saliva in the mouth ??

i have a wolf character, and i want to create (real life looking) saliva (bubbles, - foam) leading out of the mouth.
how can i do this using Photoshop 7 ? or is there another program i don't know about.

thanx...doc

doc wrote:

i have a wolf character, and i want to create (real life looking) saliva (bubbles, - foam) leading out of the mouth.
how can i do this using Photoshop 7 ? or is there another program i don't know about.

I don't know what you know about but Paint Shop Pro 8 has a nice Balls and Bubbles filter that will do the trick.

thanx...doc

There's always Ulead's particle filter that you can use as a PS plugin..... LOL

Seriously, the easiest way to do bubbles or droplets in PS is via layer styles.

Here's one tutorial

http://www.n-sane.net/tutorials/water_drops/index.php
there are about 1000 similar ones-- the best one is Bert Monroy's but I couldn't find it on line,

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doc wrote:

i have a wolf character, and i want to create (real life looking)

saliva

(bubbles, - foam) leading out of the mouth.
how can i do this using Photoshop 7 ? or is there another program i

don't

know about.

I don't know what you know about but Paint Shop Pro 8 has a nice Balls and Bubbles filter that will do the trick.

thanx...doc

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"doc" writes:

i have a wolf character, and i want to create (real life looking) saliva (bubbles, - foam) leading out of the mouth.
how can i do this using Photoshop 7 ?

Spit on your scanner.

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(919) 677-8000 Cary, NC 27513, USA those of SAS Institute.

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"doc" writes:

i have a wolf character, and i want to create (real life looking) saliva (bubbles, - foam) leading out of the mouth.
how can i do this using Photoshop 7 ?

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If this is a line art image the above suggestions are valid, but if this is a photograph, drawn bubbles will look fake, unless you are an exceptional artist(which I am not) so here are two suggestions from a photographer, who is not an artist.
1. Find an image from your files or internet(Google search of Images>bubbles should give you examples) that has interesting looking bubbles and Clone(Clone tool) the bubbles from one image into the other. This is one way to get photographic quality from one image to another.
There are several problems that can arise from this technique, but they are all resolvable with some creative methods. Two common problems are:
1. Bubbles vs. wolf are not the right size, relative to one another This is solved by changing the resolution of one image relative to the other.
2. Bubbles are not in right perspective
This can be solved by rotating the bubbles image before cloning. *Note -If you clone onto a new layer, this is a much easier process.

There is a second way that I use more often and the steps are:
1. Select an area (the bubbles) with lasso tool(loose selection)
2. Use the move tool to drag and drop the bubbles onto the wolf selection
3. Change the opacity of the bubbles layer to about 80%(to see underlying layer)
4. With the bubbles layer selected go to Edit>Free Transform
5. Drag and resize the bubbles until you get them into the right size
and alignment relative to the wolf layer.
6. Take a snapshot(this will be your history brush return point, if needed)
7. Use the eraser tool at varying sizes and strengths to erase the parts of the bubbles image you don't want and blend the bubbles into the underlying wolf image.
8. You can combine both techniques and Clone from the bubbles layer onto the wolf layer after the -free transform- step.
The possibilities are exponential in Photoshop, but these two techniques will give you (real life looking) bubbles you asked for. The bubbles will be real photographic representations, not drawn bubbles.

nikki

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"doc" writes:

i have a wolf character, and i want to create (real life looking)

saliva

(bubbles, - foam) leading out of the mouth.
how can i do this using Photoshop 7 ?

Spit on your scanner.

ROTFLMAO-- actually, though....Maybe spit on transparency film and scan that?
(better for the scanner, easier to clean up)
Spit on a background similar in color to the desired one and take a digital macro photo???

Hey, I'm the woman who on a deadline and was having a hard time getting a sandwich illustration to look right, so I went to the deli, bought 4 slices of
salami, and scanned them and posterized the result to use as a patterned fill.
Tip: put the salami in a ziploc and carefully work out the air bubbles with a
small rolling pin. No grease on the glass.

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wrote:

"Warren Sarle" wrote"

Spit on your scanner.

ROTFLMAO--[...]

Hey, I'm the woman who on a deadline and was having a hard time getting a sandwich illustration to look right, so I went to the deli, bought 4 slices of salami, and scanned them [...]

Whew. You could have sat on the scanner for a similar effect. Spare us.

Whew. You could have sat on the scanner for a similar effect. Spare us.

Spare *me* your rude nonsense.... the point I was making was that, as funny as the facetious "spit on the scanner post" was, (and it was) and as much as my initial "layer styles" response would still be my preferred approach, (and it is) people scan all sorts of 3D objects for compositing all the time.. from fabric samples to paperclips, nuts and bolts, etc... There is an excellent book by an artist who scans insects, flowers and other botanicals using a customized scanner cover and uses them in complex imagery (can't remember name, book is at the office) The stuff's not my taste, but the technique is interesting.

But no, sitting on the scanner would *not* have produced the effect I wanted--but if I ever need it again and the deli's closed, I'll be sure to call on you. After all, with your lack of manners you've already shown your ....