Phil Coggan
~ Elite 1000 Member ~
Now we’re going to colour the background. It can be one colour, or graded colours, paterns, or you could import another picture there.
I’m going to use a dark and a light purple gradient.
Click the big ‘Foreground colour’ square. Select your colour in the chart and Ok it.
Click the big ‘Background colour’ square. Select your colour in the chart an Ok it.
I going to create a diagonal gradient but you can create horizontal, vertical, any combination.
Select ‘Layer 1’ (make it blue)
If you want just the one colour, click the ‘Paint Bucket’ tool (sixth down on right hand side) if it’s not showing, right click it, and double click the picture background or Edit > Fill.
The background will be cloured by whatever colour is in the Foreground Colour square.
Select the ‘Gradient tool’ (sixth down) Draw a line vertical across the picture with the cursor.
The next step is to blend in the knife with the background.
Enlarge the picture. Select the’Blur’ tool, (sixth down on the left)
You’ll need the bluring circle to be about as big as mine in the next picture.
If it’s not, click on ‘Brush’ (top tool bar) and adjust the slider.
The top tool bar should read 'Normal' and '100%.'
Select Background copy in Layers.
Run the circle along the edge of the knife, try and get half the circle on the knife and half on the background.
To get a realistic look, only blur the parts of the knife farthest away from you.
In the picture only a part of the handle has been blured.
Have fun.
Phil
I’m going to use a dark and a light purple gradient.
Click the big ‘Foreground colour’ square. Select your colour in the chart and Ok it.
Click the big ‘Background colour’ square. Select your colour in the chart an Ok it.
I going to create a diagonal gradient but you can create horizontal, vertical, any combination.
Select ‘Layer 1’ (make it blue)
If you want just the one colour, click the ‘Paint Bucket’ tool (sixth down on right hand side) if it’s not showing, right click it, and double click the picture background or Edit > Fill.
The background will be cloured by whatever colour is in the Foreground Colour square.
Select the ‘Gradient tool’ (sixth down) Draw a line vertical across the picture with the cursor.
The next step is to blend in the knife with the background.
Enlarge the picture. Select the’Blur’ tool, (sixth down on the left)
You’ll need the bluring circle to be about as big as mine in the next picture.
If it’s not, click on ‘Brush’ (top tool bar) and adjust the slider.
The top tool bar should read 'Normal' and '100%.'
Select Background copy in Layers.
Run the circle along the edge of the knife, try and get half the circle on the knife and half on the background.
To get a realistic look, only blur the parts of the knife farthest away from you.
In the picture only a part of the handle has been blured.
Have fun.
Phil
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