Tutorial - Organic shapes - radial gradient

I made a tutorial - hope it serves someone
The template belongs to pank - I actually made it for TP - I only uploaded it on my site until pank decides if he wants to post it on TP or not.


>>the tut<<

This is a good example of a tutorial that doesn't show the reader how to produce an exact result. Rather, it shows tthe basics of a technique and urges the reader to experiment with the techniques to come up with their own variations.

This is the best kind of tutorial, in my opinion.

I might suggest that you expand on it, Mihai,making suggestions and showing some examples of other blending modes and other gradient styles. Perhaps make suggestions for other post-gradient processing.

Example: Try a whole bunch of Black and White radial gradients, applied in Difference mode. Then, Gaussian Blur a little. Then, Filter---»Stylize---»Find Edges. Instant Satin Cloth!

Edit/Image Added:

- I am glad you approve Utopian - it really means a lot oming from you - I tried to rovide a few examples at the end of my tut... I'll try and add some more maybe a few pics that include the gradient thing along with other techniques...
It was done in a bit of hurry - Sundays are the only days of the week susceptible of having a few free hours in a row:(

Did you try the quickie Satin Cloth technique?

Works like a charm.

yep - soon as I read your post I'm sure there are many more things that can be done with this technique...as long as one keeps experimenting

Another nice effect is - make some bubbles with "Chrome" set to difference - then Filter - Plastic Wrap - default settings -
here's a pic - I just modified the color after it was done
It can obviously be improved a lot

Cheers mihai this tut is great! I luv this tut much! Since I'm explorering the gradient tool myself, I just want to congrat your on that and say great job!

Side questions for Utopian23: Are you really a photoshop Robot as someone told me? I mean you seems to have boudless knowledge on just about anything computer related no offense. And yeah I know you are not a robot so it's just kinda stupid, I was just amazed and wanted to compare your knowledge to like a robot data base >> Beep

excellent tutorial i love it.

well done M
will experiment later, for sure

heathrowe

...experimenting...

This is the same pic, with different blends, and different opacitys on different layers...This was really fun...I even combined U23's satin stuff on Mihai's tut...Luv this !!

"luminosity-blend"
"overlay-blend"
"pinlight-blend"
"saturation-blend"