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3D Tubes

This tutorial shows you 1 way you can use photoshop to create 3D looking tubes and use it to create other artworks..

Start a new document 640x480 (or any size you want).

Press the D to reset your colors to black and white.

The go to Filter » Render-Clouds

Now apply the unsharp filter: Filter » Sharpen » Unsharp Mask.
Amount: 500% Radius: 26px. Threshold: 0

Now apply the WAVE distort filter: Filter » Distort » Wave (Match this settings)

Now duplicate this layer. Then apply the following filter to the new duplicated layer:
Filter » Stylize » Extrude

Apply the Gaussian Blur filter to the duplicated layer: Filter » Blur » Gaussian Blur: 2.0px

Now set the top (duplicated layer) layer's blending mode to: "Darken", and tune the opacity down to about 70%. Now flatten the image: Layer » Flatten Image.

Next we add some colors to it, go to Filter » Render » Lighting Effects: Now feel free to play around with the settings here to get your own result. Here is one I used. CLICK TO VIEW

There you go, what you could do now is cut out parts of it to use for your artwork, here is an example.

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User Comments

eugene Dec/13/2009 14:34nice one but sorry i just cant figure out why my render is disabled, cant make a cloud...pls help me....
aeroman Aug/19/2009 21:31Very Nice, Thank u
BHUPENDRA May/5/09 17:34VERY VERY NICE
Rahul Apr/2/09 13:24it's good
pradeep Mar/2/09 05:02one more
Lucky Boy Dec/17/08 21:54very nice~!! thank you~! ^^
rubiks cube Aug/6/08 08:39Awsome!! my boss told me that i did an exelent work!! :)
lucky girl Nov/5/07 15:20very nice~!! thank you~! ^^
Esteban Sep/28/07 03:16Thank you!is magic.
gotalfc Sep/28/07 03:01Sounds good, excellent tuto, thanks
FastForward Jun/11/07 02:10Sorry but I dont get the part where I need to apply the wave-filter. The filter is present but the settings on your screenshot are quite different (i've less settings). Please gimme a hint what i'm doing wrong. Maybe its different in CS3?
Chivu Jan/22/07 06:30It looks great and it's not that hard to make either...thxz alot :)
Someone Jan/13/07 07:22Very thanks, but at the 4th picture I had a line at the right, so I needed 2 copy yours
afroman Nov/4/06 05:23i like it *thumb up*
Zsolt Oct/26/06 04:34well aint the best :-s
Jaski Sep/15/06 00:23Awesome effect man.... Love to see more such incredible work!!!!
Carlton Aug/21/06 19:50Very nice.
alecks Jul/9/06 10:00the best tutorial site evar ! the kool thing was u dont hide the score trick like others ..so we did easily .. you're the man ^_^
Crash Jul/6/06 11:13yea...very nice!!! good :)
BN MOHAMED Jun/14/06 17:32Very good I like So much.
Manny Jun/12/06 22:15Pretty cool to those who understand digital art, I like it ;)
Honza Jun/7/06 14:33Great! Thanks
shit fucker May/31/06 14:06this blows because i have to do t for school wtf Sausage dog sunday
g-skilzl May/26/06 09:27simple !
fuck Apr/11/06 05:01it bad ↓shut up pigs
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