Simviation Forum - My first composite!

Jul 25^th, 2009 at 1:21am

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Hello everyone. After losing in the first round of the Head2Head competition (to a composite),
and after seeing all the composites entered, I decided to take up the art myself. Here goes...!

I took the beaver from a shot I recently took flying in Alaska, and the image from somewhere online.

Please give me your HONEST feedback. Don't be afraid.. this is
my first composite edit ever and I WANT to learn. Thanks!

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Reply #1 - Jul 25^th, 2009 at 1:27am

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Its very nice

but prop a prop would do Cheesy

also the shadowing but i think that would come later once you've learnt how to do it

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Reply #2 - Jul 25^th, 2009 at 1:30am

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Leigh wrote on Jul 25^th, 2009 at 1:27am:

Its very nice

but prop a prop would do Cheesy

also the shadowing but i think that would come later once you've learnt how to do it

Ah crap I totally forgot about the prop... I kept reminding myself as I worked on the rest of the image but I was so excited to have it done that I forgot it Grin

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Reply #3 - Jul 25^th, 2009 at 2:42am

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ahh DW

its happend to me ALOT its one of those things where you just forget Tongue

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Reply #4 - Jul 25^th, 2009 at 9:37am

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Very nice, I like it alot! As RAFleigh said... the prop. But thats easy to forget about when working with a composite.

As for the reflection, you could either add a slight ocean ripple effect to what you already have, or use a plugin called "flood". It allows you to place a sort of horizon line, and everything below it will reflect whatever is above the line. In your shot, there is a distinct water line which would be perfect for this. You can get it here

http://www.flamingpear.com/download.html

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Reply #5 - Jul 25^th, 2009 at 9:57am

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Nice.

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Reply #6 - Jul 25^th, 2009 at 5:49pm

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gtirob01 wrote on Jul 25^th, 2009 at 9:37am:

Very nice, I like it alot! As RAFleigh said... the prop. But thats easy to forget about when working with a composite.

As for the reflection, you could either add a slight ocean ripple effect to what you already have, or use a plugin called "flood". It allows you to place a sort of horizon line, and everything below it will reflect whatever is above the line. In your shot, there is a distinct water line which would be perfect for this. You can get it here

http://www.flamingpear.com/download.html

What a difference! Shocked

Thanks, Rob!

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Reply #7 - Jul 25^th, 2009 at 7:57pm

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Reply #8 - Jul 25^th, 2009 at 8:12pm