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[Bishop Steiner]

Odanan, on 04 May 2014 - 02:43 PM, said:

You are already doing some advanced stuff.
I just recommend trying to make the image sharper and tune the colors.

Edit: there is also a light outline in the mech, which should the the contrary (dark).

trying to figure out how to eliminate that....I am thinking the transition to gimp has some slop? Maybe if I fuzzy select the image then increase 1 pixel? Or is there a better way?

Also... on my computer, and on the Photobucket it looks crisper.... here it looks lightly blurred. Wonder why? Any advice on "tuning" the colors?

Edited by Bishop Steiner, 04 May 2014 - 03:16 PM.

[Pariah Devalis]

When I repainted the slightly sloppy edged Timber Wolf template, I compensated for it a bit with a "glowing edges" command, but made it black with normal setting instead of lighten. Cranking down the width of the now darker spot let me make a soft dark line on the edges of the actual cutout itself, on areas that were slightly brighter, acting to normalize it a bit. Maybe that can work?

Edited by Pariah Devalis, 04 May 2014 - 04:47 PM.

[Bishop Steiner]

Pariah Devalis, on 04 May 2014 - 04:46 PM, said:

When I repainted the slightly sloppy edged Timber Wolf template, I compensated for it a bit with a "glowing edges" command, but made it black with normal setting instead of lighten. Cranking down the width of the now darker spot let me make a soft dark line on the edges of the actual cutout itself, on areas that were slightly brighter, acting to normalize it a bit. Maybe that can work?

photshop or gimp?

[Pariah Devalis]

Photoshop. I have done it so many times I do not even remember the names of the commands anymore. I just hit the zippity bop and it does the doop de do in the thingamajig.

Wait, here we go....

Layer Style
Inner Glow
Blend Mode: NORMAL
Choose the dark color and the opacity for best compensation
Mess with CHOKE and SIZE to your heart's content

[Bishop Steiner]

Pariah Devalis, on 04 May 2014 - 04:52 PM, said:

Photoshop. I have done it so many times I do not even remember the names of the commands anymore. I just hit the zippity bop and it does the doop de do in the thingamajig.

Wait, here we go....

Layer Style
Inner Glow
Blend Mode: NORMAL
Choose the dark color and the opacity for best compensation
Mess with CHOKE and SIZE to your heart's content

yeah, I'm a little handicapped here as a poor boy, all I got is GIMP.

[Pariah Devalis]

If I had the old Demonoid link for it.... Photoshop is so not worth the obscene price tag on it. :\

[NautilusCommand]

Bishop Steiner, on 04 May 2014 - 05:02 PM, said:

as a poor boy

From a poor family?

[Bishop Steiner]

NautilusCommand, on 04 May 2014 - 05:10 PM, said:

From a poor family?

Spare me my life from this monstrosity

[Odanan]

Bishop Steiner, on 04 May 2014 - 05:02 PM, said:

yeah, I'm a little handicapped here as a poor boy, all I got is GIMP.

Adobe released a free version of Photoshop CS2... Google it.

[Odanan]

Pariah Devalis, on 04 May 2014 - 04:52 PM, said:

Photoshop. I have done it so many times I do not even remember the names of the commands anymore. I just hit the zippity bop and it does the doop de do in the thingamajig.

Wait, here we go....

Layer Style
Inner Glow
Blend Mode: NORMAL
Choose the dark color and the opacity for best compensation
Mess with CHOKE and SIZE to your heart's content

This.^

[Odanan]

Bishop Steiner, on 04 May 2014 - 03:14 PM, said:

trying to figure out how to eliminate that....I am thinking the transition to gimp has some slop? Maybe if I fuzzy select the image then increase 1 pixel? Or is there a better way?

Better way? - Photoshop.

Bishop Steiner, on 04 May 2014 - 03:14 PM, said:

Also... on my computer, and on the Photobucket it looks crisper.... here it looks lightly blurred. Wonder why? Any advice on "tuning" the colors?

Use several layers and test the different merging options. Soft Light, Overlay, Multiply and Color are my favorite.

[Bishop Steiner]

Odanan, on 04 May 2014 - 06:17 PM, said:

Better way? - Photoshop.

Use several layers and test the different merging options. Soft Light, Overlay, Multiply and Color are my favorite.

now I remember why I didn't want to spend all that money on PS.... because none of that made ANY sense, lol. That is not in a language a pen and pencil guy remotely understands.

[Amsro]

Pariah Devalis, on 04 May 2014 - 04:52 PM, said:

Photoshop. I have done it so many times I do not even remember the names of the commands anymore. I just hit the zippity bop and it does the doop de do in the thingamajig.

Wait, here we go....

Layer Style
Inner Glow
Blend Mode: NORMAL
Choose the dark color and the opacity for best compensation
Mess with CHOKE and SIZE to your heart's content

[Amsro]

Pariah Devalis, on 04 May 2014 - 05:03 PM, said:

If I had the old Demonoid link for it.... Photoshop is so not worth the obscene price tag on it. :\

I still use photohop 7 !!! yep.

I'll have a go at the repaints, been enjoying everyone else work in this epically long thread!

Keep em coming!

Edited by Amsro, 04 May 2014 - 08:01 PM.

[Pariah Devalis]

Amsro, on 04 May 2014 - 07:14 PM, said:

Hahah, YES. /saved.

Totally who I was referencing! XD

[Bishop Steiner]

Odanan, on 04 May 2014 - 02:43 PM, said:

You are already doing some advanced stuff.
I just recommend trying to make the image sharper and tune the colors.

Edit: there is also a light outline in the mech, which should the the contrary (dark).

Well, still don't understand the layering part, but is the outline better now?
Crimson Dynamo


?

[Odanan]

Bishop Steiner, on 04 May 2014 - 10:18 PM, said:

Well, still don't understand the layering part, but is the outline better now?
Crimson Dynamo
?

It is better. The red color is better in this repaint (try it with a little desaturation).

BTW, did you use Gimp? Because it looks like the re-sizing made the mech a little bit blurry.

PS: I will tell you my trade's secret. Put a desaturated replica of the mech in a layer behind the colored one. Now use the erase tool in about 50% opacity and with the shape of a spray. Click on the edges of the mech to make a grungy effect to the paint.

Edited by Odanan, 05 May 2014 - 03:27 AM.

[Bishop Steiner]

Odanan, on 05 May 2014 - 03:12 AM, said:

It is better. The red color is better in this repaint (try it with a little desaturation).

BTW, did you use Gimp? Because it looks like the re-sizing made the mech a little bit blurry.

PS: I will tell you my trade's secret. Put a desaturated replica of the mech in a layer behind the colored one. Now use the erase tool in about 50% opacity and with the shape of a spray. Click on the edges of the mech to make a grungy effect to the paint.

Did you click on the photobucket link? Seems like it gets blurry when I post it on here. On my computer it looks cleaner. When you say desaturated, how much? I am guessing not B&W?

gonna try an experiment...... I had been uploading them as JPEGs because I had been having packet size issues for a bit....gonna try uploading the one as a PNG, and see if it's less blurry.........
PNG

JPEG

Edited by Bishop Steiner, 05 May 2014 - 03:41 AM.

[Sparks Murphey]

Not sure if it's just a perceptual bias, but the first one definitely looks crisper to me.

[Odanan]

Sparks Murphey, on 05 May 2014 - 04:01 AM, said:

Not sure if it's just a perceptual bias, but the first one definitely looks crisper to me.

Sorry, the images are identical.