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Title: "DownTown"
Post by: 5PointOh on July 31, 2009, 07:37:20 PM
Simplistic...

(http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z235/nathanyoung1980/DownTown.jpg)
Title: Re: "DownTown"
Post by: Denholm on July 31, 2009, 10:38:43 PM
TERRORISTS!!!!



An OK picture. I would either use a different background or a different skin on the plane. The city and plane blend too easily drawing attention away from the plane. The item you want people to watch/look at should always stand out. :aok
Title: Re: "DownTown"
Post by: 1pLUs44 on August 01, 2009, 06:23:11 AM
TERRORISTS!!!!



An OK picture. I would either use a different background or a different skin on the plane. The city and plane blend too easily drawing attention away from the plane. The item you want people to watch/look at should always stand out. :aok

Actually, I think the skin makes the picture look much better. Looks much more realistic, and doesn't look like it was an in-game plane.
Title: Re: "DownTown"
Post by: Bosco123 on August 01, 2009, 10:17:14 AM
You know what would probably be good with that picture, a B17 dropping bombs :)
Title: Re: "DownTown"
Post by: Denholm on August 01, 2009, 11:04:31 AM
Actually, I think the skin makes the picture look much better. Looks much more realistic, and doesn't look like it was an in-game plane.
I agree that it does make the plane appear realistic. However, if you want people to admire the plane and not the background you have to do something to make the plane stick out. My suggestion was to use a more colorful skin yet there are plenty of other options to achieve that goal. Options such as a motion blur, blur, or even a color distortion effect.
Title: Re: "DownTown"
Post by: BMathis on August 01, 2009, 12:59:21 PM
You got the shading/sun effect right  :aok  Most don't ever pay attention to that kinda stuff. You can always make what you want the viewers to see, stand out, by Blurring behind it; Or 'things' behind the main focus.

Someone said they (city/plane) blend; that's because they are both proportionally in focus.  Blur the background just a little, and you can see a big difference.

Overall nicely done  :salute
Title: Re: "DownTown"
Post by: Denholm on August 01, 2009, 03:57:45 PM
...Someone said...
Now I'm just SOMEONE?! No identity, no personality, no ego, NOBODY! :furious

You know I don't take these things well.... :(












 :D
Title: Re: "DownTown"
Post by: BMathis on August 01, 2009, 04:10:57 PM
Ha! Man you can make my days with post like that Den.  :salute

Title: Re: "DownTown"
Post by: 1pLUs44 on August 01, 2009, 04:36:12 PM
I agree that it does make the plane appear realistic. However, if you want people to admire the plane and not the background you have to do something to make the plane stick out. My suggestion was to use a more colorful skin yet there are plenty of other options to achieve that goal. Options such as a motion blur, blur, or even a color distortion effect.

I think the skin is short of perfect, but you may have a valid point. Perhaps a skin with an even mix of perhaps silver and green, or white and green. I do not think a full silver skin would be very good though, as many just look "white" in-game. If that makes sense.