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project 4: CGI effects

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CGI Effects TutorialsFIREBALL Step-By-Step Procedure

1. Open a 11” x 8.5” background – 200 PX2. FILTER --> RENDER --> CLOUDS3. Repeat three (3) times4. FILTER REDNERDIFFERENCE CLOUDS5. Repeat three (3) times6. FILTER --> RENDER --> LIGHTING EFFECTS -->

OMNI, to taste7. DUPLICATE LAYER, FLIP HORIZONTAL, set LAYER

MODE to SOFT LIGHT8. DUPLICATE LAYER, FLIP VERTICAL, set LAYER

MODE to SOFT LIGHT9. TINT each layer with Orange, Yellow & Reds to

taste10. Complete for all LAYERS except BACKGROUND

LAYER: FILTER --> BRUSHTROKES --> INK OUTLINES to taste

11. BACKGROUND LAYER --> FILTER --> BLUR --> GAUSSIAN

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CGI Effects TutorialsLightning Step-By-Step Procedure

1. Open a 11” x 8.5” background – 200 PX2. Create a BLANK LAYER and fill with BLACK

(000000)3. Create a BLANK LAYER and place a white line

across it, using the RECTANGULAR MARQUEE TOOL and a WHITE FILL BUCKET (this will make a line)

4. FILTER LIQUIFY drag mouse over line to create waves

5. Repeat the above process several times and DUPLICATE some LAYERS, EDIT TRANSFORM FLIP HORIZONTAL or FLIP VERTICAL, or a combination of both

6. Return to the first line LAYER you created, LAYER LAYER STYLE OUTER GLOW change color to 036EF5 and then adjust settings to taste

7. COPY LAYER STYLE and apply to all LAYERS

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CGI Effects TutorialsFIRE

Step-By-Step Procedure 1. Open a 14” x 11” background – 200 PX2. Use the GRADIENT TOOL to create a blend of

black, white and gray with a white highlight down the center (REFLECTED GRADIENT selection)

3. After the first gradient is laid down, go up to the gradient tool menu and select the MODE – change to DIFFERENCE

4. Draw gradients over the original, over and over again keeping most of them vertical and some slightly skewed

5. LABEL this LAYER “BLAST”6. DUPLICATE “BLAST”: FILTER --> STYLIZE --> FIND

EDGES, set MODE to OVERLAY7. DUPLICATE “BLAST”: EDIT --> TRANSFORM -->

FLIP HORIZONTAL and then set MODE to OVERLAY

8. DUPLICATE “BLAST”: EDIT --> TRANFORM --> FLIP VERTICAL, then EDIT --> TRANFORM --> FLIP HORIZONTAL, then set MODE to LINEAR DODGE and at 50% OPACITY, then FILTER --> STYLIZE --> FIND EDGES, then EDIT --> FADE FIND EDGES --> 50%

9. TINT each LAYER (including original LAYER) with ORANGE, YELLOW & RED to taste

10. FILTER --> RENDER --> LIGHTING EFFECTS --> DEFAULT, use the lighting effects to black out the sides of the image and highlight the center flames – repeat for each LAYER

11. Go to the ORIGINAL BLAST LAYER12. TOOLS --> SMUDGE TOOL 50% - 75% --> set to a

ASSORTED BRUSHES, grab the third brush from the bottom (ZIGZAG) and set to 120 – 170 pixels (to taste)

13. SMUDGE the flames on the outside edge only to create flames

14. REPEAT for each LAYER

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CGI Effects TutorialsPLANET

Step-By-Step Procedure 1. Open a 8” x 8” 200 PX background2. Change the FOREGROUND and BACKGROUND

colors to light and dark gray, one warm and one cool

3. FILTER RENDER CLOUDS4. FILTER BLUR GAUS. BLUR 55. Go to WINDOW CHANNELS 6. Create a NEW CHANNEL (a NEW LAYER)7. FILTER RENDER DIFFERENCE CLOUDS x 208. Close ALPHA CHANNELS and then click on your

LAYER9. FILTER RENDER LIGHTING EFFECTS use

these settings: Light Type: Spotlight | Intensity: 60 | Focus: 70Light Colour: #FFFFFF | Gloss: -100 | Material: +50Exposure: -10 | Ambience: +5| Texture Channel: Alpha1 (this is why we created the ALPHA channel) Height: +100

10. Using the ELLIPTICAL MARQUEE and the SHIFT KEY draw a perfect circle selection somewhere in the bottom left

11. EDIT COPY12. NEW LAYER FILL BUCKET BLACK 13. EDIT PASTE, then hold CTRL and CLICK on the

picture of the LAYER (in the LAYER menu) with the SKIN on it

14. FILTER DISTORT SPHEREIZE 10015. DO NOT DESELECT (if you have; CTRL click the

LAYER)16. DUPLICATE planet LAYER, RENDER DISTORT

SPHEREIZE, then change LAYER to MULTIPLY17. MERGE DOWN 18. DUPLICATE LAYER, the WORLD that is

underneath, FILTER BLUR GAUSSIAN BLUR 40

19. CREATE a NEW LAYER then CTRL click the WORLD

20. FILL BUCKET BLACK and then DESELECT21. FILTER BLUR GAUSSIAN BLUR 5022. Use the ARROW (MOVE) to move the “eclipse”

upward23. Add a LENS FLARE to the solid black LAYER

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CGI Effects TutorialsCOMET

Step-By-Step Procedure 1. Open a 8” x 8” background – 200 PX

2. NEW LAYER, FILL BUCKET black (000000)

3. FILTER RENDER LENS FLARE 50-300mm Zoom, REPEAT filter to enhance color

4. FILTER BLUR RADIAL BLUR 100, ZOOM, GOOD, raise crosshairs to corner of window

5. DUPLICATE LAYER MODE Color Dodge

6. REPEAT RADIAL BLUR for DUPLICATE LAYER

7. On DUPLICATE LAYER, FILTER LIQUIFY, use this tool to give a comet a “tail”

8. BACKGROUND LAYER FILTER RENDER LENS FLARE, create a second LENS FLARE in the top left corner to taste

9. NEW LAYER, use a circle paintbrush to create random dots (make sure to vary sizes, I use DROPSHADOW brushes)

10. FILTER BLUR RADIAL BLUR, 75, ZOOM, GOOD, raise crosshairs to corner of window, REPEAT FILTER

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CGI Effects TutorialsNOVA

Step-By-Step Procedure 1. Open a 8” x 8” background – 200 PX2. FILL BUCKET solid black (000000)3. FILTER RENDER CLOUDS x3 (three

times)4. FILTER PIXELATE MEZZOTINT

SHORT STROKES5. FILTER BLUR RADIAL BLUR

ZOOM, BEST – make sure to center the crosshairs and then REPEAT

6. FILTER DISTORT TWIRL +1207. DUPLICATE FILTER DISTORT

TWIRL -180, set LAYER to LIGHTEN MODE

8. COLOR BALANCE both LAYERS to taste9. FLATTEN IMAGE

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CGI Effects TutorialsWARP

Step-By-Step Procedure 1. Open a 8” x 8” background – 200 PX2. NEW LAYER FILL BUCKET BLACK 3. FILTER RENDER

CLOUDS/DIFFERENCE CLOUDS (generate as many as you like to taste)

4. FILTER BLUR RADIAL ZOOM, GOOD, 80

5. FILTER BLUR RADIAL ZOOM, BEST, 40

6. IMAGE ADJUSTMENTS AUTO LEVELS

7. IMAGE ADJUSTMENTS COLOR BALANCE too taste

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CGI Effects TutorialsPLASMA

Step-By-Step Procedure 1. Open a 8” x 8” background – 200 PX2. NEW LAYER FILL BUCKET black 3. RENDER LENS FLARE 50-300mm

Zoom REPEAT three times scattered throughout page

4. FILTER SKETCH CHROME DETAIL 6, SMOOTH 4

5. COLOR BALANCE BLUE TINT 6. DUPLICATE LAYER x2 (two times)

CHANGE MODES to LIGHTEN & OVERLAY (one for each new layer)

7. On the LIGHTEN LAYER FILTER DISTORTION WAVE (complete with settings to taste)

8. MERGE LAYERS, DUPLICATE, EDIT IMAGE FLIP HORIZONTAL, LAYER MODE LIGHTEN

9. Continue to DUPLICATE LAYERS and change directions: ROTATE 90° CW, ROTATE 90° CWW, FLIP HORIZTONAL, FLIP VERTICAL to taste

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CGI Effects: YOUR PROJECTCREATE A TUTORIAL

Your project is to create a tutorial of your own. In this tutorial, you should explain how to create a CGI effect. Use the tutorials you have done in class as a starting point. Copying a tutorial from the internet is not allowed. You may use internet tutorials to help you, but you should change them so that they are you have created something new, all on your own!

TIPS:

1. When experimenting, take notes. 2. Write down the steps you use to create certain effects. 3. Use the PRINT SCREEN function to capture screenshots as you work4. Paste these into a PPT5. Keep a desired outcome in mind – what are you trying to create?6. Teach someone! Make sure they can follow your “recipe”. 7. The tutorial should have at least 10 STEPS.

What to turn in?8. Your tutorial with 10 steps (minimum)9. Your PPT with screenshots 10. Your final image