1st Lesson

[Che]

I almost died rendering that hair.

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[♔Mr.♔L.E.E.♔]

I think he put on layers on overlay or so ?

Anyway :

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original :

http://www.wallpaperez.net/wallpaper...nce-2-1620.jpg

correct sir, my apologies Mr. Abbews, I uploaded the wrong file. After I had completed the lesson, the results looked a bit bland to my eyes. I explored some of the features of Photoshop and came up with the picture you saw above. It is simply a duplicate of the same layer but with a different gaussian blur setting and on overlay. Would you like me to upload the other one good sir?

[Subuatai de Bodemloze]

Cool I didn't know that one, thank you very much Subuatai!

Thanks should go to Marcel for telling me to tell you guys. Another one of those tricks you just do without thinking is my defense.

I almost died rendering that hair.

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Very good job sir. Hair is the biggest pain in the backside. You did good only thing I see is directly under the arm and thumb.

[Blackomur89]

And here is mine:

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P.S. I got a little carried away so I removed the blue light from her cape by the cloning tool, hope that isn't a problem...

[abbews]

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Great. Passed.

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There are a couple spots that I may redo but I have to go get the kids from School and buy rotors and pads.

Hmm, as you can see the edges are really choppy mate. If you could fix that up it would be great ( copy the layer, make a gaussianblur on the original and then softly erase with a soft brush on the copy layer)

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Good render, altough the outcome must be transparent. I will PM you with further instructions.

I almost died rendering that hair.

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Great cut. Passed.

correct sir, my apologies Mr. Abbews, I uploaded the wrong file. After I had completed the lesson, the results looked a bit bland to my eyes. I explored some of the features of Photoshop and came up with the picture you saw above. It is simply a duplicate of the same layer but with a different gaussian blur setting and on overlay. Would you like me to upload the other one good sir?

No, that is fine, I see that you have rendered the piece. Passed.

And here is mine:

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P.S. I got a little carried away so I removed the blue light from her cape by the cloning tool, hope that isn't a problem...

No problem, you just show creativity Good cut, passed.

[Prince of Yunderup]

Here is my pen method:
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I also did a mask method, it's not perfect, I did it late at night (masks are an area I'm wanting to learn more about)
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[abbews]

For those of you who have a trouble getting a transparent end result, check the beginning of the Pen Tool part.

[Leonidas The Lion]

I usually just make a layer out of the background image.

[Finch]

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Render After using Pen tool and softening it up

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[IMG][/IMG]

[BURNY26]

Here is mine (i took a bald guy )

original:

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pen tool

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quick mask :found it had a better result with the pen tool

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[Hesus de bodemloze]

Tax for your second one you should save it as PNG file not Jpeg.

[karamazovmm]

I probably messed up again somewhere, I'm trying to render this pic:

original

but the problem is that I do the unlocking thing ( that was why I couldn't do the thing right in the first try) in this one I have a difficult erasing the background, and when I'm done the layer that I ''create'' is the background not the render itself, that's ok but when I save the file is 5mb

well the image may not be good enough since the other plane would detach itself from the environment. maybe another pics perhaps?

here are some candidates

basterd 1

basterd 2

basterd 3

[Subuatai de Bodemloze]

Rep for the Robotech!

[abbews]

I probably messed up again somewhere, I'm trying to render this pic:

original

but the problem is that I do the unlocking thing ( that was why I couldn't do the thing right in the first try) in this one I have a difficult erasing the background, and when I'm done the layer that I ''create'' is the background not the render itself, that's ok but when I save the file is 5mb

well the image may not be good enough since the other plane would detach itself from the environment. maybe another pics perhaps?

here are some candidates

basterd 1

basterd 2

basterd 3

Give me a screenshot of your layerpanel

[BURNY26]

Tax for your second one you should save it as PNG file not Jpeg.

saved it as png

[Hesus de bodemloze]

saved it as png

No he didn't his N°2 render isn't saved as PNG, right click - property and you will see he saved it as a jpeg.

[abbews]

Well, I did an attempt, but I'm not sure it it's any good, my eyesight is rather bad these days.

N°1

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N°2

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The first cut is mediocre, altough the second one is good but there is some background left. And remember to save as .PNG, otherwise it won't be transparent. Passed

Here is my pen method:
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I'm sorry but for now this will not pass, it's too choppy and there is several parts that stick out. This is something that should be done with precision, and not to be done in a rush. Remember to zoom in alot and gently make your way around the render.

I also did a mask method, it's not perfect, I did it late at night (masks are an area I'm wanting to learn more about)
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Same as above.

[BURNY26]

No he didn't his N°2 render isn't saved as PNG, right click - property and you will see he saved it as a jpeg.

oh ,a small misunderstanding ,thought you meant my pics !

[karamazovmm]

Here is another try, my gf thought me what I was doing wrong... its easier to just delete when you invert the selection than trying to use the brush. in the third pic I rendered the fighter in a pic of earth with macross in it.

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render

rather heavy be warned

[abbews]

Here is another try, my gf thought me what I was doing wrong... its easier to just delete when you invert the selection than trying to use the brush. in the third pic I rendered the fighter in a pic of earth with macross in it.

original

render

rather heavy be warned

Good cut, altough it seems you have applied the gaussianblur on the wrong layer. You should not apply it to the copy, but the original. I'm gone now for a week, will try to give feedback and such from my phone but can't promise anything, Subuatai is your man now.