Pressurized WIP
Sunday, May 24, 2009 by Xiandi | Discussion: Sneak Previews
I saw the Pressurized DX Theme from Redneckdude/PDJ and wanted to make a blind from it. I just knew the graphics would make a great start menu. You can get it here.
The gauge and the knob on the start menu are animated, and at some point on this project, I'm going to try my hand at animated steam...wish me luck. 
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Reply #22 Monday, May 25, 2009 12:55 PM
Looks Fandabbydozeee !!
Not too sure about the links but they might help...
http://www.pixelhivedesign.com/tutorials/Realistic+Flash+Smoke+Effect/
http://flashden.net/item/steam-smoke-cloud-fog-animation-effect/16678
http://www.tutorialized.com/view/tutorial/How-to-create-a-Coffee-Cup-with-Animated-Steam/12737
Reply #23 Monday, May 25, 2009 12:56 PM
Reply #24 Monday, May 25, 2009 1:09 PM
Hey Doc ... You don't want to be messing with Lady X ,for sure ...
Reply #25 Monday, May 25, 2009 1:35 PM
Thanks everybody! This is one of those blinds that is just flowing along.
Reply #30 Monday, May 25, 2009 7:13 PM
Looking really great Xiandi! And if you can actually add the steam...that would be awesome! 
Reply #31 Monday, May 25, 2009 7:18 PM
Xiandi for journey'woman'
I FOURTH that!!
Looks awesome xiandi!
Reply #32 Monday, May 25, 2009 8:13 PM
Reply #33 Monday, May 25, 2009 8:31 PM
Its super.I likes it.
If it were me...I would add a touch of colored texture to the greyscale pipe gradients...its too pure and clean.Also I would transform the texture to appear closer in the middle and recede at the top and bottom.That would give you a nice round pipe. 
As for animating steam...I made steam animate from one frame to the next by distorting it one frame at a time with the wave distortion effect in PS...by lightly distorting a steam layer,copy,distort,copy again etc... for each succesive frame while diminishing the opacity a little each time. 
Reply #35 Monday, May 25, 2009 11:45 PM
Sounds do-able. I was thinking along the lines of 'pressurized' steam, that spews out at high speed. Your tip might work for that if I'm carefull.
Thanks for the tips, Brain!
Reply #36 Tuesday, May 26, 2009 3:40 PM
Steam, Bolts and rivets, rust and grunge...sounds great! Better and better! 
Maybe two versions?
Reply #37 Tuesday, May 26, 2009 4:53 PM
Wow! That's nutty! (In a good way)
Dare I suggest that you make a dirty copper/brass/leather steampunk edition?
Here's an inspirational image:
Reply #38 Wednesday, May 27, 2009 9:44 AM
OK....whats happenin here!? Did someone let the steam out! 
Reply #39 Sunday, May 31, 2009 8:28 PM
We have steam!
I ended up using Po's suggestion, and made it by hand, frame by frame. The picture does not really show it off well, because it's animated. It looks much better in motion.
Reply #40 Sunday, May 31, 2009 8:49 PM
Congrats Xiandi! You've just given birth to a beautiful bouncing baby, er ah.....Calliope!
And to think I'd never see one!
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Reply #21 Monday, May 25, 2009 10:17 AM
Freaking stunning work. WOW!