The "Photoshop Trek" thread is back!
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You know, John_Picard, there's a difference between constructive criticism and being a jackass. By your logic, non-experts at Photoshop -- the beginners -- should just not even bother posting their art here simply because it displeases you? Is that really what you're saying?
A good point -- constructive criticism.
Since one of the most common problems here is "head replacement" shoppage, Here is the trick to doing a decent job.
When you first paste the new head/face in, keep it in a higher layer and make the opacity about 40%. Then line up an eye -- preferably a pupil, if possible, over the head being replaced. Then use the scale feature to make the head the same size (SAME SIZE!) as the head being replaced. Return the opacity to 100%.
If any of the previous head shows under it, use the clone stamp to remove any traces of it (covering the hair or whatever with the surrounding image).
This will eliminate the "bobblehead" look.
Another important head detail: Try to keep shadows in the same plane. A face with shadows on the right side doesn't belong on a body with shadows on the left side.
Oh, when adding something to a picture, compare it to the rest of the picture. If everything else is casting a shadow, what you have added should have a shadow, too. If everything else is lit from the left or above, what you've added should also be lit from the left or above.
Tony
Since one of the most common problems here is "head replacement" shoppage, Here is the trick to doing a decent job.
When you first paste the new head/face in, keep it in a higher layer and make the opacity about 40%. Then line up an eye -- preferably a pupil, if possible, over the head being replaced. Then use the scale feature to make the head the same size (SAME SIZE!) as the head being replaced. Return the opacity to 100%.
If any of the previous head shows under it, use the clone stamp to remove any traces of it (covering the hair or whatever with the surrounding image).
This will eliminate the "bobblehead" look.
Another important head detail: Try to keep shadows in the same plane. A face with shadows on the right side doesn't belong on a body with shadows on the left side.
Oh, when adding something to a picture, compare it to the rest of the picture. If everything else is casting a shadow, what you have added should have a shadow, too. If everything else is lit from the left or above, what you've added should also be lit from the left or above.
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Now that is constructive. See, something like that I would appreciate. Unfortunately, in my case I use Paint Shop Pro 9 and it's missing half the stuff Photoshop has.
Still, that kind of post is way, way better.
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Really? Wow. I've got to find a tutorial on Paint Shop Pro.
J.
I gotta say, I love the Sandler and Schneider pics.
These two pics are excellent. The heads are neatly cropped into place and there's very little loss of perspective (meaning the head appears to match the angle/size of the body). This is what I am referring to when I state some of these images look like pure crapola.
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I'd love to see Jim Carrey in a DS9/Voy-Era Chief Medical Officer uniform trying to deal with an infirmary full of tribbles. Rob Schneider as the hapless nurse/sidekick being thoroughly verbally debased by the E.M.H. as Bill Murray's trying to get one of the feminine yet professional Security Officers (busy neutering the little furballs with a phaser,) into the back of the Delta Flyer.
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I'd love to see Jim Carrey in a DS9/Voy-Era Chief Medical Officer uniform trying to deal with an infirmary full of tribbles. Rob Schneider as the hapless nurse/sidekick being thoroughly verbally debased by the E.M.H. as Bill Murray's trying to get one of the feminine yet professional Security Officers (busy neutering the little furballs with a phaser,) into the back of the Delta Flyer.
Jolly_St_Picard said:
These two pics are excellent. The heads are neatly cropped into place and there's very little loss of perspective (meaning the head appears to match the angle/size of the body). This is what I am referring to when I state some of these images look like pure crapola.
Agreed. You are getting much better at matching heads with bodies.
The only other thing I would have done is to blur the features of Sandler and Schneider ever so slightly because they are a bit sharper than the images of Spock.
Super Grover said:
Out-fricking-standing!!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Jolly_St_Picard said:
Super Grover said:
Out-fricking-standing!!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Thanks. It took me a little while to fix the background to cover Schneider and Wopat's 70s hair.
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