Create an crest+ally crest in photoshop for newbies

[FallenDream]

This is a guide for everyone, easy and simple, in a few steps. All you need is Photoshop CS3 ( it's easyer and faster than other versions ) and some imagination.

 

I will start with a print screen of a standard skill of Lineage, everyone is free to chose anything he wants.

 

1. Open Photoshop and just drag your print in the program

QUICK TIP: CTRL+ and CTRL- makes your picture bigger or smaller, be sure your image is at 100% size in Photoshop.

 

2. As you can see in the lower right corner the picture has a locker on it, double click on it, a little window will appear and just press OK, ignore everything else. ( Now u have opened your layer and you can work on the picture, otherwise u can't do much )

 

 

3. Now the fun begins, using the Rectangular Marque Tool ( is located on the left bar under Move Tool like you will see in the next picture ) cut the slice you want to be showed in your crest.

 

4. Now Right Click on the selection you made, and from all the options select Layer via Copy. Now you will have in the lower right corner , 2 Layers. If you press on the eye in front of the first layer the result will be only the image that you want to appear in your crest. Use the Move Tool witch is first in the left bar of tools to move your selection to the center of the playground.

 

 

5. Time to resize your image, if u leave it like this you will have a big white blank image with your selection saved in the middle, we don't want that, don't we ? Now click in the menu of Photoshop , Image -> Canvas Size ... and a little window should appear with the size of the picture, but in inches. Select pixels, and set Width and Height at 150 or 200 so you won't loose your sliced image, press OK and you are done for now.

 

 

6. Now that we have a smaller playground is time to set the Canvas Size so that when we resize the image we get a perfect crest+ ally crest. Get back at the menu, Image -> Canvas Size..., don't forget to select pixels instead of inches and make Width 32 and Height 16, press OK, and use again the Move Tool to center the image as you like.

 

 

7. Time to make the full crest+ally crest and we save it for the first time. Go to Image -> Image Size ..., a new window will appear, select pixels again if it's inches, and set Width at 24, now if u look better because Constrain Proportions is marked, the program will make your Height 12 automatic.

 

8. Now to save our work, go to File -> Save As ... at File Name set whatever you want, and at Format select .JPG and press OK. A little window will pop up with Image Options, just set Quality to Maximum and hit OK.

 

 

9. Now to separate the ally crest from the clan crest. Load your crest in Photoshop again, double click on the locker in the right lower corner to open your layer, go to Image - Canvas Size ..., and set Width at 16, press OK and use the Move Tool to see if the image has the right side at the top, move the image untill the white background appears and set it back again. Save it like i said before, and name it crest1.jpg or whatever you like.

 

 

10. Use CTRL+ALT+Z or from the menu Edit -> Undo untill your images come back to the original size, the 24x16 crest you saved first time. Now to make the ally crest, go back at Image -> Canvas Size ... and set Width at 8, use again the Move Tool and move the image to be in her top left position. You can use CTRL+ to enlarge your image so you can move it more easy. Save it again as .JPG and your work is almost done.

Now we have this and

witch originally was ...

 

11. Now the easy part so you can use it in the game, open each image with Paint, and just save them as thenameyouwant.bmp and 256 color. Also you can add text, 2-3 initials of your clan or ally.

 

Hope you guys enjoy it and have fun.

 

 

[Jerks]

Or just use l2 crest maker xD and in 1 sec u will have your clan+ally crest :)

[FallenDream]

true, but maybe there are some players that would like to make theyr own stuff with shadows and more advanced graphics. You never know :) I just tought is usefull.

[Ioane]

omg man...very usefull topic...i will try...i have a problem with crests :))...i never fiind the perfect one:D

[twinkie]

yea ... pretty good giude , but who knows how to use photoshop , surely knows how to make a crest too ..

[Trance]

yea ... pretty good giude , but who knows how to use photoshop , surely knows how to make a crest too ..

[Dev Atlas]

Thanks for the quide FallenDream i need something like that!!

[katon]

thx  this rly helped

[FallenDream]

Ty for good replyes. And photoshop isn't that hard if you watch a tutorial on youtube. In most of the cases you find tutorials for every effect of anything else that crosses your mind :)

[PwNNNz0r.^]

Ty for good replyes. And photoshop isn't that hard if you watch a tutorial on youtube. In most of the cases you find tutorials for every effect of anything else that crosses your mind :)

there are tutorials on this forum too :P

 

Yeah nice tutorial and easy explained. Gj!

[Sido]

very good but :D

Or just use l2 crest maker xD and in 1 sec u will have your clan+ally crest :)

[Smok3BoY]

come on guyz this dude made a crest with other way and he made a good job

don't say

Or just use l2 crest maker xD and in 1 sec u will have your clan+ally crest :)

we all know that way

so what this guy shows us on good way to make it

but it costs too much time

[Skw]

Nice guide. God job dude.

[FallenDream]

Well, i don't like L2crest maker, is fuking up the image while he resize it :) So you still need some Paint cuts and a little brainstorm :)

[Sido]

depend what size u put :P

if u put 3/100 , is logic that will fuk the quality on resizing :P