Making backgrounds using paths

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

I have been practising using that beastly path tool and I am determined to master it until I get it to do what I want not what it wants. This is one of my first tries making a background with paths.

GnuTux · **Posted:** Sun Feb 15, 2015 7:44 am **(#2)**

That looks great, Molly. :2thup

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

Thank you Tux, I am going to keep making them until I am happy.

Issabella · **Posted:** Sun Feb 15, 2015 7:56 am **(#4)**

That is very good, Molly. But if you want to improve it more, sure you will. :bigthup

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

Thank you Issabella

Oregonian · **Posted:** Sun Feb 15, 2015 8:24 am **(#6)**

Beautiful, Mollly! :paint

Wallace · **Posted:** Sun Feb 15, 2015 10:05 am **(#7)**

Nice one Molly. :jumpclap

2-ton · **Posted:** Sun Feb 15, 2015 10:40 am **(#8)**

very pretty, Molly, how do you get the lighter tones along the inside edges of the shapes? Do you use inner glow?

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

Thank you 2-ton, You stroke they layer with a very small maybe 1 pixel brush then blur but there are some steps in between tha you need to do firstt.

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

Thank you O and Wallace. Thanks to Wallace for the help on this beast of a path tool.

Issabella · **Posted:** Sun Feb 15, 2015 11:38 am **(#11)**

Molly, perhaps could you make a tutorial to people like me that need a little more of help?

Odinbc · **Posted:** Sun Feb 15, 2015 11:52 am **(#12)**

Issabella wrote:

Molly, perhaps could you make a tutorial to people like me that need a little more of help?

This tutorial is worth a look, Color flexible background / wallpaper.

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

I would love to Issabella but I am just learning myself. I got my idea from Dietmars nice tutorial then I wanted to take it further with the white edges and without the layer masks. It is all trial and error. Here is another one I have been working on.

I will ask the person that helped me if he is willing to share his video.

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

Ok, I started out by doing Dietmars tutorial and fell in love with the concept because I am always having problems coming up with some nice backgrounds. I ran into all kinds of problems trying to figure out how to put the white edges on my paths so Wallace came to my rescue and did two small tutorials to show me how he does this without the masks. He gave me permission to post them on u-tube and to share them with who ever is interested.

Video from : www.youtube.com

Issabella · **Posted:** Sun Feb 15, 2015 1:27 pm **(#15)**

Beautiful your second outcome. :clap

Thank you for the links. I'll see if I can do something. :tyspin

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

Thank you, I am sure you will be very good at it Issabella, you catch onto things very quickly, (unlike me :teeth

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2-ton · **Posted:** Sun Feb 15, 2015 2:36 pm **(#17)**

After watching Wallace's tutorials, I decided to give it a try, but boo hoo, I can't get my path to close. Now I have to go figure that one out, never had a problem before. Still, I did manage to get shapes even though I still cannot close my paths, I just make the open area off the canvas. I tried 3 different ways of doing the forms, the blur and stroke with white, ditto with dark color, and one with light inner glow and dark stroke. Many ways to skin a cat. I don't care much for my design, but it was a quick one and I was annoyed at my path tool.

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

Looks pretty good 2-ton. I know what you mean by the path tool, it can be very un-forgiving. If you make 4 bullets around where you want to make the path, hold your finger on ctrl and click on your first bullet and your path will be closed. Try making your background darker and your paths will show up better.

Wallace · **Posted:** Sun Feb 15, 2015 4:12 pm **(#19)**

2-ton wrote:

After watching Wallace's tutorials, I decided to give it a try, but boo hoo, I can't get my path to close. Now I have to go figure that one out, never had a problem before. Still, I did manage to get shapes even though I still cannot close my paths, I just make the open area off the canvas. I tried 3 different ways of doing the forms, the blur and stroke with white, ditto with dark color, and one with light inner glow and dark stroke. Many ways to skin a cat. I don't care much for my design, but it was a quick one and I was annoyed at my path tool.
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I think your image came out really nice 2-ton.

dietmar · **Posted:** Sun Feb 15, 2015 4:40 pm **(#20)**

Nice ones!

I will surely have a look at the videos, thx!

Dietmar

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