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Title: Beams in Photoshop
Post by: lobsterclaw on March 03, 2003, 09:39:43 pm: Only the beams are mine (picture credit to Corsair) but if you have any suggestions on how to improve it i would greatly appreciate it. :nod:

(KT will post the image in just a sec)
Title: Beams in Photoshop
Post by: Knight Templar on March 03, 2003, 09:41:33 pm: Ta-da! Love me. ;7
Title: Beams in Photoshop
Post by: StratComm on March 03, 2003, 10:00:36 pm: Pretty good, those beams actually look like beams. I've seen better renders of the Raynor though. Needs more natural lighting, and some turret repositioning, but that's not an issue with your pic.
Title: Beams in Photoshop
Post by: lobsterclaw on March 03, 2003, 10:06:16 pm: thanks.:) KT says that the glow at the base is too transparent or something. I used solarcell for that cause i didn't know what else to use.
Title: Beams in Photoshop
Post by: Knight Templar on March 03, 2003, 10:08:48 pm: I like the beams. They are great, but for some reason the glow at the base looks like The Blob™ to me.

Maybe it's just because it's you :p
Title: Beams in Photoshop
Post by: lobsterclaw on March 03, 2003, 10:37:33 pm: Gee, thanks KT:rolleyes::D

Well, if anyone has any suggestions how to make it look less like The Blob™, please help.
Title: Beams in Photoshop
Post by: NeoHunter on March 04, 2003, 05:07:40 am: Nice design! And not to mention great looking beams! How did you do it?
Title: Beams in Photoshop
Post by: lobsterclaw on March 04, 2003, 07:08:53 pm: I used a lightsaber tutorial (http://www.bluesfear.com/tutorials/Lightsaber.htm) and just messed around with it. You can PM me if you want to know exactly how i did it.
Title: Beams in Photoshop
Post by: Razor on March 05, 2003, 12:40:05 pm: Those are pretty good beams. I made some of my own too. Wanna take a look? This way to the link (http://www.fattonys.com/images/upload/kg3.jpg)
Title: Beams in Photoshop
Post by: Razor on March 05, 2003, 12:47:21 pm: By the way that saber tut? Bleh! Those are just light sticks not light sabers. :p Get the load of this!
(http://www.fattonys.com/images/upload/sg.jpg)
Title: Beams in Photoshop
Post by: an0n on March 05, 2003, 03:54:13 pm: (http://www.fattonys.com/images/sabre1.jpg)

.........Well I'm quite proud of it anyway.

Y'know, I really should finish that off some day.
Title: Beams in Photoshop
Post by: Warlock on March 05, 2003, 03:57:08 pm: Hmmm kinna 'glassy' looking though Anon. Not bad,..just a tad glassy :)
Title: Beams in Photoshop
Post by: Anaz on March 05, 2003, 04:16:24 pm: I agree with Warlock...looks kinda like a flourecent bulb :D
Title: Beams in Photoshop
Post by: Knight Templar on March 05, 2003, 04:42:11 pm: reminds me of one of these (http://www.parksabers.com/) .
Title: Beams in Photoshop
Post by: lobsterclaw on March 05, 2003, 08:17:42 pm: Quote
By the way that saber tut? Bleh! Those are just light sticks not light sabers. Get the load of this!

I don't know if you want to tell me, but how did you do those? If you won't tell me that, what program did u make them in?
Title: Beams in Photoshop
Post by: Knight Templar on March 05, 2003, 08:32:59 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Razor
Those are pretty good beams. I made some of my own too. Wanna take a look? This way to the link (http://www.fattonys.com/images/upload/kg3.jpg)

I like Lobby's better :p

You're are too black and white.. black being the color, white being the white. They look comic bookish. Replace them with your sabers :nod:
Title: Beams in Photoshop
Post by: lobsterclaw on March 05, 2003, 08:36:41 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Knight Templar

You're are too black and white.. black being the color, white being the white. They look comic bookish. Replace them with your sabers :nod:

Definitely use the sabers.:nod:
Title: Beams in Photoshop
Post by: Sandwich on March 06, 2003, 02:15:24 am: Quote
Originally posted by lobsterclaw
Gee, thanks KT:rolleyes::D

Well, if anyone has any suggestions how to make it look less like The Blob™, please help.

The main problem I see is that the green glow is too opaque - it needs to be more transparent, but not too much. Do this...

*points to title*

Make sure that the blending mode of the layers you have your glows on is set to screen. Then, if it still looks blobby (bloby? One "b" or two? :p), reduce the opacity of the green glow layer only (you do have the green glow on a different layer from the white core, correct?).

Also, try and get the green glow to progressively be more transparent the further it is from the white core, both at the warm-up as well as the beam itself. Basically, the white should be solid all the way through, liek it is, but the green should go from solid (right next to the white) to completely faded out around the circumference.
Title: Beams in Photoshop
Post by: Razor on March 06, 2003, 09:40:43 am: Quote
Originally posted by Knight Templar

I like Lobby's better :p

You're are too black and white.. black being the color, white being the white. They look comic bookish. Replace them with your sabers :nod:

WHAAT? You guys finally like something I made? :eek:
Ok well I would do it but teach me how to make, do, play with layers ok?
Title: Beams in Photoshop
Post by: lobsterclaw on March 06, 2003, 11:12:41 pm: Only if you tell me how you did those lightsabers.:p