Bling Effect

[Jay1Da]

Does anyone know how to do a bling effect like this one of this cd cover or something similar

http://empirerecords.com/cdimages/icebergblends5.gif

or

http://www.djarson.com/projects/Ball...%202002_lg.jpg

[Mark (theKeeper)]

Not sure, but are you referring to blending? As in the background blending effect?

"bling" is not a term i'm familiar with. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif[/img]

[Jay1Da]

i mean the diamond effect on those covers. bling is just a slang term..sorry
on the second pic, it says ball till you fall.. that graphic i want to know how to do

[thehermit]

there are various ways to achieve the 'bling' you want - to get that specific look, you could do worse than get a star shaped brush or 'x' shape.

make star shape on a new layer, duplicate star layer, gaussian blur original layer (if u make copy of original layer, then turn it off, helps if you make mistakes [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img] )switch back to top layer that is not blurred and change the layer mode to colour dodge or colour burn

without doing it myself i cant really think of a specific way of creating the 'bling' - some peeps may say stay away from the lens flare filter but used in conjunction with steps above could yield some ok results

When fish flew and forests walked
And fig grew upon thorn
Some moment when the moon was blood, then surely I was born

G.K.Chesterton - The Donkey

[Jay1Da]

I know about the brush with the star or x shape. i just want the diamond effect just like this http://www.djarson.com/projects/Ball...%202002_lg.jpg

[girlee32114]

Hey, I have the steps to making the effect. Send me an email: heidi@compumerchant.com and I'll be happy to give it to you or anyone else who wants it .

[girlee32114]

Hey Jay, I received your email about the bling effect. But somehow when i tried to send u a reply it said invalid email address. Could u send me another email address?

[Jay1Da]

here is my email double00n@yahoo.com

[spl_dodge]

I know this is old news, but try this link:

http://www.bingering.com/tnt/diamond.htm

[RJ Swift]

Yo' [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]

You could also go to PhotoshopCafe and you will see tutorials on making the shiny effect ("Bling"). Not only that, you will see how to do the shiny texture with a layer fill and adding noise to create that diamond surface, also, how to get the gold effect for the outside of the lettering if that's what you wish.

RJ Swift