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Tharkis Olafson
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12-13-2009 15:55
Anyone have any techniques for producing blade edges that look as if they've been honed?
Thanks
Tharkis
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12-13-2009 16:44
new layer, a very light spatter airbrush, in diagonal to the blade edge, apply a little gaussian blur (current layer only), and set it to lighten rgb...
although that might not be appropriate for something like a katana, it works very well for knives.
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Tharkis Olafson
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12-14-2009 06:03
Void, and whoever else is interested. I eventually discovered something along the lines of what you posted. My variation involves using the add noise filter (monochromatic) to create some noise. (similar to your speckle brush) then I used the motion blur filter to stretch it out a bit. Works pretty well imho. But thanks for the tip!
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12-14-2009 12:48
that works to, I may use that for more consistent direction on straight blades, ty
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Tharkis Olafson
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12-14-2009 13:02
No problem, glad I could contribute.
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