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General Forums => Films and Screenshots => Topic started by: Major Biggles on July 18, 2007, 09:12:09 AM
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another quick wallpaper i knocked out for a squaddie, enjoy!
(http://www.71sqn.co.uk/Incoming/hfield.jpg)
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hot
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awsome:cool:
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Beautiful! Think you could toss something together with a B-17 (Either 303rd skin) or a P-47 D-11?
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awesome:O
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Originally posted by Serenity
Beautiful! Think you could toss something together with a B-17 (Either 303rd skin) or a P-47 D-11?
which one do you want???
B-17's (http://forums.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=198101&highlight=turbulence)
or
P47D-11 (http://forums.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=201277&highlight=storm)
:D
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Biggles, youre a bloody genious! I know beggers cant be chosers, but is there anyway you could get a more broad-side shot of the Jug? My girlfriend is wanting a new desktop background, and she knows I fancy the Jug.
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Very nice Biggles. Great work. I love it!
:aok :aok
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thanks all :) it was just a quicky for a squaddie, only took an hour or two.
serenity, those other two were ones i did a while back, i didn't just knock both out for ya now :) takes a little time to do them. i'll see about a jug, but i don't like repeating stuff too much. i'll see if i have time :aok
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Originally posted by Major Biggles
thanks all :) it was just a quicky for a squaddie, only took an hour or two.
serenity, those other two were ones i did a while back, i didn't just knock both out for ya now :) takes a little time to do them. i'll see about a jug, but i don't like repeating stuff too much. i'll see if i have time :aok
lol. Thanks. If its too much trouble, dont bother. I was thinking of giving it a try myself as well.
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very nice :aok
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With all the requests Biggles, you should start a backgrounds store.
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Originally posted by Major Biggles
another quick wallpaper i knocked out for a squaddie, enjoy!
Looks good. Only one comment is on the shadowing. You can notice where the light source is coming from by the shadows of the trees in the background (on the field). However, the plane lacks a shadow. If added the realism will look much much better.
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Originally posted by Fulmar
Looks good. Only one comment is on the shadowing. You can notice where the light source is coming from by the shadows of the trees in the background (on the field). However, the plane lacks a shadow. If added the realism will look much much better.
yeah, it's what i've been thinking about. if you look at the tree's shadow though, it falls a long way., goes across the whole field and over the hedge.
i think the planes shadow would fall just off the left edge of the pic, but i may add a bit of a shadow on the left edge, we'll have to see :)
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Originally posted by Denholm
With all the requests Biggles, you should start a backgrounds store.
hehe, nah, i enjoy doing them for people. if i were to start a store i'd need to bump the quality up more. maybe someday, when i've learned more :) glad they seem to go down well though :)
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Major Biggles, you and I are alike. The quality of the work is never good enough for profit, and we always enjoy doing it as favors because it's fun for us.
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I made one. Not as good of course:aok
(http://[IMG]http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x311/archywood/USS-MISSOURI.jpg)[/IMG]
It's my first one so tell me if there needs to be something done to make it look better:cool:
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I like your P47 one Biggles:cool:
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Originally posted by Jack16
I made one. Not as good of course:aok
(http://[IMG]http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x311/archywood/USS-MISSOURI.jpg)[/IMG]
It's my first one so tell me if there needs to be something done to make it look better:cool:
lol. You need to make the Kates stick out more, maybe get a better pic of the Mo. (I can see my house in that pic! sorta...)
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lol
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jack, for a first try, that's really good, well done!!!
i don't know how good your pc is, but you might want to turn up your texture size in AH, and also turn anti-aliasing on, if your PC is powerful enough. it will make the plane graphics much nicer.
as for your actual shot, one problem is that the background is very vivid. if you turned down the contrast and turned upa the brightness a bit, it may help the kates blend in a bit better.
my first pic was very sucky, and it didn't blend well either, you'll learn :) it comes quickly. check out screenshotart.com, specifically the composites forum. they used to have great tutorials but they're down atm. they should be back up soon. take a lookaround that site, see if you can pick yp some hints ;)
wtg, it's a great first try! also, next time, try to take your pics in the film viewer, it allows you to get nicer camera angles :) press altR ingame instead of altS and it will record a film, then go to your aces high 2 folder, enter the films folder and watch the most recent one. open it up in fullscreen mode, get it to the angle you like, and press printscreen to transfer it into your image editor :)
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I did use film viewer:p and thanks for the site, ill check it out
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Alright, the setting for anti-alliasing is.... where?
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Originally posted by Serenity
Alright, the setting for anti-alliasing is.... where?
you know how you change resolution/screensaver etc. by right clicking the background? i think it's in the advanced options there. i've got quite a high end vid card, with it's own driver setup and control centre stuff, so i can't be sure about other PC's, but i think i remember it being in the advanced options under the screen setup stuff
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Okay, so its a computer setting and not a game setting. Thanks!
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Awsome picture biggles :O
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Here's another attempt I just made:cool: (http://[IMG]http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x311/archywood/Wingman_1.jpg)[/IMG]
How's this one?
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not bad jack, but in future, i wouldn't advise using the lens flare, it just adds clutter. also, what image editing program are you using? when i first started i was using free stuff without a proper extraction tool, and it gave me nasty edges like yours (they're not straight, and all jagged)
once i got photoshop (even a cheap old version), it was much easier, faster and better looking. what are you doing atm? just erasing around the edges? if so ouch, i remember taking hours doing that too :D
the pen tool in photoshop is such a godsend :eek:
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I'm using Microsoft Paint and Microsoft Digital Image Standard 2006 Editor. I also
have Gimp (where i got the flare from). And yes, I am erasing around the edges, but it doesn't take me hours.
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Originally posted by Jack16
I'm using Microsoft Paint and Microsoft Digital Image Standard 2006 Editor. I also
have Gimp (where i got the flare from). And yes, I am erasing around the edges, but it doesn't take me hours.
yeah, the problem with paint is that it can't do layers, and it's eraser is a block, it's not soft.
try a google search for serif photoplus 6, it's free and far better than paint, and easier to use than gimp, which is nasty.
atleast that will help you, because it can handle layers, and won't give you nasty jaggies when erasing. good luck! you're learning quick :)
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Thanks. Lol, it turns out i already downloaded that and forgot to mention it:lol
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i love your screenshots Biggles. Every pic you make should be in a museum or something.
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Good picture too jack :aok
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Heres an edited version of my first pic. Is it any better?(http://[IMG]http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x311/archywood/USSMissouri_2.jpg)[/IMG]
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What do you think jack?
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:O :aok new background
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Originally posted by Kermit de frog
What do you think jack?
I think the planes look a little better, but I still can't get the background quite right.
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Originally posted by Jack16
I think the planes look a little better, but I still can't get the background quite right.
The ship should be blurred not the planes. The right hand plane looks daft.
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Originally posted by Solar10
The ship should be blurred not the planes. The right hand plane looks daft.
how's this?
(http://[IMG]http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x311/archywood/USSMISSOURI_3.jpg)[/IMG]
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What happened to the torpedoes? By the way, the background still seems too bright. The items closer to the camera should be brighter.:aok
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The ship a bit too blurry. Ideally, you'd blur the ship just a hair and maybe blur the land in the back a hair more.
Also, don't rotate the plane on the left. The shadowing depicted on it (since it's now on its side) would be incorrect.
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I'm still using Major Biggles "Where The Eagles Soar" screen shot as my background, mainly beacause i love spitfires.
Jack16 IMO you need to make your shots look less blocky, They would make sweet screen shots
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The blocky effect is because he does not have antialiasing on. That will smooth out the edges when he capture them.
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Now?
(http://[IMG]http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x311/archywood/USSMissouri_4.jpg)[/IMG]
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Originally posted by Solar10
The blocky effect is because he does not have antialiasing on. That will smooth out the edges when he capture them.
How do i turn that on?
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Originally posted by Latrobe
I'm still using Major Biggles "Where The Eagles Soar" screen shot as my background, mainly beacause i love spitfires.
Jack16 IMO you need to make your shots look less blocky, They would make sweet screen shots
Linky please?
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Originally posted by Denholm
What happened to the torpedoes? By the way, the background still seems too bright. The items closer to the camera should be brighter.:aok
Actually Denholm, it's quite the opposite.
In picture taking, as well as real life,
Closer things are sharper, have more "color" and more "contrast"
Farther things are blurrier, have LESS color, and LESS contrast.
Basically it makes things closer look brighter and darker at the same time, and the background looks "washed out"
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That's pretty much what I was saying. It's just hard for someone who doesn't work around doing this to describe it. I was just telling him what I saw from a viewer's perspective, not from a creator's perspective.
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Originally posted by Jack16
Now?
(http://[IMG]http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x311/archywood/USSMissouri_4.jpg)[/IMG]
Let me swig down a bottle of my red wine and I'll let ya' know! (hiccup*!):rolleyes: :D
Kidding!:p
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lol:)
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Originally posted by Major Biggles
which one do you want???
B-17's (http://forums.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=198101&highlight=turbulence)
or
P47D-11 (http://forums.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=201277&highlight=storm)
:D
I don't wish to be picky, it's great work you have there Biggles but I do question the flames on the P47. That engine had a large turbocharger that was of course run by the exhaust. I don't think you would see exhaust flames like you would with a supercharged engine or a normaly aspirated one. I may be wrong on that though. You might want to check.
Word,
Mark