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Off-Topic Discussion => Arts & Talents => Topic started by: Petrarch of the VBB on February 26, 2003, 08:43:38 am

Title: Random FS art.
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on February 26, 2003, 08:43:38 am: This could perhaps be the poster for a film of FS2(http://www.freewebs.com/petrarch_of_th_vbb/fs%20display%20stand%20title4.txt)
Title: Random FS art.
Post by: Ulundel on February 26, 2003, 08:50:22 am: Very. Crappy. Motion blur.
Title: Random FS art.
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on February 26, 2003, 08:51:41 am: I know it's crappy. It was made with nothing but ModelView and PSP.
Title: Random FS art.
Post by: karajorma on February 26, 2003, 09:10:18 am: Quote
Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
I know it's crappy. It was made with nothing but ModelView and PSP.

Then don`t blur it. It's not like FS2 ships move THAT fast :)
Title: Random FS art.
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on February 26, 2003, 02:33:30 pm: Meh, it's only for school.:D

Besides I am getting Lightwave and 3DS max soon!;7
Title: Random FS art.
Post by: beatspete on February 26, 2003, 03:36:05 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
I know it's crappy. It was made with nothing but ModelView and PSP.

Please dont insult my 2 greatest tools. :(

Best thing about PSP is the paint brush. You can use this, along with the layering tool (very useful) to create nice engine glows and some cheap nebulas. Its also good for beams, with some practice.
To get a good star field, make a blank, black image, add a noise effect, then convert to grey scale and adjust contrast as apropriate.

...and stear well clear of the sunburst effect.

This is what i mean for the background and engine glows:
http://www.angelfire.com/stars4/beatspete/hecatebattle.html

And beams:
http://www.angelfire.com/stars4/beatspete/diemosjump.html

Note first attempt at warp effect - what do you think?
Title: Random FS art.
Post by: Knight Templar on February 26, 2003, 04:33:30 pm: Too bright. Evil Lense flares. Motion blur su)(0rz.

Art Critiqued.
Title: Random FS art.
Post by: Turnsky on February 26, 2003, 04:57:25 pm: meh, prefer photoshop over psp..
Title: Random FS art.
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on February 27, 2003, 06:43:28 am: And why not, it costs ten times as much, so must be better, and I am getting it very soon!

BTW, some nice work there, beatspete!
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Post by: Razor on February 27, 2003, 06:55:17 am: Jesus Christ! Cut the lens flares!

Motion blur isn't really good, make it photoshop instead.

Anyway, the general idea looks good. Perhaps if you use 3dsmax or Lightwave you may get better results. Why not try Truespace 1 or 2? You can get them for free and they aren't really hard to use.

By the way, I can give you some cool nebulas and star fields I created if you want to. I have a bunch of them. They are all home made and are pretty cool. :)
Title: Random FS art.
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on February 27, 2003, 06:58:36 am: Quote
Originally posted by Razor

By the way, I can give you some cool nebulas and star fields I created if you want to. I have a bunch of them. They are all home made and are pretty cool. :)

What format? Anyway, my email is [email protected]

As I said, I am getting Lightwave, 3DS Max and Photoshop very soon.
Title: Random FS art.
Post by: Razor on February 27, 2003, 07:09:11 am: Quote
Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB

What format? Anyway, my email is [email protected]

As I said, I am getting Lightwave, 3DS Max and Photoshop very soon.

JPG, High quality, 1024*768. I can ZIP them and sent them whenever you want them.
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Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on February 27, 2003, 01:20:35 pm: If you would send them as soon as possible I would be very grateful.
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Post by: Tiara on February 27, 2003, 01:21:17 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Razor

JPG, High quality, 1024*768. I can ZIP them and sent them whenever you want them.

ZIP = evil!

RAR = good!
Title: Random FS art.
Post by: Ulundel on February 27, 2003, 01:29:28 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Tiara

ZIP = evil!

RAR = good!

Both of 'em are nice. I don't see any reasons why Zip files should be evil.
Title: Random FS art.
Post by: Tiara on February 27, 2003, 01:38:31 pm: Well zip isn't evil, but rar has heavier compression thus makes the file smaller. Zip has low compression.
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Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on February 27, 2003, 01:41:33 pm: ZIP = more widely supported

RAR = less friendly interface
Title: Random FS art.
Post by: Tiara on February 27, 2003, 01:50:24 pm: In the last 3 months I haven't used a single zip file. Everything i've downloaded was .rar

Just d/l winrar. It supports both files. Lets you create both rar and zip.
Title: Random FS art.
Post by: Razor on February 27, 2003, 03:07:05 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
ZIP = more widely supported

RAR = less friendly interface

:nod:
Title: Random FS art.
Post by: Tiara on February 28, 2003, 03:19:35 am: Well, I think for small files it doesn't really matter but when you go for the 100+ MB files you'd better use rar files as it has 10-20% better compression.

(Even more at times)
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Post by: Nico on February 28, 2003, 03:32:22 am: Quote
Originally posted by Tiara
Well, I think for small files it doesn't really matter but when you go for the 100+ MB files you'd better use rar files as it has 10-20% better compression.

(Even more at times)

I agree. plus I don't see the "less frindly interface" thing, it's the same usual thing, right click add to rar, blablabla.
anyway, I don'y use either winzip or winrar now, I use powerarchiver. it deals with every kind of archives, and much more efficiently/faster/whatever.
Title: Random FS art.
Post by: Tiara on February 28, 2003, 04:19:32 am: Yeah, the "less friendly interface" is bull**** :p

I used powerarchiver as well, but it didn't allow me to make SFX archives for some reason.
Title: Random FS art.
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on February 28, 2003, 12:41:27 pm: Hmm. I use PowerArchiver, too, but not as much, as winzip has the wizard, for when i am tired.

Also, zip support is integrated into WinXP, I believe.