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Steaming into wind (Read 469 times)
Jun 15th, 2007 at 10:28am

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Composite.. Thanks for looking!

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Reply #1 - Jun 15th, 2007 at 11:27am

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Wow! Grin Grin Grin
 
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Reply #2 - Jun 15th, 2007 at 2:43pm

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Well, thankyou matey!
 
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Reply #3 - Jun 15th, 2007 at 5:16pm

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Nice, but the water in the foreground looks a bit odd.
 

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Reply #4 - Jun 15th, 2007 at 7:38pm

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Cheers mate, why's that then? I'd love to improve it as it's my first attempt at water so anything constructive is greatly appreciated.
 
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Reply #5 - Jun 17th, 2007 at 11:34am

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Well, the water looks pretty good to me, Brett!  Wink

My subjective opinion is:

1) More midtones on the objects. They are mostly highight and shadow so a lot of detail is lost. If you so chose, you could either reduce the contrast on the ship and/or planes or not burn and dodge so much that the midtones are lost.

2) The sky looks a little rough, especially on the left. Sometimes it's tough to smooth things out without killing all of the definition and character. One trick is to use the "Elliptical Lasso", in a small circle of fixed size, and then apply a small amount of "Radial Blur". Too high a setting and you'll see a circle, hee, hee! Just move around to where ever things look too sharp. You can follow up with the "Blur" and "Smudge" tools as needed to get the final look you want.

3) You can use the "Show Grid" view to check for horizontal and vertical lines and then "Rotate Canvas" to square things up as much as possible.

All of these are, of course, options. It's up to the artist to decide what he likes best. That trumps everything else!  Smiley
 
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Reply #6 - Jun 17th, 2007 at 1:03pm

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Cheers Don and thanks for the tips there mate..  In truth I haven't got a clue what I'm doing with PS and it's always a learning experience so tips and critique is always important and I am always very much greatful for that.

I'll give all that a go my friend.
 
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Reply #7 - Jun 17th, 2007 at 2:09pm

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I don't know much about the deeper mysteries of PS either, Brett! I click on things and see what happens, hee, hee! Haven't reached a galaxy from which I couldn't find my way home yet! Flip switches and push buttons and see where it takes you!  Grin Wink
 
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Reply #8 - Jun 18th, 2007 at 12:00am

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Very nice. Happen to have a larger version?
 
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