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Off-Topic Discussion => Arts & Talents => Topic started by: brandx0 on September 27, 2006, 06:05:35 am

Title: A Sunrise
Post by: brandx0 on September 27, 2006, 06:05:35 am: Just something I was fooling around with in photoshop. If anyone wants it as a planet for the game just PM me and I'll send along the image minus background.

(http://www.solarvoyager.com/uploads/Brandx0/56Z_sunrise.jpg)
Title: Re: A Sunrise
Post by: Dark Hunter on September 27, 2006, 11:38:27 am: I like it. Simple, yet really gets the point accross. A red X in the middle of a white box... truly inspired. :p
Title: Re: A Sunrise
Post by: Herra Tohtori on September 27, 2006, 01:19:54 pm: It looks good.

Although as an obsessive-compulsive realism fanatic I must state few minor qualms:

-The background has too big stars and there are some places where you clearly just have wiped everything out. No biggie. It's still quite good.

-The atmospheric glow on the dark side of the planet is slightly too strong to my tastes. It creates an impression of an impossibly thick atmosphere on the planet.

And, despite the fact that your lens flare is exellently subtle and fits the picture rather well, I would generally not want to see it half as often as it is used.

In situations where you want to emphasize the fact that "this is a picture taken by a camera", lens flares are more than appropriate (if used subtly, like you have). But, in situations when you want to create an impression of actually looking at the object, lens flare == evil. Human eyes don't show lens flares, and I always turn them off in computer games when I'm playing them.

But as I said, this is good looking... :yes:
Title: Re: A Sunrise
Post by: Kie99 on September 28, 2006, 01:57:21 am: Yeah, it's nice. You might want to host it here (http://imageshack.us) so people don't have to copy and paste the URL to view it though.
Title: Re: A Sunrise
Post by: Ashrak on September 28, 2006, 02:32:19 am: i dont even see the red X :(
Title: Re: A Sunrise
Post by: Colonol Dekker on September 28, 2006, 05:16:42 am: Yeah i got Zilch........... :mad:
Title: Re: A Sunrise
Post by: Herra Tohtori on September 28, 2006, 07:10:46 am: I took liberty to put it on ImageShack.

(http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/6424/56zsunrisetk2.th.jpg) (http://img222.imageshack.us/my.php?image=56zsunrisetk2.jpg)
Title: Re: A Sunrise
Post by: Colonol Dekker on September 28, 2006, 07:14:23 am: Ahhh, now that, i like...............Skybox please, *holds hands out in a twist fashion* :)
Title: Re: A Sunrise
Post by: Ashrak on September 28, 2006, 08:00:53 am: i detect a hint of Greg Martin :p (planet & stars) :)
Title: Re: A Sunrise
Post by: brandx0 on September 29, 2006, 05:07:25 pm: Quote from: Colonol Dekker on September 28, 2006, 07:14:23 am
Ahhh, now that, i like...............Skybox please, *holds hands out in a twist fashion* :)

Not a clue how to do that :-P
Title: Re: A Sunrise
Post by: Colonol Dekker on October 10, 2006, 07:58:01 am: Anyone else?
Title: Re: A Sunrise
Post by: Unknown Target on October 10, 2006, 11:12:05 am: Sexy looking indeed :)
Title: Re: A Sunrise
Post by: brandx0 on October 10, 2006, 09:29:26 pm: Quote from: Colonol Dekker on October 10, 2006, 07:58:01 am
Anyone else?

Anyone else what?
Title: Re: A Sunrise
Post by: Colonol Dekker on October 11, 2006, 08:40:16 am: Quote from: brandx0 on September 29, 2006, 05:07:25 pm
Quote from: Colonol Dekker on September 28, 2006, 07:14:23 am
Ahhh, now that, i like...............Skybox please, *holds hands out in a twist fashion* :)

Not a clue how to do that :-P
:rolleyes: