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  • Can anyone give me suggestions with a sparkle graphic?

    Posted by Greg Suggitt on November 15, 2006 at 11:13 am

    Hi Guys

    I need to produce a glittery effect for a customer. A bit simular to the effect used on the agros front cover.. going down the tree?? Can any1 give me any suggestions on how to go about this??

    Cheers


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    Greg Suggitt replied 17 years, 5 months ago 5 Members · 12 Replies
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  • George Elsmore

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    November 15, 2006 at 11:39 am

    what graphics programme do you use Greg?

    G

  • Dave & Rob Lowery

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    November 15, 2006 at 11:39 am

    I’d draw the spiral in Omega as vector format, put into paintshop and feather the edges before filling gold, the stars would have to be a copy and paste jobby, could take a while!! rob

  • Greg Suggitt

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    November 15, 2006 at 12:04 pm

    corel 12, photoshop & Illustrator.. Not the worlds best on Illustrator tho.

  • Dave & Rob Lowery

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    November 15, 2006 at 1:29 pm

    just a quick go! anything like what your after? rob


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  • Greg Suggitt

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    November 15, 2006 at 1:32 pm

    yes very simular and i know the customer will go with it… So whats the secret then Rob?? Care to share..

    Greg

  • Dave & Rob Lowery

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    November 15, 2006 at 1:42 pm

    first i drew the 5 lines before exporting them into paintshop pro 7. Here i selected them and used the feather tool to expand the selection, giving the lines a soft edge when filling with a gold gradient, with either flood fill or an airbrush tool. Paintshop pro has a "picture tube" with pre-set shapes in such as ribbons, stars, grass etc. I selected the star tool and just plastered them everywhere! If you get stuck, fire over the file and the requirements i’ll see what i can do when i get 5! rob

  • Greg Suggitt

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    November 15, 2006 at 2:52 pm

    have a bash with the attached.. I don’t have paintshop pro… would i be able to do it in anoth program??

  • Greg Suggitt

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    November 15, 2006 at 2:54 pm

    see attached


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  • Chris Lambe

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    November 15, 2006 at 3:50 pm

    Draw the vector in illustrator then export as an eps open in photoshop which creates the shape on a tranparent layer then copy the layer then expand the layer selection by a few pixels then feather the edges slightly then fill with desires colour and you should get a nice glow effect simple as hope this helps

  • Dave & Rob Lowery

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    November 16, 2006 at 8:32 am

    this the sort of idea?


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  • Glenn Sharp

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    November 16, 2006 at 8:38 am

    :appl:

  • Greg Suggitt

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    November 16, 2006 at 9:31 am

    corel photopaint was the answer guys.. On the brush tool menu there is different brush filters. One i used is sparkle the other is dust..

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