how to make realistic cloud textures

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how to make realistic cloud textures

Post #1by trappistplanets » 27.06.2020, 14:45

STEP 1

install GIMP 2.10.18 ( https://www.gimp.org/ ) using this link then make a TRANSPARENT canvas it can eather be 4096x2048 or 2048x1024 res

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STEP 2

go to filters+render+noice+solid noise
set the X and Y values very high
set the detail to maximum
turn on tileable so there are no seems
click on random seed untill you find a texture you like

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STEP 3

make air currents by using the warp tool and dragging the clouds untill you get what you like|
dont froget to add some small stormes

but when your working near the edges you dont want to make seems so to avoid seems you go to layer+transform+offset
then click by width/2 and that brans the edges to the middle so you can work on the edges when done offset the image back to normal by clicking by width/2 again

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mine looks like this so far


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STEP 4

go to colors+levels

you should see the thing in the pic below the step 3 explanation

use the input levels thing to make the image blacker this decreases the amount of clouds
dont make the image to black though

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this is what you should see when you opened up levels


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now once your done with step 3
its time for step 4

STEP 5

left click the image if your using a mouse
you will see a drop down bar
go to layer+transparency+color to alpha
then using the thing that pops up when you click color to alpha you make the black transperent
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then your done with the texture

export/save it as
"picturename.png"

DONT PUT IT AS JPG BECAUSE THAT WILL MESS UP THE TEXTURE!

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then you can put it on any planet you want in celestia
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Post #2by jujuapapa » 27.06.2020, 16:55

Good beginning !

How can we make, tempests, hurricanes, cyclones, ??? :biggrin:
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Post #3by Gurren Lagann » 28.06.2020, 00:30

Hurricanes and cyclones are different names for the same phenonemon, but you can use the warp tool to make those.
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Post #4by jujuapapa » 28.06.2020, 05:26

Gurren Lagann wrote:Hurricanes and cyclones are different names for the same phenonemon, but you can use the warp tool to make those.
I forgot typhoons. :biggrin:

warp tool, the plugin of photoshop ?
I never used photoshop... :fie:
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Post #5by trappistplanets » 28.06.2020, 12:45

jujuapapa wrote:How can we make, tempests, hurricanes, cyclones, ???
i never herd on tempests
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Post #6by Gurren Lagann » 28.06.2020, 13:53

I usually call the GIMP tool with the surf wave icon the "Transform" tool, but Trappist calls it the "Warp" tool, so I'm using the latter for consistency.
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Post #7by trappistplanets » 30.06.2020, 18:41

i replaced a pic that was missplaced
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Post #8by trappistplanets » 23.07.2020, 00:08

jujuapapa wrote:warp tool, the plugin of photoshop ?
jujuapapa you dont use photoshop you use GIMP
read step 1!
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Post #9by Tegmine » 23.07.2020, 13:18

To a certain extent, Photo$hop tutorials can be used in GIMP and vice-versa...it might just take a few extra minutes and steps to figure out what is what in each program.

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