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Title: Warm Welcome: Screenshot Art
Post by: Major Biggles on August 14, 2007, 10:35:23 AM
one i have been working on and off on for a little while. found it in my folder and thought i'd finish it today. hope you guys like!


(http://www.71sqn.co.uk/Incoming/welcome.jpg)
Title: Warm Welcome: Screenshot Art
Post by: Jack16 on August 14, 2007, 11:33:47 AM
I'll say it again..."Thats awesome Biggles!":D
Title: Warm Welcome: Screenshot Art
Post by: Denholm on August 14, 2007, 02:38:12 PM
I want to know how you did the flame and smoke. That's the type of graphics I'd love to see in AH.
Title: Warm Welcome: Screenshot Art
Post by: Major Biggles on August 14, 2007, 02:58:58 PM
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Originally posted by Denholm
I want to know how you did the flame and smoke. That's the type of graphics I'd love to see in AH.



very easy, although it takes a lot of tinkering time to get it looking real.

fire was just a light yellow colour painted on, with an outer glow of red as a layer effect. then i just used the smudge tool to make it look like a fire that was licking up the side of the planes. smoke was just about painting black on, using the smudge tool softly to whip it about a bit, and using the dodge and burn tools to give it volume and stuff.

easy, just takes time
Title: Warm Welcome: Screenshot Art
Post by: Spikes on August 14, 2007, 03:57:55 PM
Dang...I can't make mine that smooth looking...When I get done it looks like it's been pixeled 5 times over.
Title: Warm Welcome: Screenshot Art
Post by: Latrobe on August 14, 2007, 08:56:31 PM
Biggles can you make it so the spitfire pilot is smilig and waving to the german pilot as he falls from the sky? :D

And it'd be pretty cool to see what you can do with a cv screenie :)  not that i'm saying you should do one of those as your next screenie maybe with a flight deck full of F4U's fully loaded with eggs and rkts, NO why would I say you should do that kind of screenie next?
Title: Warm Welcome: Screenshot Art
Post by: Major Biggles on August 15, 2007, 04:23:26 AM
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Originally posted by Latrobe
Biggles can you make it so the spitfire pilot is smilig and waving to the german pilot as he falls from the sky? :D

And it'd be pretty cool to see what you can do with a cv screenie :)  not that i'm saying you should do one of those as your next screenie maybe with a flight deck full of F4U's fully loaded with eggs and rkts, NO why would I say you should do that kind of screenie next?



:lol


well, i'm off to australia tomorrow,but i was thinking of trying to do an F6F landing on a CV in really bad weather.
Title: Warm Welcome: Screenshot Art
Post by: Spikes on August 15, 2007, 11:22:21 AM
then next week, you will be going to Africa?  :D
Title: Warm Welcome: Screenshot Art
Post by: Oogly50 on August 15, 2007, 11:49:32 AM
this is my current desktop background.  Nice work :aok
Title: Warm Welcome: Screenshot Art
Post by: Denholm on August 15, 2007, 12:54:40 PM
Made this my AH logo. Old one was getting, well, old.
Title: Warm Welcome: Screenshot Art
Post by: Spikes on August 15, 2007, 01:00:39 PM
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Originally posted by Denholm
Made this my AH logo. Old one was getting, well, old.


how did you do that?
Title: Warm Welcome: Screenshot Art
Post by: Denholm on August 15, 2007, 01:07:09 PM
Save the image to my computer, open the image, save it as a .bmp. Open the image in paint, re size it to 1024 x 1024. Fill in the blank spots (white) with black. Save the image, open the image in Adobe, move the picture to the center, save the image as a "JPEG High" naming it "ahlogo.jpg"

Afterwards I move the image to my "Aces High II" folder in the HTC directory.
Title: Warm Welcome: Screenshot Art
Post by: Spikes on August 15, 2007, 01:21:53 PM
Thanks.
Title: Warm Welcome: Screenshot Art
Post by: titanic3 on August 16, 2007, 05:14:29 PM
the spitfire should be on fire! :mad: :furious

my Emil....:cry  

:rolleyes:
Title: Warm Welcome: Screenshot Art
Post by: Sketch on August 16, 2007, 07:49:19 PM
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Originally posted by Denholm
Save the image to my computer, open the image, save it as a .bmp. Open the image in paint, re size it to 1024 x 1024. Fill in the blank spots (white) with black. Save the image, open the image in Adobe, move the picture to the center, save the image as a "JPEG High" naming it "ahlogo.jpg"

Afterwards I move the image to my "Aces High II" folder in the HTC directory.


I have been doing this for a while and make them every once and a while for the AK's, just for some motivation before we log in.  Have also done a few others including one for the "Lighting Lancers" with 68KO's patch.  Here is our current one... Arabian Knights AH-Login (http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t61/Sketchwork/Aces%20High%20Screenshots/AKsLoginAugust07.jpg)
Title: Warm Welcome: Screenshot Art
Post by: Denholm on August 16, 2007, 08:28:21 PM
Very nice sketch. I'm not as gifted in the arts of graphics. I just can't see what's missing or what could enhance a photo.
Title: Warm Welcome: Screenshot Art
Post by: B@tfinkV on August 17, 2007, 08:31:54 PM
awesome.

just no other words for it.

now i am left with a problem......do i keep the two Finnish 109s chasing the two yaks or do i switch right now to this one as my desktop.....and then theres the Ambush with the tiger i wanted to use....

SLOW DOWN DAMNIT>
Title: Warm Welcome: Screenshot Art
Post by: Sketch on August 18, 2007, 08:53:10 AM
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Originally posted by B@tfinkV
awesome.

just no other words for it.

now i am left with a problem......do i keep the two Finnish 109s chasing the two yaks or do i switch right now to this one as my desktop.....and then theres the Ambush with the tiger i wanted to use....

SLOW DOWN DAMNIT>


Batfink... let me help you.  Okay, sit down, relax we will figure this out.....

I got it!  :eek:   Put one as your desktop..... Then, for your screensaver, do the slide show with the photos!!   Yeah!  Man I'm good!!   :aok
Title: Warm Welcome: Screenshot Art
Post by: Spikes on August 18, 2007, 10:10:27 AM
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Originally posted by Sketch
Batfink... let me help you.  Okay, sit down, relax we will figure this out.....

I got it!  :eek:   Put one as your desktop..... Then, for your screensaver, do the slide show with the photos!!   Yeah!  Man I'm good!!   :aok


:lol :lol
Title: Warm Welcome: Screenshot Art
Post by: B@tfinkV on August 18, 2007, 12:14:40 PM
zOMG sketch u r 2 cleva....

ty suh!
Title: Warm Welcome: Screenshot Art
Post by: Denholm on August 19, 2007, 09:59:58 AM
How about one as your desktop, one as your AH background, and the rest in the screen saver?