SU wet...
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Hi,
Been working toward being able to send presentation models (to be viewed with SU Viewer) that have a softer "wet" look. I think I'm pretty close with the landscape components I've been building lately, and am working over materials and their use as I can or need them.
Posting this "holiday grins" camping composition (my thanks to Stu, Ron, Alan, and all the "namelost but not forgotten" for the fun stuff I used) as a progress report. Sure would appreciate any comments and help with my endeavor...my eye only looks one direction at a time.
Thanks and best, Tom.
Edit: Oh yeah, the top is "straight" (with some AP shadow and screening PSP work), the bottom is a DWC.
Edit2: Since the new 600 pixel width limit makes it hard to read the fine points of landscapes and buildings here's a detail (has no PSP enhancement): any help you can give me making the straight SU look more like a loose sketch presentation will be studied with great interest, thanks.
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AWESOME!!!
Tom, I love these images. Plus I also love the van. My dad had a couple VW vans in the past. One white and the other blue and white, exactly like in these images, save the"PEACE" on top.
Questions:
- Is the person in the tent naked?
- What is a DWC?
- I see quite a few people refer to PSP, is this photoshop or paint shop pro? I have never used paint shop pro, this is why I ask.
- You also use "AP shadow", what is AP?
Just asking. Again, great stuff.
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Eric, thanks, it's alot of fun doing something imaginary for a change...lots of poetic license (I'd bet I'm not done with this one yet :`).
Yeah, the Vdub van is pretty nostalgic for me too: my best buddy (still) had one for a couple of years way back in college...though I only rode in it a couple of times 'cause it was always broken down. Just did a search to verify this one's a Brandon. I plan to eventually do some more realistic modifications: like rusty wheelwells and lots of top dents from people sitting on it.
Lady in the tent: You'll find, if you are not too embarrased (sort of a pun, huh?) to look, she has on a very-VERY skimpy thong...would an English gentleman post a full nude? (i.e., blame Alan if it offends :`)
DWC: digital watercolor
PSP: paint shop pro
AP: atmospheric perspective...what I do most of the time is really sort of an insult to the term. For these quickies (most all I do so far) I use a shadows only layer set to burn, side merged to darken the foreground shadows the most. On these I also side merged the top SU only layer, set to screen, to lighten the background the most. If done right, there would instead be hours of time spent with lighten/darken, sat/desat, soften/sharpen, etc., brushes...painting away until every and all was perfect. (So much to do, so little time.)
Glad you asked, always good to make a student "organize" his thoughts.
Best, Tom. -
Thanks for the info. Another question or two:
How did they get the piano there!Digital Watercolor, is that a term you are using for your style or is there a program you use with that name?
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Tom
We have PSP but I don't know what you're doing when you say "side merged". Could you run that one by me again slowly with some tweening? - I like the image.
Thanks
Kelly
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Hi Tom,
It already looks great, but I would add SU>View>fog to give the impression of limited depth of field.
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Eric...once you take the seats out, an ol'VW can haul anything you can wiggle in thru the doors (the rear seats of all my bugs spent more time behind the couch in the livingroom, since I rarely had a garage, than in the car :`). DWC I picked up from some forum somewhere...most everyone on the old SU forums just called them watercolors, I think.
Kelly...all the PS compatible filters I've tried work in PSP. Side Merge is a free DC filter (picked it up going after BeyondEdger4 for Grant's/Ross's tech, along with Jaggedge...which I use on most every image). Side Merge adds transparency, none to all: you choose how much, from one side to the other: you choose the angle, to an image layer. So if you want to darken the shadows, set a shadows only layer to Burn (or multiply, or darken), hit side merge...adjusting where you want the effect to start and how you want it to fade. Same goes for a screen layer to lighten, etc. I find it is a pretty handy filter and sometimes build up several from different directions. If you get real tricky you can merge various levels of other effects using several layers.
Maggy...great idea! The ground plane does need broken up with some extra noise, and the image as a whole could use some real atmosphere happ'nin'. Thanks.
My best to you all (the interest make me smile a lot), Tom.
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Tom, although I don't have the slightest idea to which forum you might possibly be referring, I do believe I once heard the names "Dennis technique" and "Grant technique" somewhere for DWC.
I've been hurting my brain ever since I discovered this forum, how to create a DWC tutorial without plagiarism.
[Maggy]
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Maggy,
Here's a quick (and not particularly well done) foggy just to prove you were right. Instead of SU's feature I used a MuRa's Meister Cloud layer in the middle of the build, set to screen and cut around the foregound branches. I can see great possibilities if done with care, thanks.
As far as the tut...please go for it, no such thing as plagiarism when you teach and/or share knowledge. For a student like myself: more is way better...hope to trek the Maggy mile soon!
Best, Tom.
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Ha Ha... I just noticed the potted plant in the tree. I guess I was focusing on the girl in the tent before.
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