Creative Effects Challenge No. 39 - Stained Glass Effect
Nov 5, 2016 5:17:29 GMT
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Post by Tpgettys on Nov 5, 2016 5:17:29 GMT
Overview:
Find a line drawing for your stained glass window. You will keep only the lines and make them look like the leading in a stained glass window. You then color each of the panes, finishing it off with a glass texture.
There are thousands of great line art drawings; search for Stained Glass Patterns. Here are some examples: Patterns and More Patterns or make your own!
I look forward to seeing your colorful creations!!! If any of the instructions are unclear I will be glad to help out. This is a fun and satisfying technique, so I hope you will give it a go!
Find a line drawing for your stained glass window. You will keep only the lines and make them look like the leading in a stained glass window. You then color each of the panes, finishing it off with a glass texture.
There are thousands of great line art drawings; search for Stained Glass Patterns. Here are some examples: Patterns and More Patterns or make your own!
- Extract the Outlines
- Open a line art image that you like in PSE and check the image size; it should be at least 1000x1000 pixels (if it’s not, click Image>Resize>Image Size… and resize it).
- Duplicate the layer (Ctrl-J), select the Magic Wand tool, set the Tolerance to about 40 and uncheck Contiguous. Click in a white area to select all the white, then tap delete so that all that remains are the lines. Deselect (Ctrl-D or ESC).
- Duplicate the lines layer (Ctrl-J), naming the top layer Leading and the layer below it Colors. Hide the bottom layer so you see just the lines.
- Open a line art image that you like in PSE and check the image size; it should be at least 1000x1000 pixels (if it’s not, click Image>Resize>Image Size… and resize it).
- Create the Leading
- Select the top layer (Leading) then Ctrl-click the thumbnail in the layers panel to select all. Set the foreground color to a nice grey and using the Paint Bucket tool click in the selection.
- Click Effects, Styles, then select Strokes from the drop-down menu and choose Black Stroke 05px. To give the lines a 3D effect, select Bevels from the drop-down menu and choose one you like (I used Simple Emboss).
- Click Layers in the Panel Bin, then the layer style (fx). Here you can play with the Lighting Angle, Bevel Size and Stroke Size. You can also change the color of the stroke from black to grey. Adjust to your liking.
- Select the top layer (Leading) then Ctrl-click the thumbnail in the layers panel to select all. Set the foreground color to a nice grey and using the Paint Bucket tool click in the selection.
- Color the panes! Select the Colors layer to make it active. Select the Magic Wand tool, and this time check Contiguous.
- Using the Magic Wand tool, click in each of the panes that are to receive the same color.
- Select a foreground color. Select the Paint Bucket tool and click in one of the selected panes to color them.
- Deselect all (Ctrl-D or ESC) and repeat steps 3a and 3b until the entire image is colored.
- Using the Magic Wand tool, click in each of the panes that are to receive the same color.
- Create the look of hand-made glass
- Create a new layer between the Leading and Colors layers: Select the Colors layer and click Layer>New>Layer… Name it Glass Texture.
- Set your foreground and background colors to the default by pressing D on the keyboard. Make the foreground a dark grey instead of black, then click Filter>Render>Clouds.
- Click Filter>Distort>Glass, texture Frosted. I used a Distortion of 18, a Smoothness of 8 and a Scaling of 160, but adjust until you are satisfied with the glass effect. Click OK.
- Now change the blend mode of the Glass Texture layer to Linear Burn and there you have it!
- Create a new layer between the Leading and Colors layers: Select the Colors layer and click Layer>New>Layer… Name it Glass Texture.
I look forward to seeing your colorful creations!!! If any of the instructions are unclear I will be glad to help out. This is a fun and satisfying technique, so I hope you will give it a go!
