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Title: Pretty pic!
Post by: Shrike on March 08, 2001, 02:33:00 am
 (http://www.3dap.com/hlp/staff/shrike/SLshot_1.jpg)
Title: Pretty pic!
Post by: Setekh on March 08, 2001, 02:55:00 am
Nice!  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif) I like it! However because I've never played SL, I odn't know how big the ships should be - there's no perspective for me. I have a rough idea of how big the ships are, but not a proper idea. Give shpis in the bg some blurring - just a little bit.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
Title: Pretty pic!
Post by: Shrike on March 08, 2001, 02:57:00 am
I was just playing around......if anything, the fighter should have a blur.  I'll have to figure out how to do that in 3DS.
Title: Pretty pic!
Post by: Setekh on March 08, 2001, 02:59:00 am
It'd have a motion blur. But because you can't focus on anything, if the ships in the foreground are blurred, the bg is detailed. If the ships in the foreground are detailed, the ships in the bg are blurred. Simple enough  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)
Title: Pretty pic!
Post by: Shrike on March 08, 2001, 03:12:00 am
Modified with caption and blur.  Next time I'll try to blur it in 3DS.

 (http://www.3dap.com/hlp/staff/shrike/SLshot_1a.jpg)  
Title: Pretty pic!
Post by: Setekh on March 08, 2001, 03:14:00 am
Sorry dude  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif) I still can't tell  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)
Title: Pretty pic!
Post by: Shrike on March 08, 2001, 03:23:00 am
Better?

It doesn't look good with everything blurred.
Title: Pretty pic!
Post by: Setekh on March 08, 2001, 05:39:00 am
Dude, you blurred the entire pic. Let me see what I can do...  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
Title: Pretty pic!
Post by: Setekh on March 08, 2001, 06:05:00 am
Any better..?  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

 (http://www.3dap.com/hlp/freespace/slshot_1-s.jpg)
Title: Pretty pic!
Post by: IceFire on March 08, 2001, 07:38:00 am
Use two Preadators and put them near the station to give a sense of scale to the ship in the foreground.
Title: Pretty pic!
Post by: Fineus on March 08, 2001, 10:31:00 am
I like it! It's definitely good, but somehow static... theres a lack of engine glow on the cruisers in the middle-background, but if they're stationary then I can understand that  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

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Title: Pretty pic!
Post by: Shrike on March 08, 2001, 01:13:00 pm
 
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Originally posted by Setekh:
Dude, you blurred the entire pic. Let me see what I can do...   (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

So what did you do to just blur the fighter?

I have my suspicions, but it was like 1:30 in the morning when I did that picture....bear with me.
Title: Pretty pic!
Post by: NeoHunter on March 08, 2001, 08:11:00 pm
I think the blurring on the fighter is a bit too much. Try reducing the blurring effect and see how.

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Title: Pretty pic!
Post by: Setekh on March 08, 2001, 10:57:00 pm
 
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Originally posted by Shrike:
So what did you do to just blur the fighter?

I have my suspicions, but it was like 1:30 in the morning when I did that picture....bear with me.

I usually do my pictures in a vector-based format so I can edit and move as I please, but as I was working with a jpg and not a vector format, I simply made a selection around the fighter and applied it.
Title: Pretty pic!
Post by: Shrike on March 09, 2001, 12:05:00 am
Heh, that's what I thought.   (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)
Title: Pretty pic!
Post by: Fineus on March 09, 2001, 01:00:00 am
Excuse me... whats a Vector based format?

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Title: Pretty pic!
Post by: Setekh on March 09, 2001, 01:51:00 am
It's the 'proper' name for object-based format  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif) Ie. Not bitmap - more than just a set of pixels.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
Title: Pretty pic!
Post by: Fineus on March 10, 2001, 01:36:00 am
I can't find anything in Photoshop that mentions this... help someone?

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Title: Pretty pic!
Post by: Setekh on March 10, 2001, 02:32:00 am
You're using PS6, right? That should support vector. I know it supports layers, but it should have them in objects too. Like text, fully editable on its own, but an image instead.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
Title: Pretty pic!
Post by: Fineus on March 10, 2001, 03:19:00 am
Yeah, it has that - but my main problem is that Axion will not make lens flares onto a transparent background, and if I make it anything other than transparent (or the original picture) it looks wrong. If you could get Axion working on a transparent layer - I'd be in heaven (no more tweaking the co-ordinates of the engine glow, just move it to get it right).

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