Matrix effect

[Mel76]

Ok having never done this before you're all gonna have to bear with me LOL

this is what you're going to create ...
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d120/lurchermel/matrixtutfinal.gif

Ok open photoshop

Press ctrl and d to make sure your colours are set to default

File/New
I did 350 by 150
set background to background colour (should be white)
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d120/lurchermel/matrixtut1.png


Now you need to goto filter/texture/ grain and use the settings intensity - 100
contrast anything between 75 and 100 and change the grain type to vertical..
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d120/lurchermel/matrixtut2copy.png

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d120/lurchermel/matrixtut3.png

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d120/lurchermel/matrixtut6.png



Now you need filter/artistic/neon glow
glow size - 5
glow brightness - 15
glow colour - green
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d120/lurchermel/matrixtutneonglow.png
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d120/lurchermel/matrixtut5.png
Now you need filter/stylize/glowing edges

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d120/lurchermel/matrixtut4.png

edge width - 1
edge brightness - 8
smoothness - 1
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d120/lurchermel/matrixtut7.png

This is your still matrix effect now you need to duplicate the layer twice - layer/duplicate layer

Now you're ready to goto imageready...

While in the first animation frame, select the move tool and move Layer 1 (the top layer) all the way to the top of the frame. Out of sight. You can do this by selecting the move tool then pressing the up arrow on your keyboard this way it keeps the layers in line ;)
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d120/lurchermel/matrixtut8.png
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d120/lurchermel/matrixtut9.png

Create another animation frame and with the 2nd animation frame highlighted move the 1st layer back to its original position .
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d120/lurchermel/matrixtut10.png

In the same animation frame. Using the move tool, you now move Layer 2 (the middle layer) to the bottom of the frame till it's out of sight.
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d120/lurchermel/matriztut11.png


Set your timing to 0.1 on the animation tab if you want the code to move slower, you can also use "No Delay" if you want the code to move faster. Play with the timing settings to see what you like..
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d120/lurchermel/matrixtut12.png

now select tween, and add 5 frames...

Delete frame 7 on the animation tab ..

Now all that's left to do is file/save optimised as

and there you have it ..

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d120/lurchermel/matrixtutfinal.gif



sorry if it's poop I've not done this before :P

[noobie]

brilliant tutorial hun.....thanks for doing it, they can take a while cant they... i can see quite a few people trying this one out. :D
I cant though, being a gimp user lol, i might see if i can find a gimp matrix tut hehe

[Mel76]

too right it takes aaaaaaaages ... and I bet I missed bits out or summat :S

[gromit]

Nice tut Mel!! looks perfect to me!

* lick *

..::gromit::..

[Mel76]

Nice tut Mel!! looks perfect to me!

* lick *

..::gromit::..

Ohh coolies nice one then :D

[tradedemon]

nice one im going to have a go at this myself :)

[Mel76]

Nice one can you let me know if it was easy to follow ect and can I see how your stuff comes out aswell .. would be nice to see

[diesel]

i deffo have a go at this 1!!!!

1 thing is with how it is written i got confused a couple of times becuz u have the pics showing before the instructions, might wanna reverse that.

[Mel76]

Ok I'll look in a bit and edit it then ....

[gromit]

And meanwhile ill lick you!

*lick* Mel

..::gromit::..

[Mel76]

Lmao while you were licking me I've edited it and added a screenshot aswell ... is this any better now ? Booga Booga 8)

.oO(Bet none of you notice any difference LMAO )

[diesel]

i had a go, its a nice easy tut, well done!

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m127/acerv551/Untitled-1-1.gif

[Mel76]

Oooo nice one diesel .... its good to see the result .... looks great ... glad it was easy for you to follow aswell :)

fabtastic !!!

[noobie]

excellent sig diesel

Brill work on the tutorial mel.
Ive donated you 50 points for your tutorial mel, its ace. :D

[Mel76]

cheers noobie I really wasn't expecting that at all ... thanks

[noobie]

No probs hun, ya deserve it, theyre very time consuming and you did a really good job hun

[Mel76]

Come on peeps I want to see how yours come out ... do the tut it's really good to see how things have turned out for people ....

ok people it's make Mel happy day and in order to make me happy you have to do this tutorial and post your results lol

Thankyou

[Dantekain]

Briljant tut Mel76...I'll give it a try someday...

[Eretix]

Ive done it but how can i upload it animated? when i try to upload then it is just a pic + i cant save with any other format than psd in imageready

[diesel]

when u go to save it in imageready go file>save optimized as

then it will save as a .gif file :D

[Eretix]

Tnx diesel

well heres my try...made it for a friend

http://www.signaturebar.com/uploads/images/21091.gif

[bigun]

ive just made this matrix sig using PS CS3 but when i come to save it, there is no save optamised as, i'm not using image ready, animation is built into PS CS3. When i upload the sig its not animated.

Can anyone help, Cheers

[fiqe]

i have no idea how to animate :P

doesnt work for me...

[redruM]

i have no idea how to animate :P

doesnt work for me...

Whenever you go to click Save As you manually type in the extension .gif. It will then prompt you asking if you would like to save as an animation. Then it will give you another few prompts that are self explanitory.

[Blade]

My outcome ^^ . Matrix is one of my fav movies so....
http://www.signaturebar.com/uploads/images/22810.gif

[jonstosik]

wow this is nice, ill go try it out. will post it here if it works out