We have something new here – written tutorials! Morten aka LuX is more into writing than making a video – and I (Rolf) love written tutorials and prefer them over video if they have enough images.

And now I give over to LuX, who will show you how to make a Grandfathers Clock from scratch:

This is something I’ve been working on the last month. I wanted to emulate a old longcase clock aka grandfather clock standing in our living room.

You can download the final XCF.

This tutorial isn’t difficult. I follow the KISS rule; Keep It Simple, Stupid!
Feel free to respond and create you own version maybe upload in user gallery in the forum.

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Philippe was working on bank notes – but it turned out to be a too big task for the available time. The designers of these notes have one thing on top of their minds – make it difficult to copy.

With the money being on the back burner, Philippe made us a bowl of soup – absolutely low on calories and from scratch.

You’ll see how to get a textured plane into the shape of the soup, create reflections and steam and to control the light.

The TOC by wbool63

00:18 Philippe talks about the Bank Note problems
02:30 The soup bowl from scratch
03:10 Prepare the texture layer of the bowl
04:10 Design the rim pattern for the bowl
07:00 Use noise filter and bump map to give a ceramic texture to the bowl
08:55 Map to sphere to create the bowl
10:45 Create shadow for bowl
11:45 Use selective blur from Quickmask for shadow using gradient
14:00 Use perspective tool to clean up shadow
15:30 Fill the bowl; use subtract selections to cut the shape
18:08 Prepare the soup using Whirl and Pinch, Waves and perspective tool
23:30 Make steam, using copied layers and individual Iwarps
29:30 Blur image behind steam
30:50 Shadow from rim onto soup
33:50 Phillipe recaps actions, goodbye

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A metal sign has been sitting on a wooden wall for decades, rusting away in the weather.Nobody really cared.

But in reality this sign was made from scratch by Philippe, with a generous amout of bump mapping and applying plasma. Two things are to be thought about – making this three dimensional and getting the age effects right. Rust blooms and runs and so there are several ways to go to emulate it.

Every time I watch one of these shows I am stunned by the ease of making a three dimensional effect with some simple shadows.

Do you have any ideas for future “From Scratch” shows? Post them here in the comments or go to the forum! It’s not that we are running out of ideas really soon, but a little input from you would be very appreciated.

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will follow

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