trying to create 3d crytals..

[calaway42]

hey i have been trying to create 3d crytals based on this tuts
http://www.voidix.com/cystal.html
but once i create 400x400 page.. i can't click on filter>render>lense flare.. (lense flare is unclickable).
can anyone help?

[lostinbeta]

Fill your layer with Black and then use the Lens Flare.

A Lens Flare can only be used on an object, if the layer is empty, you can't use it.

[mdipi]

lost you are wrong. all you do is set your forground color to black, then do alt+backspace, then Filter|Render|Lense Flair. note: this must be done in the bg layer.

glad to help, contact if you have troubble,
mike

[lostinbeta]

mdipi, you pretty much just said the same thing I said.

Except the lens flare does not <B>HAVE</B> to be done in the background.

So how am I wrong?

[mdipi]

just the fact that you said there had to be something in the layer. i should have been more specific, sorry if you took it the wrong way, my bad.

[edit]for this tut its better if you do have it in the bg.

[lostinbeta]

You do have to have something in the layer.

If you do it on the background layer, it is already filled.

If you are doing it on a new layer (the way I did the tutorial), you need to fill the layer, because you can't put the flare in an empty layer.

[Ryall]

mdipi... lost is correct on this one - YOU CANNOT ADD A LENS FLARE TO AN EMPTY LAYER.

Peace

[lostinbeta]

If it is any cosolation, I think that tutorial wasn't written as good as it could have been. I wasn't sure whether or not to use the background layer for it, so I created a new layer and did everything in there, returned the same results.

[calaway42]

thanx guys :D

p.s. hey lost! long time no chat :P

[lostinbeta]

Lol, definitely. :)

[morse]

...Flame packs anyone?

[lostinbeta]

What do you mean morse?

[calaway42]

lost, i made 400x400 file then created new layer, filled it with black and go filter>render>and "lens flare" is still unclickable... what did i do wrong?

[lostinbeta]

Do you have that layer selected?

I just tried and it works fine for me. It did when I did the tutorial as well.

[mdipi]

you HAVE to use the bg layer, fill it with black thats all, otherwise it wont work...

[calaway42]

errrrr.. for some reason my "lens flare" is still unclickable...

[lostinbeta]

Did you try using the bg layer calaway.

Mdipi: I did the entire tutorial without using the background layer, you do not HAVE to use the background layer.

[calaway42]

ya i just tried
first, i filled the bg layer with black
then select the bg layer and fiter > rander> but lens flare's unclickable

[telekinesis]

Go to the top menu under: Image >>> Mode >>> RGB Color

You are probably running that image as greyscale or indexed color.....does this work for you?

[calaway42]

sweeet thanx dan! after i changed to RGB color it works !! :D thanx

[telekinesis]

No problem, hey....I didn't lie that time! For a 17 year old punk that is hard to do.

Phil would be proud! =)

*Inside Joke, only lostinbeta and other mods will understand*

[calaway42]

heh.. hey another question.. how do you merge two layers.. i have my first lense on bg layer.. then second on first layer .. according to the tuts.. i have to merge them

[telekinesis]

Click on one of the two layers you want to link, then look at the other layer that you want to merge the selected one with. There should be a little box on the left and when you click on it a 'linkage' icon should be seen, it kind of looks like a 3 link chain. Then go to the top menu and select: Layer >>> Merge Linked.

That should work in any version of Photoshop that you are using!

[lostinbeta]

Or you could just hit CTRL+E to merge the current layer with the one below it.

I didn't even think of the RGB thing... good thinkin Dan.

And yes, Phil would be proud :beam:

[mdipi]

lost i just assumed that you had to, other wise it would have to be put in something, no? Well anyway whatever, at least he got it working, correct?

[lostinbeta]

yep yep.

If it all turned out well in the end, then who cares :P

[calaway42]

i wanna get something like this...
www.hybridfusion.com
on the left side.. spiky things.. can it be done in photoshop ?

[lostinbeta]

Probably can... not 100% sure how.

[FlashSwimmer]

i'm going to be crazy...... (-:
i followed the steps of the tut. but i didn't get the same effect ...
i donno know WHY? when i make the lens flare then the fresco in the new file ( 800 x 800 ) but i didn't give me the same effect in the tut's image, but when i merge the layers and fresco it is clowest more than the first but it's not good in the final result. so anyone knows what is my Prob.? :(

[lostinbeta]

Chaning the position of the flare to be more towards the middle of the document should help.