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Hey everyone! I hope the New
Year is treating you well. It's hard to believe January 2002 is
middle aged already. Before we know it spring will be here in
the Great Northwest. As a matter of fact, Spring decided to
visit today, as the mercury hovers around a balmy 40 degrees.
Time to break out the speedos and tank tops.
This week I'm going to show you a snappy little
way to create circuit patterns. So without further ado, here we
go.
1. Create a new image. Make the dimensions
square, just in case you like the pattern and want to make it
seamless.
2. Fill the image with Black.
3. Create a new layer. Select the Gradient tool,
and load the copper gradient in the default package. Hit the
'Reflected Gradient' icon, and change the mode to difference.
4. Starting at the top, fill the layer by
drawing the gradient down to cover the entire image with the
copper gradient.
5. On the same layer, start toward the left of
center and draw the gradient horizontally. Don't fill it to the
edge… just about ½ or 2/3 will do.
6. You should have a pretty funky pattern
developing now. Difference mode is fantastic, isn't it? Ok, go
to Filter>Noise>Add Noise. Enter a setting of 10, Gaussian,
Monochromatic.
7. Go to Filter>Texture>Grain. Use the default
settings (40,50), but change the grain type to clumped.
8. Go to Filter>Pixilate>Mosaic, and enter a
cell size of 10.
9. Time to make some circuits. Go to
Filter>Stylize>Find Edges. This will create a checked pattern,
our foundation for the rest of the effect.
10. Now go to Filter>Stylize>Glowing Edges.
Enter an Edge Width of 1, Edge Brightness of 20, and Smoothness
of 4.
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