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<blockquote data-quote="Nytmare" data-source="post: 5063733" data-attributes="member: 55178"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: Red">How Nytmare Would Go About Making a Lava-ey Map</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: White"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: White">Mostly I'm doing this cause I've never tried lava before. Beyond that, I think I'm going to need to do a lava filled map soon so I wanted to figure out my process a bit.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: White"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: White"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: White"><strong>STEP I - Google Up Some Inspiration</strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: White"><strong></strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: White">I spent a lot of time looking at lava flows, and then remembered how the Balrog looked in Lord of the Rings and googled him a bunch too. With those images firmly implanted in my mind, I proceeded to open up Photoshop and leap into step 2.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: White"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: White"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: White"><strong>STEP II - Bottoms Up</strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: White"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: White">I usually do my maps starting with the floor and working my way up, so I figured I'd start with the lava.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: White"></span></span><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: White">New Layer > Fill it with black</span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: White">Filter > Render > Difference Clouds > Hit Cntrl-f about a gazillion times.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: White">Right about now you should have something that looks like this:</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: White"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: White"></span></span><img src="http://www.pmw.org/nytmare/dnd/lava/1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">Large spans of twisty white will probably be important since those will end up being our highlights. Make sure you've got a fair bit of those.</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">Repeat the process on a new layer so that you end up with two different twisty, cloudy things.</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">Go to the top layer and set it to Overlay.</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left"><img src="http://www.pmw.org/nytmare/dnd/lava/2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">Futz with the contrast of that top layer till you get a nice even spread of swirly madness.</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left"><img src="http://www.pmw.org/nytmare/dnd/lava/3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">Hot hot hot! Cntrl-b brings up the Color Balance window. Play with the red and yellow levels in the shadows, mid tones, and highlights in each layer.</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left"><img src="http://www.pmw.org/nytmare/dnd/lava/4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">Now we have lava.</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left"><strong>STEP III - When I Get Back on Solid Ground</strong></p> <p style="text-align: left"><strong></strong><p style="margin-left: 20px">New layer! > Fill it with black!</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: White">Filter > Render > Difference Clouds > Hit Cntrl-f about half as many a gazillion times as you did for the lava</span></span>.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: White"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">This is what mine looks like:</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: White"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: White"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><img src="http://www.pmw.org/nytmare/dnd/lava/5.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: White"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: White"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Now, go to the Channels Window, and drag one of the channels down to the new channel icon</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: White"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: White"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><img src="http://www.pmw.org/nytmare/dnd/lava/6.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: White"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: White"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Then, go back to Layers</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: White"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><p style="margin-left: 20px">Make new layer > Fill it with a nice mid-range gray</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Filter > Render > Lighting Effects </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p></p> <p style="text-align: left"><img src="http://www.pmw.org/nytmare/dnd/lava/7.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: White"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> Which should leave you with something that looks kinda like this:</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: White"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: White"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><img src="http://www.pmw.org/nytmare/dnd/lava/8.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: White"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: White"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><span style="color: White"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Hey that looks like rocks!</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: White"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: White"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: White"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>STEP IV - Roman Numerals Are Pretentious</strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: White"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong></strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: White"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong></strong>So. At this point, if you've been following directions, and as long as I didn't screw anything up, you should have 3 layers. One layer of rock up on top, and two layers of lava underneath. Now comes the part where we poke holes in the ground and let the lava through.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: White"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: White"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Select the top layer (the ground layer) and click on the Add Vector Mask button. </span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: White"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: White"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><img src="http://www.pmw.org/nytmare/dnd/lava/9.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: White"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: White"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">It's that little square with a circle in it button on the bottom of the Layer window.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: White"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: White"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Now, to explain what a vector mask is doing, everything in the mask that you paint black, will show what 's underneath that layer. Everything that's white, will show the layer that you're on. You can get the same effect by erasing the layer you're on, but the mask isn't destructive. You can go back and forth, painting things black and white, and you never have to worry about losing something important.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: White"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: White"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">So, make sure you click on not only the ground layer, but the vector mask on that layer. Select the paint brush (I'd suggest a smaller brush, with a soft edge, and a paint opacity of about 50%) and start painting out the spots where you want to see lava.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: White"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: White"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><img src="http://www.pmw.org/nytmare/dnd/lava/10.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">So there's a quick run-through of at least my first attempt. The one thing I thought was really neat about pictures of lava flows and fields, which I didn't manage to capture with this run, was the sense of movement to both the lava and the cooled flow. We'll see what I end up going with.</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nytmare, post: 5063733, member: 55178"] [CENTER][FONT=Arial Black][SIZE=5][COLOR=Red]How Nytmare Would Go About Making a Lava-ey Map[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [LEFT][FONT=Arial][COLOR=White] Mostly I'm doing this cause I've never tried lava before. Beyond that, I think I'm going to need to do a lava filled map soon so I wanted to figure out my process a bit. [B]STEP I - Google Up Some Inspiration [/B] I spent a lot of time looking at lava flows, and then remembered how the Balrog looked in Lord of the Rings and googled him a bunch too. With those images firmly implanted in my mind, I proceeded to open up Photoshop and leap into step 2. [B]STEP II - Bottoms Up[/B] I usually do my maps starting with the floor and working my way up, so I figured I'd start with the lava. [/COLOR][/FONT][INDENT][FONT=Arial][COLOR=White]New Layer > Fill it with black[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=White]Filter > Render > Difference Clouds > Hit Cntrl-f about a gazillion times.[/COLOR][/FONT] [/INDENT][FONT=Arial][COLOR=White]Right about now you should have something that looks like this: [/COLOR][/FONT][IMG]http://www.pmw.org/nytmare/dnd/lava/1.jpg[/IMG] Large spans of twisty white will probably be important since those will end up being our highlights. Make sure you've got a fair bit of those. Repeat the process on a new layer so that you end up with two different twisty, cloudy things. Go to the top layer and set it to Overlay. [IMG]http://www.pmw.org/nytmare/dnd/lava/2.jpg[/IMG] Futz with the contrast of that top layer till you get a nice even spread of swirly madness. [IMG]http://www.pmw.org/nytmare/dnd/lava/3.jpg[/IMG] Hot hot hot! Cntrl-b brings up the Color Balance window. Play with the red and yellow levels in the shadows, mid tones, and highlights in each layer. [IMG]http://www.pmw.org/nytmare/dnd/lava/4.jpg[/IMG] Now we have lava. [B]STEP III - When I Get Back on Solid Ground [/B][INDENT]New layer! > Fill it with black! [FONT=Arial][COLOR=White]Filter > Render > Difference Clouds > Hit Cntrl-f about half as many a gazillion times as you did for the lava[/COLOR][/FONT]. [/INDENT][COLOR=White][FONT=Arial]This is what mine looks like: [/FONT][/COLOR][IMG]http://www.pmw.org/nytmare/dnd/lava/5.jpg[/IMG] [COLOR=White][FONT=Arial] Now, go to the Channels Window, and drag one of the channels down to the new channel icon [/FONT][/COLOR][IMG]http://www.pmw.org/nytmare/dnd/lava/6.jpg[/IMG] [COLOR=White][FONT=Arial] Then, go back to Layers [/FONT][/COLOR][INDENT]Make new layer > Fill it with a nice mid-range gray Filter > Render > Lighting Effects [/INDENT][IMG]http://www.pmw.org/nytmare/dnd/lava/7.jpg[/IMG] [COLOR=White][FONT=Arial] Which should leave you with something that looks kinda like this: [/FONT][/COLOR][IMG]http://www.pmw.org/nytmare/dnd/lava/8.jpg[/IMG] [COLOR=White][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=White][FONT=Arial]Hey that looks like rocks! [B]STEP IV - Roman Numerals Are Pretentious [/B]So. At this point, if you've been following directions, and as long as I didn't screw anything up, you should have 3 layers. One layer of rock up on top, and two layers of lava underneath. Now comes the part where we poke holes in the ground and let the lava through. Select the top layer (the ground layer) and click on the Add Vector Mask button. [/FONT][/COLOR][IMG]http://www.pmw.org/nytmare/dnd/lava/9.jpg[/IMG] [COLOR=White][FONT=Arial] It's that little square with a circle in it button on the bottom of the Layer window. Now, to explain what a vector mask is doing, everything in the mask that you paint black, will show what 's underneath that layer. Everything that's white, will show the layer that you're on. You can get the same effect by erasing the layer you're on, but the mask isn't destructive. You can go back and forth, painting things black and white, and you never have to worry about losing something important. So, make sure you click on not only the ground layer, but the vector mask on that layer. Select the paint brush (I'd suggest a smaller brush, with a soft edge, and a paint opacity of about 50%) and start painting out the spots where you want to see lava. [/FONT][/COLOR][IMG]http://www.pmw.org/nytmare/dnd/lava/10.jpg[/IMG] So there's a quick run-through of at least my first attempt. The one thing I thought was really neat about pictures of lava flows and fields, which I didn't manage to capture with this run, was the sense of movement to both the lava and the cooled flow. We'll see what I end up going with. [/LEFT] [/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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