Quick tutorial i wrote this morning. How to make blood and coffee stain. The idea came from question on Macromedia Fireworks forum by „runner_28″.You need Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004 and above to finish it. You can see final result here »
LEVEL: Beginner
WHAT YOU HAVE TO KNOW: Make vector objects, Add live effects,
SOURCE PNG: blood cofee stain.png – saved with Fireworks 8
Step 1 – Open image and add ellipse where you want the blood stain.
Step 2 – Change the shape to add some random splat look.
Step 3 – Change fill of object to contour. Make inner color ~70% transparent. Add „Inner Glow“ live effect Color=#660000, Softness=15, Opacity=100%, Offset=0
Step 4 – Add „Noise“ live effect Amount=22
Step 5 – Add „Gaussian Blur“ live effect Blur radius=1.8
Step 6 – Add „Edges“ live effect Edge Width=13, Margin=0, Feature Size=3, Edge mode=Lumpy
Step 7 – Add „Inner Bevel“ live effect Smooth, Width=10, Contrast=50%, Softness=10, Button preset=Raised
Step 8 – Now the coffee cup stain. Make Ellipse. Fill it with appropriate color. I use contour fill here again. (don`t look at the blood stain in the figure below. I know it is different)
Step 9 – Make another ellipse and scale it down
Step10 – Select two ellipses and go to Modify » Combine Paths » Punch
Step 11 – Add „Edges“ live effect Edge Width=10, Margin=0, Feature Size=11, Edge mode=Rough
Step12 – Add „Inner Glow“ live effect Color=#A9782E, Width=2, Softness=3, Opacity=90%, Offset=0
Step 13 -Duplicate Stains, move them and lower the opacity to achieve better looking results
Have questions? Always download source PNG files for the tutorial. There are hidden secrets in them ;-) Or use comments below! English is not my native language! I hope you point me to any errors I have. See you next time.