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Hi. This is Marty form Blue Lightning TV. This is Part 2
of making a classic, radar screen. Picking up from where we left off,
click on the New Layer button to make a new layer. Open your
Elliptical Marquee tool and go to the center.
Press and hold, "Shift + Alt" on a PC
or "Shift + Opt" on a Mac and drag out a circular selection
a little past your outer ring. Click on the Layer Mask button
to make a layer mask of the selection next to the active layer.
Drag the layer below the Solid color adjustment layer.
Open your Gradient Tool
and double-click on the gradient bar to open the Gradient Editor.
Click on the lower right stop and in the Location field,
type in, 25%. Click on the color box
and change the Brightness to 35%.
Keep the Hue and Saturation at Zero.
click OK on both Gradient windows.
Click the Angle gradient button,
which is the middle one. Go to the center
and press and hold, "Shift" as you drag up
past the inside of the ring. Make a copy of the layer
by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + J. Change the Blend Mode
to "Overlay". Go to Edit...
Transform...and Rotate 180 degrees.
Double-click on the thumbnail
of the gradient copy to open its Layer Style window.
Click, "Inner Glow". Click on the color box...
pick, black...and click OK.
Change the Blend Mode to "Linear Burn"...
the Opacity to 30%...
and the Size, 50 pixels.
Then, click OK. Next. we'll add concentric
rings to the inside of the radar screen. Make a new layer
and Ctrl-click the layer mask on a PC
or Cmd-click it on a Mac. This calls up a selection of the layer mask's shape.
Go to "Select" and "Transform Selection".
Click on the chain-link
between the Width and the Height. This ensures they both will have the same
percentage.
Type in 75% in either the Width
or the Height. Press Enter or Return to accept the Transform.
Go to "Edit" and "Stroke".
Make the Width, 1 pixel...
the Color is white and the Location,
"Center". Then, click OK. To delete the selection,
press Ctrl or Cmd + D. We'll make
two more inside rings using the same method. Make a new layer...
and make a selection
of the layer mask's shape. Transform the selection,
click the chain link and this time
type in 50%. Press Enter or Return.
Fill it with white and delete the selection.
Make the last inside ring, 25%.
To save space in the Layers panel,
let's group the three inside rings into a folder.
Shift-click on the bottom ring to highlight all three...
and press Ctrl or Cmd + G. We'll name it, "Inside Rings".
Reduce their opacity to 50%.
Next, we'll make the other lines in the screen.
Make a new layer... go to a layer mask
and press and hold, Alt or Opt as you drag a copy of it next to the empty
layer.
Click on the empty layer to make it active.
Hide the guidelines by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + H.
Open your "Single Row Marquee Tool"
and click down on the center. Fill it with white
and delete the selection.
Make a copy of the horizontal line
and go to, "Edit"... "Transform"...
and "Rotate 90 degrees clockwise".
Merge the horizontal and vertical line layers
by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + E.
When this window pops up, click, "Preserve".
This preserves the layer mask. Make a copy of the layer
and open you're Transform tool. Go to a corner
and when you see a curved, double-arrow, press and hold
"Shift" as you rotate it 45 degrees.
Then, press the Enter or Return.
Merge the two line layers and preserve the layer mask.
Reduce the opacity to 25%.
This is the image I'll use to place into my radar screen.
If you'd like to use it, the link is located in the video's description or
project files.
If you want to use another image, just make sure
it's stark, black and white.
Go to "Select" and "Color Range".
If the areas you want to use are black,
choose, "Shadows". If they're white,
choose, "Highlights". Then click OK.
Make a new layer and fill it with black.
Since Black is the background color, press Ctrl
or Cmd + Delete. Then,
delete the selection. To get the image onto your screen,
drag it up onto the tab of your radar file. Without releasing your mouse or pen
drag it down onto the screen and release.
Before we we re-size and position it,
go to the layer below your black image and click off the chain link.
Press and hold Alt or Opt as you drag a copy of the layer mask
next to your black image. Click on the thumbnail
of the black image to make it active and drag it to the center.
If it's sticking a little, go to "View"and click
"Snap" to deactivate it.
Open your Transform tool...go to a corner
and when you see is straight, double- arrow press and hold
Shift + Alt on a PC or Shift + Opt on a Mac
as you drag it out or in to resize it.
To reposition it, click inside the Transform
and move it. Continue to resize and position it until you're happy.
Then, press Enter or Return.
Reduce the Opacity to 30%.
The final step is to add blips on the bright sweeps.
Make a new layer and name it,
"Blip". Open your Elliptical Marquee tool
and go to an area of the bright,sweep.
Press and hold, "Shift" as you drag out a small circle.
Fill it with white...and delete the selection.
Double-click on the blip's thumbnail to open its Layer Style window.
Click Outer Glow....the color box...
and pick white.
Change the Blend Mode to "Normal" and the Opacity
to 100%. Make the Spread,
15% and the Size, 20 pixels.
Then click OK. Make a copy of the blip
and move it to another area within the sweep.
Continue to make copies and move them to other areas on the top
and bottom sweeps.
This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV. Thanks for watching!