Simviation Forum - Some Black Aces action

Nov 3^rd, 2009 at 9:09pm

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Reply #1 - Nov 3^rd, 2009 at 10:12pm

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Great shots, especially the sky.

You wouldn't want to share your methods to edit these would you?

If God intended aircraft engines to have horizontally opposed engines, Pratt and Whitney would have made them that way.

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Reply #2 - Nov 3^rd, 2009 at 11:47pm

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not at all..I don't mind...its a bit of a process but I follow the same basic steps in all my edits. I start with the levels, I do it manually rather then just hitting auto levels. then i move on to shadows and highlights looking for the right combination, then I move on to brightness and contrast looking for what looks more real. lastly I go to the exposer possibly increasing gamma and exposer to correct the dark contrast. then if needed I use a photo filter and decrease saturation, as the saturation goes up after the steps above...then if I add heat from the jet engines I use an ocean ripple effect...thats about it. the sky is that it is in my game...I use REX 2 and also I use the Orbx weather that gets installed with one of the packages from them. It looks the most real to me, and as you can see, is great for screen shots....and thats it! oh and i use CS3 Photoshop, I like it the best for editing. Grin

like i said...its a bit of a process

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Reply #3 - Nov 4^th, 2009 at 10:40am

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Your edits keep getting more amazingerer Grin

Really like the last edit!

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Reply #4 - Nov 4^th, 2009 at 1:04pm

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Thank you! Grin

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Reply #5 - Nov 5^th, 2009 at 5:39pm

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Drkl0rd wrote on Nov 3^rd, 2009 at 11:47pm:

not at all..I don't mind...its a bit of a process but I follow the same basic steps in all my edits. I start with the levels, I do it manually rather then just hitting auto levels. then i move on to shadows and highlights looking for the right combination, then I move on to brightness and contrast looking for what looks more real. lastly I go to the exposer possibly increasing gamma and exposer to correct the dark contrast. then if needed I use a photo filter and decrease saturation, as the saturation goes up after the steps above...then if I add heat from the jet engines I use an ocean ripple effect...thats about it. the sky is that it is in my game...I use REX 2 and also I use the Orbx weather that gets installed with one of the packages from them. It looks the most real to me, and as you can see, is great for screen shots....and thats it! oh and i use CS3 Photoshop, I like it the best for editing. Grin

like i said...its a bit of a process

Thanks. I don't know how much of it I can do in PSP, and I already use contrast and lighting at times. But it's certainly worth looking into. Excellent work on your part.

If God intended aircraft engines to have horizontally opposed engines, Pratt and Whitney would have made them that way.

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Reply #6 - Nov 5^th, 2009 at 11:03pm

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thank you!

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Reply #7 - Nov 5^th, 2009 at 11:59pm

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3rd one looks like a painting you might see on the wall on a carrier. I love it!

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