reef 3 Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 Hey guys. After a request from Wayne to show how i achieve some of what i do, i had the idea to run through some things in short tutorials. The idea being i can show something and wayne could try it so i could give pointers is in essence, a workshop. This will be done in Photoshop but much of what is shown will apply to most editing programs so even if not all useful, you may learn one or two things to help out your own edits. After we organized to do this Joe also fancied following the posts. Basically if you want to get involved and try some things, feel free. Part 1 Getting started and shadow To kick off with here is the origional shot i used. Its the beechcraft B300 by AFG flying near KPDX. If you want you can follow what we do with this picture or try to apply what i show to your own shot. Either way will work. The shots now have their own pre written instructions so lets get started. Feel free to post a shot of what you got so far. Also i would really like to know, if you found this useful at all. The reason i ask is it takes a little time to put these together so if of no use i would rather stop now than later and have a wasted journey. If you found it useful then i'm more than happy to continue. steve Link to post Share on other sites
vacs007 0 Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 Now you have got me wishing my day away, so I can get to my PC and get started. Steve this is amazing, you are the best , thank you for going to this level effort and detail. (man com'on day will you hurry up). No worries Steve your efforts will not be wasted, at least on myself, I am with you all the way for this one. I am going to start with using your image so I can comapre apples for apples. An then I will start work on my on shot selection. Give me a day before you see a return post from me, so I can apply the techniques you have so patiently demonstrated above. Man I now see your true secret to success, it is in the details, the little details, I would not even think important, the details I would not obviously notice, but the the eye detects subconsciously, it makes all the difference. Wow and this is only the start (step 1) and the difference is already so huge and noticeable. I am blown away. Steve I do not know how to thank you enough for your kindness and effort you are apllying for the benefit of others. THANK YOU Man, ya' da MAN. Link to post Share on other sites
rosariomanzo 545 Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 Thank you so much steve! Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 That si some workshop! Link to post Share on other sites
reef 3 Posted November 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 No problem at all guys, if i can find the time its easy enough to do. A confession though, i forgot to save my in progress files so will have to re-edit the shot to get to this point :roll: Remember to save your progress !! If its in Photoshop PSD. is best. I'll wait till any who wants to get a progress shot up and ask any questions before we move on. steve Link to post Share on other sites
vacs007 0 Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 Ok here is my attempt, my challenge is that I am haveing to translate everything into Paintshop Pro, while I have Photoshop it is only Photoshop Elements 2, so does not have all the editing tools used by you Steve, but PSP I ahve all the tools so am working there. The curves make a huge diff to the image, but getting that balance is tricky. So here is my first set, feed back please. Sorry tried to post the larger image (1024), but photobucket still resized smaller, but I am sure you can still see the diff. Hey Steve first rule of IT, 'you change something, save something' :roll: Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,495 Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 Well done Wayne, better than my first attempt, a bit rushed as i wanted to get it in before Steve commented on the first step and moved on, I can now appreciate how much attention to detail goes into this just by shading the tail! Cheers Link to post Share on other sites
reef 3 Posted November 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 Looking good so far Wayne. Will get the next section up as soon as i get time. Should not be too long. If something i do in PS does not relate into PSP let me know and i'll try to give an alternate way to achieve the same. Thanks for the IT tip :roll: steve Link to post Share on other sites
reef 3 Posted November 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 Looking good too Joe, glad your finding it useful. steve Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,495 Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 Good stuff Steve :roll: I just edited my first post comments as I got home late from work and it was a bit rushed. Cheers Link to post Share on other sites
reef 3 Posted November 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 Part 2 Lighting Hey guys. Moving on now to bringing the shot alive a little. Hehe just seen some nice spelling mistakes but being edited into the shot, they remain :yes: Remember you can take and leave what you want from these tutorials. You may only need one or two things to help spruce up your own shots. I always decide what will be done for each individual edit. No point putting reflections on a matt camo aircraft. Hope this of help so far. The last section soon, finishing it off. steve Link to post Share on other sites
vacs007 0 Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 Here is my part 2 attempt for the editing workshop, getting a bit more tricky now, requireing more thought and planing. I now realize that the change do not have to be drastic to make a huge difference, just slight changes in the right place will have a dramatic effect. Once again Steve, this must be taking a lot of time and effort on your behalf, so I say thank you again. Link to post Share on other sites
reef 3 Posted November 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 No problem at all Wayne. If i can find the time to do it i'm happy to help anyone out. Your shot is looking good so far and to be honest, you can hardley tell the difference between our shots. Looking forward to finishing this one now and moving on. If i get time after this is done i hope to do a ground tutorial as well showing a collection of ideas on getting results out of scenery up close. Don't forget to ask if you need to know anything or want to know something i'm not covering so far. I hope i'm not boring you too much :yes: :clap: steve Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,495 Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 Good work there Wayne! Steve, bear with me I got a couple of reviews to get out this weekend and forum maintenace so will get back on it as soon as possible. Cheers Link to post Share on other sites
reef 3 Posted November 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 No rush, takes me a while to sort the next part anyway steve Link to post Share on other sites
vacs007 0 Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 Steve, any chance we are going to come back to this tutorial and finish this edit and maybe move onto one of the others you hinted at doing. Link to post Share on other sites
reef 3 Posted December 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 Sure will sort it out. I was giving Joe a chance but looks like a no show. Will get it up ASAP. steve Link to post Share on other sites
vacs007 0 Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Thanks Mate, looking forward to it. Background lighting and definition is the thing I am stuggling with the most at the moment, and you hinted that that was the next order of business. So again thanks for your effort and time. Hey Boss, what's up? You falling behind in school. Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,495 Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Sorry Gent's it's been a busy time for me at work so falling behind with all my duties :mrhappy: Please carry on, I will catch up. Cheers Link to post Share on other sites
reef 3 Posted December 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2008 Part 3. Finishing off. First off two appologies. First off for taking so long to get this part out. Secondly Wayne, after looking at the shot i realised there was not much further i could take the shot. As such, will not answer the things you asked me to try help with. The shot is midday with high sun and as such, there is only so much you can do. Therfore i decided to finish up this shot and move on. I will address more extreme lighting in a new shot on the ground so as to be able show some ground techniques also. Hopefully by now the shot looks a bit better. However one thing i must say, its tricky to write down how i do things. This is due to the fact that i often yo-yo back and forth while editing. Somethings work and some don't. If something does not work out i go back and try something different. I can't do this while taking snaps and writing it up unless i want to spend a month doing it. That said, take what i write as ideas you can play with and not as rules by which to edit. Thanks for sticking along this far. steve P.S. Forgot to put in the above, when finished to resize your shot back down to what you want it. Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted December 6, 2008 Report Share Posted December 6, 2008 Very nice Steve! I'm just wondering, can such shots be done in PhotoFiltre? Link to post Share on other sites
reef 3 Posted December 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2008 I'm not sure as i've never used it. However, you should be able to take ideas from what ive written and apply them to other editing programs. This is not so much written to get you using photoshop but simply to give an idea of what you could put into an edit. steve Link to post Share on other sites
vacs007 0 Posted December 7, 2008 Report Share Posted December 7, 2008 Well here is my finished version of the "Editalong". Had a bit of scare today and thought I may not be able to finish this, had a power failure at home today and when the power come back on my PC would not, did some investigation, concluded it might be the PSU, got new one and conclusion was right, so back up and running fully again. New machine on the card, this one +- 3 years old now, need new machine for FSX. Comments please. Thank you Steve , I learnt a heck of a lot during this editalong with you, looking forward to the next lesson, hopefully I will have Adobe Photoshop by then. Link to post Share on other sites
reef 3 Posted December 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2008 Heh well done Wayne, yours is better than mine Will do one soon showing some things you can do with ground and light from a standard day shot. Should not be too long. Unlucky with the power cut but glad to hear your up and running again. Also happy you found all this of some use steve Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,495 Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 Great result Wayne, excellent work! Good to hear your whole PC wasn't toast :doh Cheers Link to post Share on other sites
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