Scratch Bat making tutorials.

saurabh2185 said:
Instead of using lasso tool use polygon lasso tool to get striaght lines. Magic Wand can be used to select a particular colour as in about pic. (red).

Where can i find a polygon lasso tool?? what is the difference??? Please tell me
 
Click on the lasso tool on the toolbox and hold it, you should be able to select polygonal lasso or magnetic lasso.

Heres a tutorial on the kookaburra genesis i made from scratch: [BLIC]


1. Find a picture of the bat your making. Leave that open but also copy the back part over the bat of the texture. Although my pic is at an angle, you need it to get the whole thing in proportion.

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2. For the two back patterns in the middle, i didn't make them from scratch i used the pic as they were high-res and clear enough to use.

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3. For the pentagon bit use the polygon shape tool with 5 sides (rasterize the layer afterwards). then use the eliptical marquee to delete a bit off the top. Then find a kookaburrra logo and paste the bird in it.

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4. Now for the top bit. For the two side gradient parts use the polygonal lasso to select them, then sleect the color from the photo you have and use the gradient over it. Copy it and flip it horizantly and match it on the other side.

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5. Next use the rectangle marquee to select the gap in between the two yellow and red parts, and give it a grey and black gradient as shown. Use the eliciptial marquee to cut a bit of the bottom. then add the kookaburra text you can find here http://kookaburra.biz/.

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6. Now for the front. Find a pic of the front and strech it over the front template bit to get proportion right. Find a large kookaburra logo off google or something. and paste it on and use the photo to get it the right size.

7. Now to change it. Select the small part on the right of the logo (with the magic wand) and make it dark until it's black. Then add a 2px grey stroke on the outside. The select the big part in the middle. Use the yellow and red colors of the photo you have and use the gradient on it and give it 2px black stroke. Then select the bird and the cricle and make them black.

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8. Then you can add the text. All you have to do is write "Genesis" in red with a font similat to mine and give it a 1px black stroke. then just write tornado in arial black.

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Done! Hope this helps.
 
That's nice Drewska, it gives you an idea on what to do - but it's only one bat so people will have to do the rest themselves :p
 
i think one bat is enough for learning how to use the tools, i am making another bat right now, maybe i'll complete it in one or two hours

one question, drewska, for the back patterns, did you use the magic wand tool?????

Another very stupid question, how do you add text????
 
bakshikshitiz said:
i think one bat is enough for learning how to use the tools, i am making another bat right now, maybe i'll complete it in one or two hours

one question, drewska, for the back patterns, did you use the magic wand tool?????

Another very stupid question, how do you add text????

1. Used the lasso tool to select the part off the pic. Rotated it then used magic eraser to delete the wood.

2. The text option.
 
There has been some demand for a template the likes of which I released some time ago for Cricket 2004. So here it is, my template for making 4GB bats for Cricket 2005.

All the panels are labelled as to what and where they are on the bat. Before some smart arse tells me I don't know my left from my right, the directions are to be understood from the point of view of holding a bat rather than looking straight at it. :p

I've spent a lot of time making this as accurate to the pixel as possible (for what it's worth). Hope this is helpful to any other aspiring bat-makers out there.
 

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thanks heavens burma, you are the god. i was looking for this from ages, and i was the one who wanted it coz all my effort was being wasted because my template was wrong. But not now, sad i cant give you reps and shower you in glory. It is really gonna help me.

one question, are the two left parts combined together to for the left edge? If yes, i suppost they need to be same
 

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