How to make Corrupted Sanctuary bricks:

1. Start Photoshop
2. Make new image (128x64 for a 64x32 brick)
3. Choose a Light Grey (160 R, G and B) and Black as the 2 colours
3. Go to Filter-->Render-->Clouds
4. Select the 'Channels' tab in theLayers view
5. Add a channel
6. Select the new channel
7. Go to Filter-->Render-->Difference Clouds
8. Go to Filter-->Noise-->Add Noise.
9. Select something low like 6% and press OK
10. Click the Layers tab and select the image
11. Go to Filters-->Render-->Lighting Effects
12. Under Texture Channel choose Alpha 1
13. Fiddle around with the other stuff until you see somehting you like and press OK
14. Save as a bitmap image
15. Close Photoshop
16. Open Paint Shop Pro
17. Open the bitmap image
18. Press 'L'
19. Right Click on Background in the Layer Palette and choose duplicate
20. Select the Background layer and Turn the entire layer into black (use the glasses next to layers to toggle seeing them or not)
21. Go to Layers-->New Raster Layer
22. Select the New Layer (Mine is called Layer 2)
23. Press 'F' to select the Fill tool
24. Under Styles at the Color Chooser, select the Gradient button.
25. Click on the Gradient to go to its settings.
26. Under Style choose 'Sunburst Gradient'
27. Set the Horizontal and Vertical values to 0
28. Press the 'Edit...' Button
29. Under Types choose '#1 Foreground-Background'
30. Set the Opacity value to '0' (ONLY if the location value next to it is 0%, which it should be)
31. Press OK
32. Press OK
33. Select the foreground Colour to be 160 Red, Green, and Blue
34. Select the Background colour to be Black
35. Fill the Gradient into Layer 2
36. In the Layer Palette, set the Layer Blend Mode to Hard Light (Normal on default) for Layer 2
37. Turn off the Visibility (the glasses in the Layer Palette) for background and make sure the visibility for 'Copy of Background' and 'Layer 2' is turned on.
38. Go to Layers-->Merge-->Merge Visible
39. Turn on the Visibility for 'Background' again
40. Select the Layer called Merged
41. Go to Image-->Canvas Size
42. Tick the 'Center Image Horizontally and Vertically' boxes
43. Set the New Width to 180
44. Set the New height to 120
45. Press OK
46. Press 'M' to select the Magic Wand tool
47. Select the black area outside of the Brick
48. Go to Selections-->Modify-->Feather
49. Choose 16 and press OK
50. Press 'Delete' 4 times
51. Go to Selections-->Select None
52. Go to Image-->Canvas Size
53. Make sure the 2 boxes are ticked
54. Set New Width to 128
55. Set New Height to 64
56. Press OK
57. Go to Layers-->Merge-->Merge All (Flatten)
58. Go to Colors-->Adjust-->Red/Green/Blue...
59. Set Red and Green to 0 and Blue to 25
60. Press OK
61. Select Image-->Resize
62. Select 'Percentage of Original' and set both values to 50%
63. Select 'Smart Size' as the resize type
64. Press OK

YOU'RE DONE! You got a typical Corrupted Sanctuary brick. They'll all come out differently, btu here's a screenie of the one I made with the tutorial:


Made by request, you guys should really learn these l33t tricks by yourselves like I did and stop copying mine. And ppl think drawing like me was lazy and easy, well I bet they've just realized a new low of ppl who dont even wanna figure out effects by themselves, EVIL!

QUICK UPDATE:
Just updated the examp-le pic to tile a few bricks instead of showing just one.

Also, if you dont like the load of dots or 'noisey' texture the rbick has just ignore steps 8 and 9...

Oh,wow,now that's gonna make those guys who say you don't really WORK for your tilesets shut up!
Phew...
*saves it all*

EDIT:Waitasecond,Photoshop?
Didn't you use PSP?

I use photoshop for the rock texture, thats all. If you read through it all you'll see that at step 16 out of 64 I open Paint Shop Pro again

You could also make the texture with TeraLogic Texture Maker but I find photoshop easier to work with for doing that. You could also rip the textures given with Paint Shop pro, but those look really crap

Sh...
Shoot!
And why did I just download PSP?

Originally posted by Disguise
16. Open Paint Shop Pro
17. Open the bitmap image
18. Press 'L'
19. Right Click on Background in the Layer Palette and choose duplicate
20. Select the Background layer and Turn the entire layer into black (use the glasses next to layers to toggle seeing them or not)
21. Go to Layers-->New Raster Layer
22. Select the New Layer (Mine is called Layer 2)
23. Press 'F' to select the Fill tool
24. Under Styles at the Color Chooser, select the Gradient button.
25. Click on the Gradient to go to its settings.
26. Under Style choose 'Sunburst Gradient'
27. Set the Horizontal and Vertical values to 0
28. Press the 'Edit...' Button
29. Under Types choose '#1 Foreground-Background'
30. Set the Opacity value to '0' (ONLY if the location value next to it is 0%, which it should be)
31. Press OK
32. Press OK
33. Select the foreground Colour to be 160 Red, Green, and Blue
34. Select the Background colour to be Black
35. Fill the Gradient into Layer 2
36. In the Layer Palette, set the Layer Blend Mode to Hard Light (Normal on default) for Layer 2
37. Turn off the Visibility (the glasses in the Layer Palette) for background and make sure the visibility for 'Copy of Background' and 'Layer 2' is turned on.
38. Go to Layers-->Merge-->Merge Visible
39. Turn on the Visibility for 'Background' again
40. Select the Layer called Merged
41. Go to Image-->Canvas Size
42. Tick the 'Center Image Horizontally and Vertically' boxes
43. Set the New Width to 180
44. Set the New height to 120
45. Press OK
46. Press 'M' to select the Magic Wand tool
47. Select the black area outside of the Brick
48. Go to Selections-->Modify-->Feather
49. Choose 16 and press OK
50. Press 'Delete' 4 times
51. Go to Selections-->Select None
52. Go to Image-->Canvas Size
53. Make sure the 2 boxes are ticked
54. Set New Width to 128
55. Set New Height to 64
56. Press OK
57. Go to Layers-->Merge-->Merge All (Flatten)
58. Go to Colors-->Adjust-->Red/Green/Blue...
59. Set Red and Green to 0 and Blue to 25
60. Press OK
61. Select Image-->Resize
62. Select 'Percentage of Original' and set both values to 50%
63. Select 'Smart Size' as the resize type
64. Press OK

You got PSP Because all those steps are required to draw the bricks. Paint Shop pro is the best drawing program imaginable, and there is _NO_ way I can make a tileset with Photoshop, it's almost impossible. You never know what the location of the picture you're drawing on is, you never know how big your selection is etc. etc.
These are very important features, and when making a tileste you must STRICTLY stay to the 32 pixels per tile thing, and if you dont know your 32 times tables you're gonna have a big problem knowing if you're actually drawing on the right place. Look, there's nothign Wrong with Paint Shop Pro. Only problem is that the textures the program gives you arent that good, so you have to make your own instead of using those

Photoshop to em is less significant than that freeware texture generater i got...

Originally posted by Disguise
You never know what the location of the picture you're drawing on is, you never know how big your selection is etc. etc.

Did you check the info palette (at least in 6.0)? Of course, you couldn't even see Lock in PSP which is on the default screen ;p

Originally posted by Ice M A N
Did you check the info palette (at least in 6.0)? Of course, you couldn't even see Lock in PSP which is on the default screen ;p

Ooohhhhhhh! I FOUND A NEW TOY IN PHOTOSHOP!!! *heads off to psp again*
btw if you think the lock thing is bad, then you shouldn't know about the new 'anti-aliasing' features paint shop pro put on every single tool as default with the release of psp7. Took me AAGGEESS to find that little checkbox

ME TOO! ;p

Wooha!
I just found out what is possible wif PSP.
And as soon as I find someone for helping me with the pallette,I can even use it for tilesets!!!!!!!!!!!

Me happy me ish!

HEY DISQUISE, YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE POSTED THIS ON THE JCF!
NOW OTHER PEOPLE GET USE OF MY REQUEST AT YOU!
Okay, thanks

try "Acme Online Masonry Designer" (do a web search, I'm too lazy to get a link), a program by a bricklaying company... works as a great source to steal brick templates from! ;D

Originally posted by SteelTalon
try "Acme Online Masonry Designer" (do a web search, I'm too lazy to get a link), a program by a bricklaying company... works as a great source to steal brick templates from! ;D

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! !!!!! *runs away*

RIP in peace,SteelTalon!

ST, I would run if I was you.