This tutorial is how to create a custom muzzle flash, or anything else that can be applied to this.

Step 1:
Download this base picture for the tutorial, or make your own that is similar.
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc292/Advancebo/MF%20Tutorial/base.png

And download this gradient map.
http://files.filefront.com/Tutorial+Plasma+Rifle+GRDgrd/;13125150;/fileinfo.html
It will be used in this tutorial

Step 2:
Open up the gradient in a Photoshop


Step 3:
Go to Images>Adjustments>Gradient Map...


Step 4:
Click on the gradient bar


Step 5:
You will see this:


Click on the [Load...] button.
And load in the GRD file you downloaded.


Step 6:
It will come up with this:


Step 7:
Congratulations, you created a muzzle flash bitmap based off of the Halo 3 Plasma Rifle's Muzzle Flash.



You can make other gradients, to create different styles of muzzle flashes. Also other cloudy/puffy shapes can make it look different in shape.

Nice tut, I'm gonna DL Photoshop eventually ::evil face::

depends if it can use this method. look for a gradient map tool.

Well, I dont use that Adobe software. So I do not really know, just try what you can.

Can you go to Image>Adjustments>Gradient Map?
Edited by Advancebo on Jan 28, 2009 at 06:15 PM

I will try to update constantly with new halo gradients, all in the same GRD file.

http://files.filefront.com/Halogrd/;13127225;/fileinfo.html

I will release a tutorial on getting it ingame, soon.

Why do people think Adobe Photoshop costs alot? Its like $50 at Wal-Mart :|

You are talking about Corel PaintShop :V

They dont sell Photoshop in Wal Mart

lol, I will go to Wal-Mart tomorrow and take a picture of it

Dont really like the outcome...
Edited by DEEhunter on Jan 29, 2009 at 12:13 AM

Click on the "reverse" tab.

Its the way Bungie does it in Halo 3 :V

Actually no. They didnt.
http://www.bungie.net/Inside/publications.aspx#pub15938
The particals faded along the levels of there alpha. And the particle texture "scrolls" across a muck larger one. Also the gradients are animated.

How they made muzzle flashes is the same as to what I did. Except they did theirs in Guerilla.

And your talking about smoke clouds and such.

Different particles are made in different ways.

Actually no. All particals are made the same way. They are originaly greyscale and have gradient maps in guerrilla. This saves a great amount of memory.

Well, this method is similar then :V