simplesuperman Posted August 2, 2004 Share Posted August 2, 2004 Hey guys, ive been messin around in PS a lil and come up with pretty decent camo making routine, decent digital effect when i need to. i cant copy real camos, but if anyones interested in a different camo for their clan/mod or w/e, i think i can make a few custom orders. I use my own design, but u can ask for specific color types. I havent found a good helmet template though, so if anyone has one, could u point me in the right direction? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplesuperman Posted August 2, 2004 Author Share Posted August 2, 2004 heres a really cheezy thrown together one http://toml.ghostaholic.com/files/test.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Crocodile Posted August 2, 2004 Share Posted August 2, 2004 (edited) You can find god helmet templates on some DS tango skins....you need only to desaturate it and set the camo layer on "overlay"....works for me everytime. My wrinkles are not white like in Ruin´s great tutorial. Mine are darker (grey) so i can't use multiply. Overlay works way better. I hope it helps..... Edited August 2, 2004 by Sgt.Crocodile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplesuperman Posted August 2, 2004 Author Share Posted August 2, 2004 super, i was looking for a more blank version of the helmet, if u look at wildcat's templates, looks like he made himself a good blank one, theyre so nice and smooth anyways, thanks for the help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplesuperman Posted August 3, 2004 Author Share Posted August 3, 2004 hows this little piece of trash look? http://toml.ghostaholic.com/files/test2.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruin Posted August 3, 2004 Share Posted August 3, 2004 like in Ruin´s great tutorial. Awww.... good to see someone still remembers this old modding geezer. ######, not a bad start at all man. I can see some of the filters you used to get that effect. One isn't bad, but there are easier and better ways. The best way I know of... find a camo on google or something and use it, just a flat "no-wrinkle" pattern (There's plenty of them on the net). That's the best way to do digi patterns. Regular camo can be done with the VDL Adrenelaine Plug-in. Also, don't be afraid to hit up stock GR, DS and IT skins for wrinkle effects. One thing that's very fun to do (and makes a cool effect) is to take a regular uniform (with camo, not a plain colored one); greyscale it and use it as a wrinkle layer over an actual camo (or even one or two colors). It makes a neat effect if you're aiming for creativity instead of realism. Just don't be afraid to experiment. Which I can see you're not, so kudos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplesuperman Posted August 3, 2004 Author Share Posted August 3, 2004 cool,cool, thanks for the advice. always awesome to have the veterans help out! although i havent spent too much time on this camo stuff yet, my cartooning effect is my best so far, but i use that for some portfolio stuff so u guys have to make ur own Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexsis Posted August 4, 2004 Share Posted August 4, 2004 You can find god helmet templates on some DS tango skins....you need only to desaturate it and set the camo layer on "overlay"....works for me everytime. My wrinkles are not white like in Ruin´s great tutorial. Mine are darker (grey) so i can't use multiply. Overlay works way better. I hope it helps..... show us some samples please., we need samples so we can learn. thnx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruin Posted August 4, 2004 Share Posted August 4, 2004 @lexsis... Try this: Newest Tutorial Tutorial that featured wrinkles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplesuperman Posted August 5, 2004 Author Share Posted August 5, 2004 Hey Ruin, in relation to ur quote on ur sig, uve obviously been chosen to be a leader! Too cool for school, too cool for school Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexsis Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 @lexsis... Try this: Newest Tutorial Tutorial that featured wrinkles thanks man, I was actually asking for Sgt. Croc to post samples of "his" wrinkles to see what is different. by they way, I have used your tutorials to make some great skins of my own. thnx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suicide Commando Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 by they way, I have used your tutorials to make some great skins of my own. Post pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RabidLockerGnome Posted August 6, 2004 Share Posted August 6, 2004 probably the only difference is that they are grey instead of white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indy_BIA Posted August 7, 2004 Share Posted August 7, 2004 (edited) This might be a long post so please forgive me I will also try to post picture examples. I'll try to keep them small though. Here is a very simple and easy filter you can use in Photoshop and most likely Paint shop Pro to make camo. However, I am using Photoshop so I don't know the filter names with PSP as I've never used it. As Ruin mentioned the VDL camo plugin is very easy. I do recomend it for basic camo. This may not work well with pure black or dark colors. Make a new document and set the pixels to whatever size you'd like. Pick a color. I used an off green color hex code 414D44 Fill the layer with that color Now, go to Filter, Artisic, Sponge. Now you should have 3 options. Brush size, Definition, and Smoothness. If you set all of them to the max (all the way to the right) you should get something that looks like this There you go. Instant Camo!! It's that easy. Experiment with the settings. Brush size is exactly what it sounds like. It's the size of the brush. Definition makes the image clear or blury. Smoothness will smooth out the brush edges. If you'd like to make a really easy cheap Digital Camo. Simply set the brush size to whatever you like. Max out the Definition and set the smoothness to 1. You'll get an image that looks like this. There you go. An quick easy way to make a camo Edited August 7, 2004 by Indy_BIA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexsis Posted August 8, 2004 Share Posted August 8, 2004 by they way, I have used your tutorials to make some great skins of my own. Post pics. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v325/lex...sh_splinter.bmp here's one I made, its a splinter pattern from poland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stalker Posted August 8, 2004 Share Posted August 8, 2004 nice pattern lexsis! you made them yourself? great job on that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexsis Posted August 8, 2004 Share Posted August 8, 2004 thank you stalker, I have about 50 patterns altogether, some are really nice, some are not. Im going to release them all right after my mod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruin Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 ###### and lexsis, thanks guys. @Indy, an excellent process. It looks great. A hint to all... I used to just paint the camo as I wanted it. This way I could control how it laid on the knees etc. I use the same "spray-paint" technique from weapons. I just throw some color down and manipulate it as I want. It's harder, but looks real good if it works. Another cool thing to add on camo pants (even shirts) is find high-impact points (mainly the knees and elbows) and use the airbrush to put a bit of "dirt" on there. Face it, no soldier is going to come out of battle spic-and-span. It looks real good on the knees and even better on the elbows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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