1. Post #1
    RapistSanta's Avatar
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    Too bad Vman didn't choose Magic as the new theme for the contest :S

    Anyhoo, some practice making special effects



    Cropped since I didn't use most of the top and bottom

    Original:
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  2. Post #2
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    Copy + paste seems to be your friend.
    They are too blurry. It looks really fake.
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  3. Post #3
    RapistSanta's Avatar
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    Copy + paste seems to be your friend.
    They are too blurry. It looks really fake.
    Any actual suggestions on making it better or are you just gonna trash it till I stop trying?
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  4. Post #4
    The Combine's Avatar
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    No but judging by your post count,joining date and pictures I think youre a newcomer and we have a lot of newcomers lately.
    Whatever, you seem interested so...
    As far as I know you can make it look better if you:
    Add the color of the effect to the world(in your picture it would be the ground and the store)
    Add shadows of the effect
    Dont blur the edges so hard
    Also they seem to be in the wrong angle

  5. Post #5
    RapistSanta's Avatar
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    No but judging by your post count,joining date and pictures I think youre a newcomer and we have a lot of newcomers lately.
    Whatever, you seem interested so...
    As far as I know you can make it look better if you:
    Add the color of the effect to the world(in your picture it would be the ground and the store)
    Add shadows of the effect
    Dont blur the edges so hard
    Also they seem to be in the wrong angle
    Well, firstly, Joining date and post count can be quite misleading. ;)

    I had to make a new account since FP didn't let me log out at all, and My old account had the nick from 1990's... (overreacting) anyhoo, I created a new account with my current nick.

    As for the C&C thanks,

    I thought of the lighting on the ground and store only after I put it here, Maybe ill go back and fix that.
    The blurred edges are not blurred, they're just created that way, if you would have seen the tutorial then you would know what Im talking about.

    and angle? you mean like the waves are going off a bit?

  6. Post #6
    The Combine's Avatar
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    Well the effect looks rather 2D

  7. Post #7
    RapistSanta's Avatar
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    Well the effect looks rather 2D
    Any tips on fixing that?

    also, Added some lighting on the shop and ground

  8. Post #8
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    Dennab
    August 2009
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    Gandalf would get a hardon from this.

    The magic beams don't blend to well with the background. To cartoony.
    But a cool picture nevertheless.

  9. Post #9
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    As far as I know you can make it look better if you:
    Add the color of the effect to the world(in your picture it would be the ground and the store)
    Add shadows of the effect
    Dont blur the edges so hard
    Also they seem to be in the wrong angle
    He already told you how to fix.

  10. Post #10
    RapistSanta's Avatar
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    He already told you how to fix.
    Well it's hard when you don't see what he is talking about :C

  11. Post #11
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    Open your eyes. blindy :D

  12. Post #12
    RapistSanta's Avatar
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    Open your eyes. blindy :D
    Oooh, so that's why everyone's calling me that...


    :P

    Well, this was a test and hopefully I'll see what you mean next time when I do this type of screen :P

    Personally, I like the blue wave better P:

  13. Post #13
    I'm a loner who likes to get beat up at school
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    Posing looks decent.

  14. Post #14
    JurajIsNotPirat's Avatar
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    This looks shopped.

  15. Post #15
    RapistSanta's Avatar
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    This looks shopped.
    Nah man I used ingame effects...




    T-T
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  16. Post #16
    JurajIsNotPirat's Avatar
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    I can tell from some of the pixels and from seeing quite a few shops in my time.
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  17. Post #17
    RapistSanta's Avatar
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    I can tell from some of the pixels and from seeing quite a few shops in my time.
    What a coincidence, I go to shops twice a week T_T

  18. Post #18
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    Bad angle, too blurred.
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  19. Post #19
    RapistSanta's Avatar
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    Bad angle, too blurred.
    The angle was supposed to have them both on the sides

  20. Post #20
    JurajIsNotPirat's Avatar
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    It is still bad.
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  21. Post #21
    RapistSanta's Avatar
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    It is still bad.
    Sure, just tell me it's "Bad"


    How the fuck do you even know that, or better yet, how do you know you know shit about angles?


    Props on just flaming someones pose without any help

  22. Post #22
    JurajIsNotPirat's Avatar
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    I am sorry but i just can tell if the angle is bad.


    Uhhuh, everyone with a little sense for it can?.

    I do not want to flame, so bb.




    How the fuck do you even know that, or better yet, how do you know you know shit about angles?
    uhm.

  23. Post #23
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    Why is it dull? Well, pictures that have an "above" angle usually are more zoomed to the picture so it shows alot of detail, if you take a picture from above and very far from the picture it just looks bad.

    Also the contrast is too high, the magic effect its pretty bad, it doesnt glow enought, and it looks very repetitive.

    And, the people here are not flaming your picture, they are just saying whats wrong with it, dont be a butthurt about it, and learn to take C&C.

  24. Post #24
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    I've said it before and I'll say it a million times more to anyone:

    Work things out for yourself.

  25. Post #25
    JurajIsNotPirat's Avatar
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    I am sorry if i offended you with that this is shopped stuff, it is a meme. I thought you would understand.
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  26. Post #26
    No one likes you, get banned.
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    as i see you improved your posing ALOT. Nice try you'll get the hang of it whith a little time spent

  27. Post #27
    RapistSanta's Avatar
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    I am sorry if i offended you with that this is shopped stuff, it is a meme. I thought you would understand.
    Well, then go back to 4chan.

    I've said it before and I'll say it a million times more to anyone:

    Work things out for yourself.
    What??...

    Why is it dull? Well, pictures that have an "above" angle usually are more zoomed to the picture so it shows alot of detail, if you take a picture from above and very far from the picture it just looks bad.

    Also the contrast is too high, the magic effect its pretty bad, it doesnt glow enought, and it looks very repetitive.

    And, the people here are not flaming your picture, they are just saying whats wrong with it, dont be a butthurt about it, and learn to take C&C.
    Great, next time I wont even try. I mean really now, next time I'll make it different, without knowing what was wrong with the last one, since I can't really see what you guys are talking about. (Well Ok, maybe the contrast is a bit overdone, next time I'll hold a little out on it)

    And you say the magic effect is pretty bad?

    IMO it looks quite fine. A few flaws yes, but I still don't know how would I fix that in later poses...

    and yes, most of them aren't flaming it, and I am grateful for the C&C, but if you wouldn't be so ignorant, you would see that I was talking to one person.

    as i see you improved your posing ALOT. Nice try you'll get the hang of it whith a little time spent
    A ray of sunshine on a rainy day.

    Thanks.
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  28. Post #28
    No one likes you, get banned.
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    uhhh... can i has original i want to test my shitty skills in GIMP

  29. Post #29
    RapistSanta's Avatar
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    Original added to OP

  30. Post #30
    No one likes you, get banned.
    gtanoofa's Avatar
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    awesome i'll start editing when i get back my pc(in 3 or four hours maybe)

  31. Post #31
    The Combine's Avatar
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    Dude thats normal critism.
    If you think thats bad then trolls will make you crazy.
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  32. Post #32
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    Are you really that stupid that I have to work out "work it out for yourself" for you?

    Oh wow.

    When somebody says "work on your camera angles" they shouldn't have to give you a two-page tutorial written in their blood for good camera angles. Work it out for yourself. Go and do some research or something, or just play about until you find something good. People who say "omg that doesnt help explain exactly how i have to improve" just suck all of the fun out of Gmod and Photoshop by removing the most appealing feature of our combination of the two; experimentation.
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  33. Post #33
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    Zeraxify's Avatar
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    Are you really that stupid that I have to work out "work it out for yourself" for you?

    Oh wow.

    When somebody says "work on your camera angles" they shouldn't have to give you a two-page tutorial written in their blood for good camera angles. Work it out for yourself. Go and do some research or something, or just play about until you find something good. People who say "omg that doesnt help explain exactly how i have to improve" just suck all of the fun out of Gmod and Photoshop by removing the most appealing feature of our combination of the two; experimentation.
    :iceburn:
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    When somebody says "work on your camera angles" they shouldn't have to give you a two-page tutorial written in their blood for good camera angles. Work it out for yourself. Go and do some research or something, or just play about until you find something good. People who say "omg that doesnt help explain exactly how i have to improve" just suck all of the fun out of Gmod and Photoshop by removing the most appealing feature of our combination of the two; experimentation.
    I'm not saying you're wrong, but experimentation doesn't work out for me, I suck too bad :saddowns:

  35. Post #35
    RapistSanta's Avatar
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    Okay...

    Redone the lasers, You tell me if for better or worse
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  36. Post #36
    I'm a loner who likes to get beat up at school
    Zeraxify's Avatar
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    Worse.
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  37. Post #37
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    A quicky.


  38. Post #38
    RapistSanta's Avatar
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    A quicky.

    image


    Holy jesus...

    Care to comment on it?

  39. Post #39
    No one likes you, get banned.
    gtanoofa's Avatar
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    i fucked up you don't want to see the edit

  40. Post #40
    RapistSanta's Avatar
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    i fucked up you don't want to see the edit
    lol nevermind, now that I look at it, it was still probably better than mine >.<