1st composite WIP: I'm a bit stuck

[krigl]

Hi, I'm working on my first ever composite and indeed edit not made by my usual method of taking a perfectly good screenshot and throwing lots of filters, paint and noise at it.

It's not very adventurous I know but here it is - still a WIP.

I've stuffed up the prop and need to work through a decent tute, and I plan to put some mud on the gear. It's misty but some gentle highlights on the plane and a faint shadow might be in order.



Here's a bit more work done, can't get the prop any better, blended the plane a bit more, muddied it up a little.




What do you think? Anything else I should do? I've tried blending the plane in more (and the sheep

[Leigh]

i would put in some shadows

maybe some wheel marks

i dont no what else

but on the right hand side there is a line where the mist hasn't been done all the way across

the prop look a little small have u seen the DL section at SSW?

anyway its comming up great

keep it up

[Mictheslik]

Looking good R....As said above the prop needs to be a little bit bigger and perhaps have a smidgen more blur....

If you've still got the aircraft and background on different layers try 1 or 2 stops of motion blur aswell....

Finally, perhaps move the aircraft up a little....it's attitude implies it is climbing and has therefore just taken off but the state of the undercarriage implies that it has been in the air for at least 5 seconds I'd say.....just a small point but it's worth considering.....

Keep it up

.mic

[eno]

My method for doing props is to use the prop from the original screenshot. Using the original means that it is the right orientation and size for the aircraft. Using the pen tool roughly cut out round the blurred prop, highlight paths and make the current path a selection and feather it by 5-10 pixels. Move this into the edited shot then use screen

[Anxyous]

I would love to have the RealAir Spitfire in my hangar... *sigh*

Love the edit!

[krigl]

Thanks a lot guys for the suggestions, I've bookmarked this topic. Some I will try now and some I can't due to lack of time - I want to give this as a present to someone and need to print it out tomorrow. But next time I will try!!

[ManuelL]

Looking good! That sheep really must have some nerves. Their not even looking up as the spitfire passes over them.  ;)

[jime59]

I can't find the 'frenzy 2D sheep' filter at the moment...


Great idea and I think it's coming along just fine.