| The following
tutorial was adapted from various brushed metal tutorials I found on the
web. Most of them were for other applications so this one is adapted and
added to for Painter
6.
I chose to
use a softer brushed effect than ones seen in other tutorials. Vary
the settings and colors as needed to create your own improvements. At the
bottom of this tutorial are some brief notes for another method based partially
on this one.
1. Open
a new Canvas.
2.In
the Art Materials palette, Gradient section, choose the black
and white Gradient.
3.If
necessary, in the Colors section, click the Foreground Color
and make it black then click the Background Color and make it white.
Click the double ended sweep arrow next to the Foreground Color
and Background Color swatches to reverse their order.
4. In
the Gradient section menu, choose Edit Gradient then click
and drag the small triangles along the bottom of the Gradient bar
to rearrange the black and white order. To add an intermediate grey, click
the bottom of the Gradient bar to create a new triangle, then drag
it to the left of the center triangle. Click again and drag the second
new triangle an equal distance to the right of the center triangle. One
at a time, click each of these new triangles and, in the Art Materials
palette, Colors section, choose the appropriate grey. When your
Gradient
is set the way you want it, click the OK button.
5. In
the Objects palette,
Layers section menu, choose New Layer
(this is Layer 1 and you'll be working on Layer 1 for the
next few steps).
6. In
the Art Materials palette, Colors section, choose a medium
grey.
7. In
the Effects menu, choose Fill,
Using: Current Color.
8. In
the Brushes palette, choose the Pen category, 1-Pixel
variant.
9. In
the Brushes palette,
Stroke menu, choose Record Stroke.
10. In
the Art Materials palette, Colors section, choose black.
11. Click
the Brush tool, then click once anywhere in the image to make a
1-pixel black dot.
12.In
the Brushes palette, Stroke menu, choose Save Stroke and name your stroke
"1-pixel black".
13.In
the Select menu, choose All, then in the Edit menu, choose Clear (to clear
Layer
1).
14.In
the Brushes palette, Stroke menu, choose
Strokes and
check the stroke named "1-pixel black".
15.In
the Brushes palette, Stroke menu, choose
Auto Playback,
carefully watch the "1-pixel black" stroke fill Layer 1 and
when you want it to stop playing back, click in the center of your image.
If it goes too far, filling Layer 1, in the Edit menu, choose
Undo
and play back the stroke again, clicking to stop it sooner than on the
first try. If you want more dots, choose Auto Playback again and
click to stop the playback when it reaches the desired dot density.
16. In
the Effects menu, choose Focus, then Motion Blur and
use the following settings: Radius: 39.86, Angle: 0°,
Thinness:
1%.
17. Click
the Layer Adjuster tool and, in the Controls:Adjuster palette,
Composite
Methods list, choose Hard Light.
To see more
brushed metal samples, go to the next
page.
ANOTHER
METHOD (and probably easire): Try
using this method to create the brushed metal texture:
1. Fill
the Canvas with light grey.
2. Play
back the 1-pixel stroke.
3. Select,
All
and click with the Layer Adjuster tool to lift the image to Layer
1.
4. Apply
Motion
Blur.
5. In
the Effects menu, choose Orientation,
Scale, uncheck
the Constrain Aspect Ratio box and type 120% in the
Horizontal
Scale: box. This will eliminate uneven texture at the right and
left edges of the motion-blurred selection. (If the Motion Blur
is vertical, type 120% in the
Vertical Scale: box.)
6. Select,
All
and, in the
Patterns menu, choose Capture Pattern then give
it a name.
NOTE: This
Pattern
can be used to Apply Surface Texture as well, by
Using: Original
Luminance.
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