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Deep in the Antarctic, when the penguin population reaches critical mass, an unusual ritual takes place... This tutorial shows you how to recreate this unique and somewhat unusual spectacle using KPT effects Scatter and a 'black and white mask' technique. We've included the original image for you to work with as well as a KPT preset file for the first step of the tutorial. Click the appropriate link below to download the image and presets for your system. If you would like to see a larger version of the final image, click the sample image below. |
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This tutorial demonstrates a way to control the placement of particles with KPT effects Scatter. Using a selection to apply Scatter to can be useful but there are some instances where you don't want the outer particles to be clipped with the boundaries of the selection. To get around this all you need to do is create a white layer above the base image and then paint black areas wherever you would like the particles to be applied. When you go into Scatter there are two most important things to do to make sure it applies correctly. Go into the Packing Panel and change the Density setting to Luminance, with 0% density at 255 and a high density at 0 luminance. When you have done this, the particles will apply to the areas you painted black on the top layer. |
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You don't want the top layer to contain anything other than your particles when you've finished so check the "Clear underlying" check box. This will remove the white and black layer and give you the particles on top of your original image. |
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We apply the penguins in 4 layers, trying to give a bit of sense of distance by varying the size of the particles depending on how far away are in the image and changing luminance and shadows depending on where we think the light is coming from at any given point. We'll look at the settings in more depth with each step. So, with that in mind, onward to the ice floes! |
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