Pretty background for your arts in Photoshop!

[Brainer]

Hello. :)

I've decided to write this little tutorial, because a few people were fascinated of my latest work (I mean "Tokimeki"). :) So, here you are:

1. Create a new image with a transparent background.
2. Put some clouds on it (Filter->Render->Clouds).
3. Then use Difference Clouds filter four times.
4. The background looks like a glass wall, so we have to use the Glass Filter (Filter->Distort->Glass). Here are the settings you should use:
Distortion:14
Smoothness:2
Texture:Blocks
Scaling:50%
Invert:Checked
5. Duplicate the layer and change the layer's blending mode to Screen.
6. Blur it a little with the Gaussian Blur (Filter->Blur->Gaussian Blur).
7. Colorize it! :) (Ctrl+U).

Here is a little example:
http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/808/glasswallexow7.png

Hope you like it! :)

[noobie]

Ooo that looks easy, im gonna give this a go in gimp, hope it works...ill post it if it does :D

[noobie]

Omg......its turned out sooooo ****e lol. I dont have the same things to select as you do, so i varied it a bit to try and get it the same but its sooo not the same lol....look at the state of this...

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c142/farrah2108/crap.png

[Brainer]

That's why I use Photoshop. :) I don't say GIMP is weak or something like that, but Photoshop is more popular and it's easier to make good arts in it. Of course, it's all IMHO. :)

[firechameleon]

http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/6293/glasseffect101sd5.png (http://imageshack.us)

[firechameleon]

http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/1296/glasseffect202xm6.png (http://imageshack.us)