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Gibbo18 — A Guide to Glow
Published: 2006-06-21 19:21:06 +0000 UTC; Views: 15018; Favourites: 219; Downloads: 1997
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Well uh, as the title says... this particular tutorial is designed specifically to try and help those who want to get a good glow effect going. It was done using Paintshop, but the concepts used in it can easily be translated into Photoshop... the only differences between the two being that Photoshop might have different names for each tool.It'll definitely help if you're already quite experienced with how to do CGing (shading/highlights), and know how to make good use of layers... so this tut could probably be considered as aiming at an intermediate level.
Let me know if you find this useful! : D
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If yeh mean that back-glow, then yeah it is possible, you'll likely just need to use more layers, with some additional colours... for example I see that not only have shades of red been used there, but also some variations of light-purple.
I'm not quite sure what you mean by textured though, but I hope I've answered yer question : T
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well, I say textured because it looks kinda a faint fragmented glass texture was put over the glow and panned up o.0
I guess a person would have to watch anime that shows that kind of thing frequently
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*Shrugs* Dunno, they might be using some sort of masking layer, but I'm willing to bet it's easy enough to replicate that exact effect with the right tools
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Yeah..I just wish I had them/knew what they were ;-;
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Question: Could these steps be used in Photoshop as well? It's very detailed, I really like it. Thanks for making this.
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Thanks man, I reckon if you know your way around Photoshop then yeah you could replicate the steps... I've never used PS myself, but from what I hear both PS and PSP have the same sorta tools, just with different names. The basic concepts would still be the same at least : T
Glad yeh like it, thanks
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*nods* no problem, and thanks for answering my question.
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Very nice tut!! *must fav* my mouse actually looked purple while i was reading it though lol i had to blink quite a few times to get my eyes back to seeing it as white 
^____^
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Purple mouse, sounds quite intense XD
Well thank yah, I'm glad you found the tut useful!
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this is great, it's exactly what i need for the pic i'm doing right now, thanks and thanks for going into detail about shadows and stuff, i'm never really sure where to put them
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It's absolutely a pleasure to put the work and effort in, when people are able to find it useful!
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I agree, I've only done two but the comments I get back from peope back are really rewarding and worth the effort.
I've already started using yours and it's turning out pretty good, thanks again.
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that flamey purple glow thing is really cool!
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Thanks! It was fun to do ^^
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Yay! A Paint Shop Pro tutorial that teaches me something I haven't already taught myself how to (semi-decently) do! I'm going to have to try this some time! Thanks!
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Hooray for that then! XD
Many thanks, and for the fav too! I hope it helps yah
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yay! 
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Hehehe, I'm sure yeh'll be fine ^^
... as long as I'm decent with explaining these steps! XD
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you are, i just suck at layers ><
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wow awesome tut xD dundundun the secrets of gibbo-san's glowyness is revealed! i hope i can figure the photoshop way soon ^^''
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I'm sure it's pretty much the same idea with Photoshop, more or less!
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it probably wouldnt help me much, and i dont really do computer colouring very often 
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Yeeeah, I guess you do prefer the traditional route huh... thanks ^^
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I do, it seems... so much better, well atleast thats what i think
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Aye, I'm sure it's a lot less painless to be able to do it with traditional tools and so on... rather than trying to draw this stuff with a mouse!
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XD yah... definetly easier the traditional way
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Wow~ This will help x3 hope this works on open canvas~ -favz-
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Thanks, glad to be of help! If open canvas has the same tools and layer abilities, then it should work fine ^^
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AWESOME! This is just what i need.. I salute
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Glad tah hear it... always happy to help!
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You did good ^_^ I'm sure a lot of people will find it handy. The green text and font on the black can look a bit weird when you read it in paragraphs, just for future reference.
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Thanks KCA... heh, I guess I just like to use green when possible XD
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The green is fine, it's just that font in green in paragraphs XD It gets a bit psychedelic.
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VERY COOL GIBBO very cool 
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Heh, by the looks of it, yeh don't need to anyway... your style is very unique to yer own cartoons!
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Very cool! But... no credit? Hmz, whatever 
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Hahahaha, not as such dude... I used many different sources and materials to figure this one out... I just got the idea of using layers below each other, and the eraser thing from yah
But thanks definitely go your way for the advice yeh gave, it certainly helped!
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Ghehe, just kidding mate 
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Damn right, yeh need to do one on how you go about your CG madness!
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Yeah, I might... maybe
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wow Gibbster! u are da master! i'm going to try t now!!! but, even with ur tut..i still wont get it right!!! u.u
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Bah, yeh've got mad skillz... I'm sure yeh'll do just fine! ^^
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i hope so....I love the side comments! lol! Hardcore or what! XD
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I can't resist adding such useless things
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