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first of this maybe wrong section for this if so i appologise

well i have been playing around with cs5 for a few hours, trying to make cloud brushes and moon brushes, abit of cloning ect and this is what ive got so far

fairy.gif


i know there are a few mistakes and a few things that could make it better but this is my first attempt at this kind of thing, and tbh it was all for learning not for a serious pictue as i know it will take a while to learn.

anyway im kinda happy with the result but i reckon i could make a lot better one now that i realise how to do alot more things on ps

any advice as allways is appreciated and NEEDED


mat
 
i have posted this on another forum and 3 reply's just said cr*p

well i understand its not that good but i was looking for help on how to do it better next time but i guess some people are hard to please lol, but i know you guys will give good advice

mat
 
Makes me think of the film Avitar (which I haven't seen) for some reason. It's got a nicely "magical" feel to it, personally I like the effects. I certainly wouldn't discribe it as crap.
 
well i may not be any good at it but blimey i am certainly addicted to ps

heres another attempt

fairies-laying.gif
 
They are certainly not rubbish.
But what puts me off, is to me, it would seem that the pictures you have pasted together are at different resolutions. This is what makes me think that they do not blend well.
 
coldpenguin said:
They are certainly not rubbish.
But what puts me off, is to me, it would seem that the pictures you have pasted together are at different resolutions. This is what makes me think that they do not blend well.
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thanks mate a good bit of advice

i never even thought of that

is there away to change the res on each pic or is it done when you take the picture

cheers


mat
 
I like playing with photoshop as well, like your ideas here.

I think you need to take a little more care with your layers and erase a little more around the bottom of the moon where there is a square outline (lower RH) and the same with the second picture where there is a darkera area under her arms with a straightish line and maybe between arms and chest. Instead (or as well) as using a low opacity eraser/mask, mask out parts of her arms so that the blades of grass show clearly in front where it is in focus instead of as a blur.

Look forward to seeing more of these
 
When you initially take a photograph, it will have a certain number of pixels vertical and horizontal.
By setting the dots-per-inch, this affects the way that the image would be displayed on a physical output device, a printer say. However, on a monitor, you can zoom in and out, so the 'resolution' in dpi as such doesn't make any sense.


I believe that in CS5, which you say you have, all items are treated as smart objects. The 'use' of these apparently means that if you shrink or increase the size of them, then they still retain their original detail.

If you use the image->size option, or change the resolution when you save the image, those should be the only times that you are degrading the resolution of the image.

What it 'feels' like to me, is that a much smaller image of the 'human' was pasted into the background image, then the size was increased. In theory, if the 'dpi' of the two images matched, then the 'size' of the two images, as seen on the screen (as the same zoom level), should have looked identical.

If you have been saving all the way through as Photoshop format, then this probably shouldn't have happened.

What is seems to me, is that you took a smaller human jpg (not an original resolution photo), pasted it into the background, then needed to increase the size of the human, in order to make it look correct. Also possibly the colour depth on the humans was saved too small. My reasoning behind this, is instead of a smooth blend on the colours (esp. hair and the darker areas of the skin), there is a dotted pattern, which I used to see on old 8 bit colour displays when they tried to show gradient colours.

I completely failed to explain that I think.
 
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coldpenguin said:
When you initially take a photograph, it will have a certain number of pixels vertical and horizontal.
By setting the dots-per-inch, this affects the way that the image would be displayed on a physical output device, a printer say. However, on a monitor, you can zoom in and out, so the 'resolution' in dpi as such doesn't make any sense.


I believe that in CS5, which you say you have, all items are treated as smart objects. The 'use' of these apparently means that if you shrink or increase the size of them, then they still retain their original detail.

If you use the image->size option, or change the resolution when you save the image, those should be the only times that you are degrading the resolution of the image.

What it 'feels' like to me, is that a much smaller image of the 'human' was pasted into the background image, then the size was increased. In theory, if the 'dpi' of the two images matched, then the 'size' of the two images, as seen on the screen (as the same zoom level), should have looked identical.

If you have been saving all the way through as Photoshop format, then this probably shouldn't have happened.

What is seems to me, is that you took a smaller human jpg (not an original resolution photo), pasted it into the background, then needed to increase the size of the human, in order to make it look correct. Also possibly the colour depth on the humans was saved too small. My reasoning behind this, is instead of a smooth blend on the colours (esp. hair and the darker areas of the skin), there is a dotted pattern, which I used to see on old 8 bit colour displays when they tried to show gradient colours.

I completely failed to explain that I think.
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what you said was all spot on about pasting and changing sizes ect

i am gonna have another go at it soon and hopefully i will be a little better. i bought a book today ( photographers guide to photoshop ) cause im sure people will be gettin annoyed with all my questions soon.

once ive read that i will have another attempt

thanks for all the reply's and your patience guys

mat
 
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