Screenshot Critique: F-18
Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 11:18 pm
Inspired by the edit by MagicalNinja:
Inspired by the edit by MagicalNinja:
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 11:18 pmInspired by the edit by MagicalNinja:
Re: Screenshot Critique: F-18
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 4:30 amLooks alright to me 8-)
Perhaps the smoke and flame could be a little more realistic - any hints anyone?
Perhaps the smoke and flame could be a little more realistic - any hints anyone?
Re: Screenshot Critique: F-18
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 4:47 amWhat program are you using?
Re: Screenshot Critique: F-18
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:32 amIm using GIMP.
Yeah, i didnt know what the flame and smoke from a real missle would look like.
Yeah, i didnt know what the flame and smoke from a real missle would look like.
Re: Screenshot Critique: F-18
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:52 amPerhaps the smoke and flame could be a little more realistic - any hints anyone?
Exhaust flame: Yellow/white.
Smoke: White.
Re: Screenshot Critique: F-18
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:52 amI think it looks pretty good. It's better than I could do when it comes to missiles. ;)
Re: Screenshot Critique: F-18
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 11:17 amA brief "How I Did It" would be great when anyone is postng an edited shot in Screenshot Critiques, don't you think?
Re: Screenshot Critique: F-18
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 2:42 pmOnce again...the AIM-9 is a rail launched missile...it comes straight off the launcher (LAU-127 in this case) and does not drop away from the aircraft when launched.
Re: Screenshot Critique: F-18
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 3:26 pmLooks pretty good, but if you're trying for realism that plane just doesn't do it :-/. The front looks very cartoonish...unfortunately.
As for the effect, it's pretty good...much better than I could do
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- Kevin
As for the effect, it's pretty good...much better than I could do
.- Kevin
Re: Screenshot Critique: F-18
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 5:03 pm[quote]A brief "How I Did It" would be great when anyone is postng an edited shot in Screenshot Critiques, don't you think?
Re: Screenshot Critique: F-18
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 5:38 pmHow I did it:
First I erased the missle that was on the right tip of the wing so there was an empty spot, then i cut out the missle on the left tip and copied it where i thought was appropriate in a new layer (the missle was supposed to have come straight off, but since the plane is banking away it be a little below and to the side of the plane, but i probabley should have moved it a little to the left in the picture). Next, in a new layer for the flames, i used the paint brush tool and used a gradient and had it fade out so i just draged away from the missle and and changed colors and faded out by itself. Finally a made a third new layer for the smoke. I got a fuzzy brush and put it on an off-white color, but since there is a cloud behind it, you could barely see the trail. I had to darken it with a gray fuzzy brush. At the end i flattened it and increased contrast.
First I erased the missle that was on the right tip of the wing so there was an empty spot, then i cut out the missle on the left tip and copied it where i thought was appropriate in a new layer (the missle was supposed to have come straight off, but since the plane is banking away it be a little below and to the side of the plane, but i probabley should have moved it a little to the left in the picture). Next, in a new layer for the flames, i used the paint brush tool and used a gradient and had it fade out so i just draged away from the missle and and changed colors and faded out by itself. Finally a made a third new layer for the smoke. I got a fuzzy brush and put it on an off-white color, but since there is a cloud behind it, you could barely see the trail. I had to darken it with a gray fuzzy brush. At the end i flattened it and increased contrast.