Tut: Realistic Sun Rays

[AbAppletic 446]

Hey! So I was surprised on how there was no tutorials for this, so I decided to make my own text tut!

Video tutorial

Final result:

Note: FOLLOW EVERY STEP BY EVERY STEP HERE. It looks bad at the beginning.

Step 0: Set up your scene in Mineimator.

Step 1: Open your image in Photoshop (PS):

Step 2: Create a new layer, then select your shape (in the new layer) using the lasso tool that the light will be in.  Now, select your fill bucket tool and fill that area.

Step 3: Light isn't that straight forward, we need some kind of blur: Add Gaussian blur: Go to filter>Blur?Gaussian blur. Set it at a radius of 15->30. Your choice, choose what looks best.

 Step 4: Light is opaque. Change the opacity of the layer. lower it to what looks best.

Step 5: Create a layer mask by clicking the little icon at the bottom of the layers panel.

Step 6: Light fades. So we want to make it fade. To do so: Select your gradient tool. And make sure the type of gradient is "Black to transparent" is selected. Now drag from the beginning of your light ray, to around half of it. This will make a fade effect.

Step 7: Do this on all other windows. Higher the opacity if needed.

Your're done!

[BBruce7815 2k]

useful and can be used in other programs, 1+

[DigitalEvorian 2.5k]

Error: ineffecient ownage of PhotoShop.

[Marten 628]

That video tutorial is just as good as the text one.

[GbStudio 1.6k]

As I don't have photoshop on my current system, it would be nice to know in the title that an external program is needed. It would be a nice clarification before I click

[Trollfa 1k]

1 minute ago, GbStudio said:

As I don't have photoshop on my current system, it would be nice to know in the title that an external program is needed. It would be a nice clarification before I click

You can get the same thing out of Paint.Net (which is free.)

[GbStudio 1.6k]

Just now, BAC0NB0Y said:

You can get the same thing out of Paint.Net (which is free.)

The point is that the title should say that an external program was used. I was interested in this post because I thought that there was a way to do the sun rays IN Mineimator

[LolDoge 718]

y u rick rol me?

[AbAppletic 446]

15 hours ago, LolDoge said:

y u rick rol me?

Cuz

16 hours ago, DigitalEvorian said:

Error: ineffecient ownage of PhotoShop.

I got it for free, all you do is download the trial and replace a dll with one you can download from the internet and replace it with the one already in PS. SInce dlls are not extractables, then it can't be a virus, unless you download an exe.

[crustyjpeg 2.7k]

Neat guide!

23 hours ago, DigitalEvorian said:

Error: ineffecient ownage of PhotoShop.

It can be done it Gimp!  (If you don't have it, it is really useful.)

[ÜberKiller 7.5k]

Gonna mark this for later so I can see the guide. Looks interesting so far, but I cannot view the images which is a massive hinderance.

[AbAppletic 446]

I'm going to make a paint.net guide. @ÜberKiller I willl post it in here. Or should I create a separate topic?

[ÜberKiller 7.5k]

10 hours ago, AbAppletic said:

I'm going to make a paint.net guide. @ÜberKiller I willl post it in here. Or should I create a separate topic?

All depends. If the paint.net guide has to do with Mine-imator, it will be fine. However if it has to do with starting up in paint.net more, then don't post it here.

[AbAppletic 446]

17 hours ago, ÜberKiller said:

All depends. If the paint.net guide has to do with Mine-imator, it will be fine. However if it has to do with starting up in paint.net more, then don't post it here.

Yeah, I'll just create a new post, since it's a completely different story than PS

[ÜberKiller 7.5k]

Got to read and look at the guide a little better. Must say the end result is nice enough without looking too "realistic" for minecraft standards.