Simviation Forum - Screenshot Critique: F-18

Feb 19^th, 2007 at 11:18pm

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Reply #1 - Feb 20^th, 2007 at 4:30am

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Looks alright to me Cool

Perhaps the smoke and flame could be a little more realistic - any hints anyone?

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Reply #2 - Feb 20^th, 2007 at 4:47am

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What program are you using?

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Reply #3 - Feb 20^th, 2007 at 10:32am

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Im using GIMP.

Yeah, i didnt know what the flame and smoke from a real missle would look like.

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Reply #4 - Feb 20^th, 2007 at 10:52am

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krigl wrote on Feb 20^th, 2007 at 4:30am:

Perhaps the smoke and flame could be a little more realistic - any hints anyone?

Exhaust flame: Yellow/white.
Smoke: White.

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Reply #5 - Feb 20^th, 2007 at 10:52am

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I think it looks pretty good. It's better than I could do when it comes to missiles. Wink

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Reply #6 - Feb 20^th, 2007 at 11:17am

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A brief "How I Did It" would be great when anyone is postng an edited shot in Screenshot Critiques, don't you think?

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Reply #7 - Feb 20^th, 2007 at 2:42pm

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Once again...the AIM-9 is a rail launched missile...it comes straight off the launcher (LAU-127 in this case) and does not drop away from the aircraft when launched. Wink

...and light orange for the flame.

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Reply #8 - Feb 20^th, 2007 at 3:26pm

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Looks pretty good, but if you're trying for realism that plane just doesn't do it Undecided

. The front looks very cartoonish...unfortunately.

As for the effect, it's pretty good...much better than I could do Wink

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Reply #9 - Feb 20^th, 2007 at 5:03pm

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Clipper wrote on Feb 20^th, 2007 at 11:17am:

A brief "How I Did It" would be great when anyone is postng an edited shot in Screenshot Critiques, don't you think?

Good idea. Maybe you should post an announcement.

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Reply #10 - Feb 20^th, 2007 at 5:38pm

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How I did it:
First I erased the missle that was on the right tip of the wing so there was an empty spot, then i cut out the missle on the left tip and copied it where i thought was appropriate in a new layer (the missle was supposed to have come straight off, but since the plane is banking away it be a little below and to the side of the plane, but i probabley should have moved it a little to the left in the picture). Next, in a new layer for the flames, i used the paint brush tool and used a gradient and had it fade out so i just draged away from the missle and and changed colors and faded out by itself. Finally a made a third new layer for the smoke. I got a fuzzy brush and put it on an off-white color, but since there is a cloud behind it, you could barely see the trail. I had to darken it with a gray fuzzy brush. At the end i flattened it and increased contrast.

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