Black Shark at dusk (warning: 32 edited pics!)

[Jigsaw]

Again, thanks guys!

 

Hey Jigsaw, could you send me a 1680 x 1050 version of my " new " desktop ?

 

Thanks. I love this pic A LOT ¡¡¡

 

There you go:

 

http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/7728/hokum0611680.jpg

 

 

 

Have you tried changing the screenshot values in the graphics.cfg file?

 

example mine is:

 

ScreenshotQuality = 100;

ScreenshotName = "ScreenShots/ScreenShot_%03d.bmp";

ScreenshotExt = "bmp";

 

No, I haven't but I have now. Thanks for that tip!

 

 

nice pics, already using them all as random desktop background in win7

 

Wow. Maybe I should zip up the originals and put them all online. ;)

 

 

Previous posters have commented on the use of PS Lens flare....I'd say just tone it down, keep it....just tone it right down so its subtle and not over-powering.

 

Yeah, I will. Also I will try to use more of my selfmade custom flares instead. Photoshop's lensflares don't really match up with the anamorphic widescreen look I was aiming for.

[Esac_mirmidon]

Thanks Jigsaw.

 

The fastest grow of reputation of all times XDDDD ¡¡

 

Your pics deserve it.

[deviletk]

Awesome work there. Great shots too. :)

[Focha]

Some of those pictures looks like the real helicopter. I bet there is no photos of this quality regarding the real one! :megalol:

 

By the way what program did you edit those on and did you follow any tutorial? If not you should make a tutorial for the program in question.

 

Best regards and give us more.

[Jigsaw]

I used Photoshop. No, I didn't follow an tutorials but it's pretty easy to achieve a look like that. The most important element are layers. They enable you to manipulate certain aspects of the picture without actually changing the base picture. I think Gimp is a free graphics software that also supports layers.

 

What I basically did with these shots:

 

1. Add black bars as seperate layers so I could slew the picture in the background for the perfect composition.

 

2. Make an elliptic selection on another layer that I inverted, filled black and blurred, so I could get the effect of the darkened edges. I changed the transparency of that layer depending of the mood of a particular shot

 

3. I added two adjustment layers that allowed me to increase brightness, contrast and saturation without actually changing the base image.

 

4. Another layer was simply filled with orange colour and made very transparent to add a little tint to the pictures.

 

5. Finally I created my own widescreen lensflare by making a gradient that changes from white to yellow and that becomes more transparent. Then I squashed it with the transform function of Photoshop to get the look I was aiming for. Then I changed the transparency and the location of that lensflare, again depending on the mood of a particular shot. Finally I added some default Photoshop lensflare for good measure and faded it.

 

I know, this is a very rough description, and when you don't know the program it probably won't help you very much. But I hope you at least got an idea of my process. I there really is demand I could create a real tutorial with screenshots.

[helljump]

Hi. Could somebody upload this amazing pictures again?