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Rex the Unloving · Sep 24, 2006, 09:49 PM // 21:49

wonder how the 3silver+1yellow dye combo works on that armor... hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Elthanor · Sep 27, 2006, 02:16 PM // 14:16

Did some adobe effects iv never tried, turned our pretty cool.

lordelg · Sep 30, 2006, 05:29 PM // 17:29

"Im using resurection chant on old thread"

Been bored today and thought id try it out....

10 points if you guess the Mesmer pic BG Area

ElinoraNeSangre · Sep 30, 2006, 07:31 PM // 19:31

What I want to know is, what color combo is that mesmer armor?

It looks too ivory to be straight silver from the pic (although that could be altering that you did to it).

I've been looking over the thread, and I love seeing the different pictures of people's characters and what they've done with them. This thread is great fun!

I have a pretty reasonable photoshop background in terms of photos and web graphics, but am new to screenshots. Blurring the background hadn't even occurred to me, and seeing all the pictures was really inspiring. So, here's what I came up with:

Oseldine Reith: I had no particular goal with this, but I wanted to try things out and see what came out of it:
Before:

After:

Elinora Ne Sangre: I was aiming for a look that suggested that the night was much darker than it actually was at the Dragon Festival, and that the lights lit up the immediate area.
Before:
After:

Imden Samalda: This was my favorite out of the three; it took a little bit more work than the others in some ways. I did the whole thing and realized that Imden looked washed out to me. I ended up having to adjust the layer with him on it just a bit to make it more bold.
Before:

After:

Any comments or thoughts are appreciated!

Thanks for the great tutorial, Bethany!

lordelg · Sep 30, 2006, 07:41 PM // 19:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by ElinoraNeSangre

What I want to know is, what color combo is that mesmer armor?

It looks too ivory to be straight silver from the pic (although that could be altering that you did to it).

Its Silver + Silver + Yellow... original unedited shot below...

And Thanks for a great tutorial!

Queenie · Oct 01, 2006, 12:24 AM // 00:24

I made this one the other week :3

Sorry for the big file size =.=

xxSilhouette · Oct 01, 2006, 06:10 AM // 06:10

Here are two others i made, Im not very fond of the first one, but i wanted to do one with all of the dragon festival decorations, and i didn't have many options

Abuh · Oct 01, 2006, 09:31 PM // 21:31

Before and after

Bethany · Oct 02, 2006, 12:26 AM // 00:26

@ Abuh: I really like the result, makes everything clear and standing out.

@everyone thanking me for the tutorial; it was my pleasure and what pleases me even more is that this thread is still kicking. *snoopy dance*

But remember, my tutorial is nothing more than a step by step info on some experiments I did. By toying with PS or any other image editing software, you can craft some stunning works like some that have been posted here. Don't be afraid to experiment, take notes of the different steps you take and always keep your original files safe. In some of my free time I thinking of something and if it's working out I'll post it here.

Bethany

penguo · Oct 02, 2006, 12:49 AM // 00:49

One try, that's following the tutorial but I cant work out how to dodge/burn and lighting well, so it's incomplete

ElinoraNeSangre · Oct 02, 2006, 04:16 AM // 04:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bethany

But remember, my tutorial is nothing more than a step by step info on some experiments I did. By toying with PS or any other image editing software, you can craft some stunning works like some that have been posted here. Don't be afraid to experiment, take notes of the different steps you take and always keep your original files safe. In some of my free time I thinking of something and if it's working out I'll post it here.

Yeah but it's always nice to have not only a jumping off point, but killer inspiration.

Abuh · Oct 02, 2006, 07:00 AM // 07:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bethany

@ Abuh: I really like the result, makes everything clear and standing out.

USM filter ftw

Stranger The Ranger · Oct 02, 2006, 01:54 PM // 13:54

http://img459.imageshack.us/img459/1331/gw060cii6.jpg
Meh...

http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/9373/gw865boi7.jpg

I really like this one ^^

Jumnious · Oct 03, 2006, 04:37 PM // 16:37

this is my sin...

ChrisCo · Oct 05, 2006, 06:23 PM // 18:23

Well i was board this morning so made this tell me what you guys think

Bethany · Oct 06, 2006, 12:32 AM // 00:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by ElinoraNeSangre
Yeah but it's always nice to have not only a jumping off point, but killer inspiration.

Thanks sweetie, you made my day! *mwaaa*

Riesz · Oct 06, 2006, 03:53 AM // 03:53

Thank you so much for the wonderful tutorial! I was seeing some nice screenshots floating around the boards and just thought people had really nice graphics cards! Haha! I had to try it myself so I found an old screenshot and followed your tutorial...

Here's the original: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...hioriginal.png

Didn't want to link both since they're kinda large files. I only have Paint Shop Pro 7, which is very dated now and doesn't save nice JPG files, so these are PNGs. Sorry about the size. The effects aren't as nice using PSP7 but I will check out GIMP and try that. I think I went a bit wild with the dodge tool though...

Oh well, it's my first try!

Bethany · Oct 06, 2006, 10:24 PM // 22:24

Well Riesz, you want my opinion on your image? I love it! Yup I absolutely do. The entire image composition is solide and provides a nice depth of field. Even if you used PSP7, you should be quite proud of your first try. If you want to post a larger image, you can post one as long as it does not exceed 800 pixels in width (larger than that requires an external linky).

Bethany

Shadowfrost · Oct 07, 2006, 02:59 AM // 02:59

Could anyone photoshopify this one? I don't have it on my computer

EDIT: It won't show up

Sable Phoenix · Oct 09, 2006, 04:57 AM // 04:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by Riesz

Thank you so much for the wonderful tutorial! I was seeing some nice screenshots floating around the boards and just thought people had really nice graphics cards! Haha! I had to try it myself so I found an old screenshot and followed your tutorial...

Here's the original: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...hioriginal.png

Didn't want to link both since they're kinda large files. I only have Paint Shop Pro 7, which is very dated now and doesn't save nice JPG files, so these are PNGs. Sorry about the size. The effects aren't as nice using PSP7 but I will check out GIMP and try that. I think I went a bit wild with the dodge tool though...

Oh well, it's my first try!

That looks really, really nice. It looks very much like a photograph. Good work, especially for the first try!