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here is my first attempt at changing a screen shot

C&C welcome....wondering how to make edited shots look like photos.
Thanks for looking
Jason

never mind the editing, those graphics are mint!

Lovely effect -

Only real comment is maybe you could crop it a little harder, mainly the forground, quite a lot of nothing there.

As for making it look like a photo - well it takes time mainly. Find as many pictures of the real a/c as you can, decide on which parts catch the light and where your light is coming from. Then use a mixture of re painting, dodging/burning to bring it to life. Mainly add any painting on a new layer so you can adjust it if needed.

I don't like to touch other peoples shots to shows what i mean - but if you would like me to edit it and explain what I do, I would be happy to help

John

that is a very sweet shot/edit jason...................

Dave

Lovely effect -

Only real comment is maybe you could crop it a little harder, mainly the forground, quite a lot of nothing there.

As for making it look like a photo - well it takes time mainly. Find as many pictures of the real a/c as you can, decide on which parts catch the light and where your light is coming from. Then use a mixture of re painting, dodging/burning to bring it to life. Mainly add any painting on a new layer so you can adjust it if needed.

I don't like to touch other peoples shots to shows what i mean - but if you would like me to edit it and explain what I do, I would be happy to help

I think it would me cool to see what could be done with this shot by someone with more expericance than me, that way i can see what can be done 8-)

Thanks for the compliments... the unedited shots are under "famous Mustang" in the freeware pics section
John

I think it would me cool to see what could be done with this shot by someone with more expericance than me, that way i can see what can be done  

Thanks for the compliments... the unedited shots are under "famous Mustang" in the freeware pics section

Jason,

I spent a little time on it. I hope it is to your liking. This is what I did.

1. As mentioned before I cropped it tighter.
2. I used photoshop image adjustments (mainly contrast) to deepen the tones on the whole picture.
3. I used the Burn tool on a low (6-8%) setting to shade under the wings, fuselage, drop tanks and a few places on the fuselage. The spinner got a little time spent on it as it's a focal point.
4. Used the dodge tool, again on a low setting with a 2-3 pixel soft edged brush. This was to add highlights to the spinner, fuselage, drop tanks. Again the spinner got most time spent on it.
5. 6 pixel brush. Dodge on 8% to highlight the canopy.
6. Paintbrush on 1 pixel, 6% black colour - drew in the panel lines. Then sampled the fuselage colour and on a new layer painted some detail.
7. Paintbrush on 1 pixel 6% white colour - highlighted the panel lines.
8. Took a screenshot of a still P51 prop from the same angle, cut it out, scaled it, then used a radial blur tool to give the effect.
9 Lastly used the Render lighting tool with an omni light to put the sun into the picture (position slightly wrong..Grrr)

Oh well, this is what it looks like

holy cow what a differance that makes That looks awesome....and man i have alot to learn lol
thanks for show what can be done. 8-)
Jason

I hope it's helped give you an idea how to get started.

Your screenshot of the P51 was really great, the wheels retracting, low level - Lovely!

I hope you enjoy making more edited shots, it's a whole load of fun.

With screenshots like the one you took of the Mustang you won't have any problems making stunning pictures.

John