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Off-Topic Discussion => Arts & Talents => Topic started by: jdjtcagle on June 17, 2004, 07:56:43 pm

Title: Look... I made a Nebula
Post by: jdjtcagle on June 17, 2004, 07:56:43 pm: :)

(http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/7661/JoshN.jpg)

So?
Does it suck?
Title: Look... I made a Nebula
Post by: Flipside on June 17, 2004, 08:14:30 pm: Looks pretty good actually, try inverting it and adding some stars ;)

It's a pity the edges are clipped really, if it had been a complete image you could almost use it ingame ;)
Title: Look... I made a Nebula
Post by: jdjtcagle on June 17, 2004, 08:17:07 pm: Thanks :)
Bah... the clipped edges can be fixed ;)
Title: Look... I made a Nebula
Post by: DragonClaw on June 17, 2004, 08:19:36 pm: Well, it might have had an alpha channel. Photoshop makes transparent backgrounds white when you change the format to non-alpha compatible.

You got a drawing board or something? I have no idea what technique you used... but it's great :):yes:

Neh...crappy job at making it black :p
(http://swooh.com/peon/DragonClaw/public/tishtop.jpg)
Title: Look... I made a Nebula
Post by: jdjtcagle on June 17, 2004, 08:24:52 pm: How excactly did you make the background look black and err.. better?? :eek:

I got tired of using tutorials that didn't work. So I tried it on my own, and found out the way on my own :D
Title: Look... I made a Nebula
Post by: Flipside on June 17, 2004, 08:25:52 pm: Looks a bit like some nice creative use of the ink-dropper to me :)
Title: Look... I made a Nebula
Post by: jdjtcagle on June 17, 2004, 08:42:11 pm: Ink Dropper?? I'm such a newb... :p

Just to make myself more clear on what I was asking...
How did you get the background black??
Title: Look... I made a Nebula
Post by: Flipside on June 17, 2004, 08:47:46 pm: I'm not sure how he did it to be honest... I'd wait until DC gets back ;)
Title: Look... I made a Nebula
Post by: DragonClaw on June 17, 2004, 08:59:42 pm: The enignmatic fweeb™ returns...

don't ask...

It's simple, takes like 2 buttons. Open the image, go to image-->adjustments-->replace color. Click on a white part of the image in the selection mode. I maxed out the fuzziness so it doesn't look too brutal. In transform, simply drag the Lightness bar all the way to the left. Wa-la.
Title: Look... I made a Nebula
Post by: jdjtcagle on June 17, 2004, 09:38:25 pm: Ok, your probally not going to like it... but just think what it would look like with surrounding nebula to give it more shape and make it look way better. :)

(http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/7661/JoshN.jpg)
Title: Look... I made a Nebula
Post by: Corsair on June 17, 2004, 11:45:39 pm: Oooooh...colors! I like it. What program are you using?
Title: Look... I made a Nebula
Post by: jdjtcagle on June 18, 2004, 12:24:11 am: Photoshop :)
Title: Look... I made a Nebula
Post by: Liberator on June 18, 2004, 12:26:29 am: It looks vaguely like the V'ger cloud from ST:TMP. Nice.
Title: Look... I made a Nebula
Post by: kasperl on June 18, 2004, 10:58:48 am: Kinda cartoony, but rather nice.
Title: Look... I made a Nebula
Post by: jdjtcagle on June 18, 2004, 11:47:32 am: 30 min.
(http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/8449/JoshN2.jpg)
Title: Look... I made a Nebula
Post by: jdjtcagle on June 18, 2004, 12:44:36 pm: (http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/1884/JoshN3.jpg)
Title: Look... I made a Nebula
Post by: USS Alexander on June 18, 2004, 12:50:48 pm: Nice neb there:) lots of filters uses heh;)
Title: Look... I made a Nebula
Post by: kasperl on June 18, 2004, 12:55:00 pm: A couple of idea's:
Add something like a noise layer, to make the whole thing about more gradient/cloudy. This just looks too opaque, cartoony, or like it's been painted using oil-based paint.
Use a lower compression rate when posting, I'm seeing artifacts.
Title: Look... I made a Nebula
Post by: jdjtcagle on June 18, 2004, 01:30:21 pm: Quote
Originally posted by kasperl
A couple of idea's:
Add something like a noise layer, to make the whole thing about more gradient/cloudy. This just looks too opaque, cartoony, or like it's been painted using oil-based paint.
Use a lower compression rate when posting, I'm seeing artifacts.

Any better?

(http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/8449/JoshN2.jpg)

Quote
Originally posted by USS Alexander
Nice neb there:) lots of filters uses heh;)

No actually... :)
Title: Look... I made a Nebula
Post by: USS Alexander on June 18, 2004, 02:31:18 pm: Quote
Originally posted by jdjtcagle

Any better?

No actually... :)

mmmmm smudge tool?
Title: Look... I made a Nebula
Post by: jdjtcagle on June 18, 2004, 02:35:13 pm: :nod:

You wouldn't believe how easy this is...
Title: Look... I made a Nebula
Post by: USS Alexander on June 18, 2004, 02:54:40 pm: Make it more cloudy using another layer and use the difference clouds filter then overlay that layer, will make it look even better:)
Title: Look... I made a Nebula
Post by: jdjtcagle on June 18, 2004, 10:43:15 pm: Ok did it to all of them, I'll post them up later and try to get in-game shots of them ;)
Title: Look... I made a Nebula
Post by: kasperl on June 19, 2004, 05:48:05 am: Try throwing a few star layers in. And make some of the parts darker.

Use more difference in the opaque areas, especially try to create bright points, like there are star(s) behind/inside the neb there.

There is some really nice work here, but it is all to opaque and too solid to be a nice nebula, IMO.