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How to Make an EA style radius cursor

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Fred1231
Category: Graphics
Level: Intermediate
Created: Saturday February 14, 2009 - 13:45
Updated: Tuesday January 5, 2010 - 5:14
Views: 6819
Summary: A step-by-step guide to producing the decals which show for summon/area of effect powers

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We need to change the colour of our vector selection to white. In the layers palette this will have been named 'shape1' by default, and will have a colour box next to it.

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Double-clicking the colour box brings up the colour palette. Select the colour white in this.

Right click on the hidden layer named 'drop shadow settings' and select 'copy layer style'. Paste this layer style onto the 'shape1' layer. This puts a small drop shadow around the white shape.

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The same stages are repeated for the images of Gimli's axe and Aragorn's sword. One difference when doing the vector path for the axe is that it has cutout areas within the shape. To do these, finish tracing the outline of the axe, and then select the 'subtract from area' button: User image

Now trace the outline of the cutout sections:

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Once you've traced the axe and sword we need to arrange the three weapons into a suitable shape. I've gone for a very boring arrangement of all three in a straight line, as this decal is very small ingame and I don't want to over complicate it.

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We're finished with the content layers now. The next page covers how to make the transparency using the alpha channel.

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Image 3 - Aragorn Sword1281February 14, 2009 - 15:54
Image 2 - Gimli Axe1144February 14, 2009 - 15:53
Image 1 - Legolas Bow1247February 14, 2009 - 15:53
RadiusCursor_Template.psd1172February 14, 2009 - 15:52

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{AE}Manveru - Tuesday March 30, 2010 - 18:07

As far as I can tell, great tutorial. Sadly, I can't figure out how to do this in GIMP.

Delta Omega - Tuesday August 18, 2009 - 12:09

Great for Arnor! Stuck on hoe to do this for a while.

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Srry it was meant to be: Great for Arnor! Stuck on how to do this for a while.

constermonster - Tuesday May 19, 2009 - 0:57

that will really help once i start on the spellbook :)

Lurtzy - Monday February 16, 2009 - 13:10

I have been wanting to do this, but I couldn't get it right. Thanks!

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