create my own knob

AngularMomentum · 10 May 2010

You could use Photoshop and a animation script. It gives much better detail and more accurate layer effects then knobman, but will require a lot more time designing. Knobman does have so much advantages for me though over the Photoshop with action script way, that I use knobman lately to animate, I do design knobcaps and such still in Photoshop, then import and animate in Knobman.

I used to use an earlier version of this action script in Photoshop.

http://www.otiumfx.com/knobrender.php

trogluddite · 10 May 2010

Thanks for the link AM - I've also been thinking of trying something other than knobman for a while.

I'm also cooking something else up - I'll tell you, but you mustn't laugh 😉 I use stepper motors at work quite a lot, and figured that I can photograph a real hardware knob being rotated by very accurate small increments for a truly 'photorealistic' 3D knob look. Just having a bit of trouble finding an automatic way of generating an alpha mask that leaves the front panel shadow intact. - I'll post a couple up if I get anywhere.

aviadderi1 · 10 May 2010

thanks

i try to do knob on photoshop but its not looking good on knobman

do you know of any tutorial to make good quality knob ?

thanks

nix · 11 May 2010

Which knobs do you want to make? Or they are your own design or hardware? PS, I have a couple of cool looking hardware knobs trog if you get keen on the method 🙂

aviadderi1 · 11 May 2010

i want to create a vintge knobs i can buils this on photoshop but the animation i have to do on knobman but its not looking good

any suggestion?

nix · 11 May 2010

If you like you can pm me or up here your images, .psd and knobman files and we can have a look. Maybe you would just like to post a picture of your knob after you have animated it in knobman, and tell us what you would like to change. Hope it's looking as you want soon 🙂

attic · 17 May 2010

A few links for graphic tutorials.

Create Reaktor GUI Vertical Image Maps in Photoshop This is a really video detailing Photoshop usage and Cinema 4d. http://www.vimeo.com/8515297

Radio-Knobsdials-of-past-photoshop http://adreamers.blogspot.com/2008/08/radio-knobsdials-of-past-photoshop.html Vintage Knob (This one is a jpg so make sure to zoom it. http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/4018/vintageknob2mq2.jpg Stereo Knob http://www.webdesign.org/photoshop/drawing-techniques/stereo-knob.11981.html

The Synthedit way. http://www.guitarampmodeling.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=3778&start=0

How to get this Spheric effects http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=2884

How to Design a Media Player with Vector Tools http://vector.tutsplus.com/tutorials/illustration/how-to-design-a-media-player-with-vector-tools/

Gui Station is worth signing up for as there are many tutorials and ideas to be had here. http://guistation.com/index.php?topic=300.0

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