Multi colored clouds?

Black Lightning · 10-21-2003, 11:28 PM

I know the technique for 2 colored clouds, but I cant seem to find a way the do a 4 colored based cloud. What am i missing?

Rantin Al · 10-22-2003, 12:19 AM

(Stu/ Erik, this should probably be better in New Users area, ta Al)

Hiya Black Lightning, for your multi coloured clouds try this.

Fill layer with any colour. (The Clouds Filter will not work on a transparent layer)

1. Pick foreground and background colours.
2. Filter > Render > Clouds.
3. Choose another pair of colours.
4. Filter >Render > Difference Clouds. (Still on the same layer)
5. Optional but recommended just for the fun.
Hit Command + F (MAC) or Control + F (PC) to re-apply the last filter again and again..

This will give something similar (probably not) to the attachment below.

You could try changing to a third or even fourth pair of colours instead! Try it and see. Twiddle, experiment and have fun.

Al.[/i]

MindBender · 10-22-2003, 12:42 AM

Another thing to try would be to render black and white clouds and then use a gradient map to apply color to them.

Ferlin · 10-22-2003, 02:51 AM

Rantin al,
How come I've never heard you rant and why can't you spell color right.
I did what you suggested and that little trick with difference and command F really opens things up to the the heavens. Reminds me of William Blake.
I just got a wacom tablet and have been playing with that, setting it to color dynamics. I thought these sluggy little things went well with the clouds.
I'll have to try the gradient map once I find out what it is.
Ferlin

Well , iguess you can't see my pic on this forum. Maybe I'll put it on the showboard if I can break the grip of tryin out new things with my new
pressure sensitive pen

10-22-2003, 03:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ferlin

Rantin al,
How come I've never heard you rant and why can't you spell color right.

Al lives in Scotland (I checked his profile), so his spelling is correct. Btw, most people in the world spell 'colour'.
English spelling differs in some countries, didn't you know that Ferlin?

markzebra · 10-22-2003, 03:42 AM

Ferlin!!! whaydya mean "cant spell color right" ??. Rantin and I are from a place slightly North of the country that invented the language

. By the way you'll find that William Blake spelled it that way too.

I think Mindbenders suggestion of the Gradient Map is the neatest suggestion here, you can have as many [size=18px]colours[/size] as you want and set it up as an adjustment layer. Control F can still be used to give different random distributions

anepu · 10-22-2003, 04:06 AM

You're not the only one Ferlan.

I also thought that spelling "colour" in this way must have been a typo the first time I saw it here.

Was a while back but I think I did a google search on the word Colour and found it is legit.

Helped me to learn something I never would have been aware of outside of the usa.

Rantin al [righton]

tranquil222 · 10-22-2003, 07:31 AM

I think colour is a more beautiful word than color, here is my tribute:

MindBender · 10-22-2003, 08:54 AM

Not entirely true... only english speaking languages would spell it that way. Other languages would spell it completely differen't... in fact it would probably be a different word all together. In non-western countries it wouldn't even have the same letters. Why you never know how people might spell things in other parts of the world...

Hafa na kulot i nganga'?

Kulot apaka' i nganga'.
[shhh]

Rantin Al · 10-22-2003, 12:36 PM

[upset] DAAH! What do you mean 'Never Rant'???

Get back on topic you bunch of Tumshie Heided Sassenachs!!

Will that do for now?

Read the true history of the origins of "Rantin' Al, the First" in the letters page of Computer Arts issue 65.
That was the abridged version, He! He!
I had been trying for ages to get into CArts for ages but I meant the exposure section. I was surprised when they printed it.

It was generally noted as one of the finest rants that had ever been heard in a long time.
I did kinda set the heather on fire, admittedly.

Al.