effects, Blinds and make the settings as shown to give you a horizontal blind effect (leave the light setting the way it was and just click on Horizontal)

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Here we have the results of applying Blinds to each layer
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7. Now we are going to apply the Kaleidoscope Effect to both of the gradient layers using the same settings. Effects, Reflection Effects, Kaleidoscope

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Use these settings for both layers
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This is what your different layers should look like now
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8. The layer labeled Vertical, should be above the Horizontal layer, now you need to set the blend mode to screen to see the effect of both of them together. At this point, I make sure they are the only two layers open, then copy merge and paste as a new layer. Also, apply Effects, Edge Effects, Enhance

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and this is what you should have now
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Thank you for taking the time to do this tut. I hope to work on Part 2 (vectors and noise/glitter) soon