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[wanda]

Hi .. I have looked every where for a tutorial that shows how to make this dna kind of effect. En example is here

http://www.computerarts.co.uk/tutorials/ne...e_pdf_portfolio

Please help!

[Dance]

to some extent it can be made in both PS and Illustrator using paths and setting up repetitive move/scale/rotate options. For complex shapes and twirls which utilizes mixed perspectives (like in your example image) id recommended the use of a 3d oriented application such as cinema 4d, blender or 3ds studio max.

First creating a plane 2 sided sheet and apply a lined texture with transparency between the lines to the sheet. Then twist it around with the applications native tools and modifiers, set up a camera with a dramatic point of view and focal length and render it to a tiff with a stored alpha channel for the transparency, then do recoloring and additional effects in PS.

That the basic work flow id use. If you cannot find a specific tutorial that takes you all the way then you have to combine smaller tutorials, basic primitives-> modeling -> uv mapping and texturing -> rendering and collect your knowledge that way.

[Donna]

Looks like sinedots to me, theres a free plugin for photoshop that does those.

http://www.philipp-s...op/sinedots.php
http://www.philipp-s...p/sinedots2.php

[Dance]

Cool, haven't seen that before.

[Scythar]

In illustrator:

make random curve with pentool (copy and past it several times if you want):
 Original.jpg   89.13K   72 downloads

(i did 1 copy for demo, 2 colors)

position them;

then use blend tool:
 blendtool.jpg   7.82K   76 downloads

click a point on first then corresponding on next:
 click1.jpg   44.78K   71 downloads
 click2.jpg   24.29K   81 downloads

then change options:
 blendoptions.jpg   50.08K   76 downloads

 optionsAdjust.jpg   16.73K   69 downloads


 endresult.jpg   120.36K   76 downloads

Edited by Scythar, 09 July 2007 - 04:36 AM.

[Scythar]

this you can do with several curves and several colors.
each will have dif results !
experiment!

f.ex. blend in 5 steps, then change color of those 5 and blend again... just little tip.

Edited by Scythar, 09 July 2007 - 04:41 AM.