How Create Unit Portrait/icons

[Lion.Kanzen]

first you need use photoshop

now open editor and found the unit that need to work

select unit viewer in the bottom left corner

use "cuts" or some image capture screenshots in your computer

I Was select "attack melee" and then press Pause when the unit is ready to perform the attack, this step is as you will.

open Photoshop and Paste the image (ctrl+v)

use Magic Wand Tool (W in the keyboard shorcut) in order to select white background, if is not select it all press again with this time holding shift key.

then press delete to delete white area, in the pop up window, select: "use black"

now cut the image use shortcut (ctrl+C) and paste again (ctrl+V), if you see layer panel now is a new Layer there are 2 Layers

move over white the image use arrow keys in keyboard to do it, then apply the changes selecting other tool(Whichever)

Go to new Layer (Unit layer) and select Inner Glow

first we use inner then we will use outer glow

so you use these config to crate a golden aura ouside of our unit

now find a portarit to replace, clone etc. open in photoshop replace all with black (Ctrl+a) then Delete, fill with black

go to menu

now paste copy the unit and paste over portrait image

resize the image, not all as you wish but no all.

now press save the image, its done

[Loki1950]

Nice tutorial Lion It should work with the GIMP as well though the GUI is different not all of us can afford a Photoshop licence.

Enjoy the Choice

[Lion.Kanzen]

Nice tutorial Lion It should work with the GIMP as well though the GUI is different not all of us can afford a Photoshop licence.

Enjoy the Choice

thank you, it was request by Council of modders, but if don't now how make this in gimp, I can try it.not today of course.

[Stan`]

Thanks A lot lion.

To adapt this in gimp :

In the actor viewer click on the ground icon, that will fill the background with black this is particulary useful when having white units ie : this

You don't have the inner and outer glow. So I suggest you use the gaussian blur.

Use the magic wand to select the black and do as Lion told you create a new layer with the colored wolf while the bottom layer has a white wolf.

Then select the bottom layer gaussian blur 20 and you 'll have a white overlay. (Repeat it till it's thick enough)

You can now colour it to look like the yellow in this picture.

And done

Edited September 7, 2014 by stanislas69

[niektb]

For Gimp you should install the layerfx plugin. I personally use it and gives way more options than normally.

[wowgetoffyourcellphone]

Hmm, the glow look like more detail and noise than what is shown in your tutorial LionKanzen. Also has drop shadow.

Edited September 7, 2014 by wowgetoffyourcellphone

[niektb]

I think it could probably be done by adding noise to the background and a more subtle (different color) and larger glow.

[Stan`]

I like the other one better. Also, those icons are for mods, And if you look at the civs, not all of them have the same icons.