Imax's Picture Thread - MXO Forum Archive

#36300178838 03/03/2007 06:15:17 Imax's Picture Thread

Ok, Ive got 3 images so i think i can start an image thread now SMILEY

and ofcourse there will be many more to come SMILEY

1st pic here was not done in photo shop, Adobe image ready only (i didnt not have photoshop at the time.

Original <--- not quite, i dont know what happend to the original, but this one was taken just befor or after, slightly diffrent pose.

My 1st Photoshoped image, Thanks to Sykins Enhanced image and Storm Tutorials.

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And my latest (2nd photoshoped) Im pretty proud of this one. Thanks again to sykin and Phi's bullit ripple tutorial.

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Im having alot of fun with this, Cant wait to do more!!!

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#36300178844 03/03/2007 06:19:55 Re:Imax's Pictue Thread

WOAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THAT LAST ONE IS THE PWNT OF THEM ALL!!!! AMAZING!!!!!

FANTASTIC WORK.....have you done this before??? Give me some tips!!! lawl

(( only thing i noticed is the bullet..it looks like its a tracking bullet of somthing if you look at the trail of smoke, overall 10/10))

#36300178853 03/03/2007 06:58:53 Re:Imax's Pictue Thread

"Very naiiice!"

#36300178893 03/03/2007 08:02:11 Re:Imax's Pictue Thread

lols, nice pics. And nice borat impression, Mobu. 'High-five!"

-Arbuckle

#36300178970 03/03/2007 10:55:30 Re:Imax's Pictue Thread

Why do people bring up so good pics? Makes me wanna do one awesome work too. >_<

#36300179047 03/03/2007 12:28:09 Re:Imax's Pictue Thread

GoDGiVeR wrote:

Why do people bring up so good pics? Makes me wanna do one awesome work too. >_<

Hehe i just give up and close PS lol

#36300179051 03/03/2007 12:34:21 Re:Imax's Pictue Thread

o_O

Amazing. Especially for someone that started not so long ago.

The only thing I noticed is the bullet trail seems to indicate that the bullet was fired from a different angle than you... but then again that would make sence seeing as you're jumping...
Hmm...

Guess it's nothing then. =P

#36300179056 03/03/2007 12:41:43 Re:Imax's Pictue Thread

MxO-PhanthomZtryker wrote:

o_O
Amazing. Especially for someone that started not so long ago.
The only thing I noticed is the bullet trail seems to indicate that the bullet was fired from a different angle than you... but then again that would make sence seeing as you're jumping...
Hmm...
Guess it's nothing then. =P

Yea I was thinking the same thing, I would guess that his movement in the air would be nothing in the time it took that bullet to travel that far...hmm but I am probably wrong.

Anyways, that looks incredible and I look forward to seeing some more work of yours in the future.

#36300179058 03/03/2007 12:43:05 Re:Imax's Pictue Thread

HostileIntention wrote:

MxO-PhanthomZtryker wrote:
o_O
Amazing. Especially for someone that started not so long ago.
The only thing I noticed is the bullet trail seems to indicate that the bullet was fired from a different angle than you... but then again that would make sence seeing as you're jumping...
Hmm...
Guess it's nothing then. =P

Yea I was thinking the same thing, I would guess that his movement in the air would be nothing in the time it took that bullet to travel that far...hmm but I am probably wrong.

Anyways, that looks incredible and I look forward to seeing some more work of yours in the future.

I picked up on this too...either way tis HOT images!!

#36300179059 03/03/2007 12:44:52 Re:Imax's Pictue Thread

Very nice.

Quick to learn the techniques and stuff, eh? SMILEY

- RedLynk

#36300179116 03/03/2007 15:34:33 Re:Imax's Pictue Thread

THANKS GUYS!!!

Yea, I thought alot about the angle of the bullet belive it or not. I even watched the "neo dodge" scene on the roof in Matrix 1. After watching the amount of movement neo makes while the bullets are flying past him I thought the distance of travel seemed pretty accurate. But more than that I didnt worrie about it alot becasue i figured most poeple would pick up on the movement of my RSI and disreguard the angle diffrence.

Im actually more proud of the exit wound than the bullet ripple. I wish I could take credit for it, but im still a tottal photoshop n00b, I only followed Sykins Ehancement tutorial, And phi's Bullet ripple tutorial VERY and I mean VERY closely. But the bullet, the exit wound, and if you notice the little slight smoke trial comeing from the bullet all the wat to the muzzle of the gun, THATS ALL ME. Had to figure that out on my own.

All in all, there was about 6-7 hours of photoshop time put into this one. Like i said Im pretty proud of it. Im kinda takeing it one step at a time. Next I'll probobly do lighting and/or Reflections... THEN... I'll try and do one that has EVERYTHING in it. Only thing im worried about is i still cant get the "water splashys" or that "wet look" in the rain. Wish Pyracy ould teach my how to do that SMILEY

THANKS AGAIN GUYS. Im still so excited (been wanting to do this stuff for so long.)

#36300179134 03/03/2007 16:17:43 Re:Imax's Pictue Thread

it's good, the only thing I can say is that you just need to work on keeping the image the same with sharpness and blur on the same guy, and the hand doesn't look quite right either.

#36300179177 03/03/2007 18:40:56 Re:Imax's Pictue Thread

Aye that exit wound is very nice!

#36300179180 03/03/2007 18:53:09 Re:Imax's Pictue Thread

*is jealous because she cant do that*

nice tho!!! I like!! SMILEY

#36300179273 03/03/2007 22:20:47 Re:Imax's Pictue Thread

I like the first one--very sharp. Posterization effects FTW! =D

#36300179290 03/03/2007 22:36:36 Imax's Pictue Thread

imax wrote:

You know... it actually makes sense for the smoke trail to be bent a bit near the tip of the gun. If you think about it, your character is flying sideways as the bullet is flying straight forward through the dude. With that in mind, the bullet's ripple and smoke trail should be dead straight, while the smoke trailing from the gun should be bending away from where the bullet first left the gun. Of course, it's probably a bit too far, since bullets move insanely fast and you probably wouldn't have flown through the air far enough for it to be noticable... but it's at least slightly realistic SMILEY

I'd be more worried about the fact that your finger isn't still on the trigger. Unless you fire guns with your thumbs.... SMILEY

#36300179308 03/03/2007 22:54:04 Imax's Pictue Thread

Stack wrote:

You know... it actually makes sense for the smoke trail to be bent a bit near the tip of the gun. If you think about it, your character is flying sideways as the bullet is flying straight forward through the dude. With that in mind, the bullet's ripple and smoke trail should be dead straight, while the smoke trailing from the gun should be bending away from where the bullet first left the gun. Of course, it's probably a bit too far, since bullets move insanely fast and you probably wouldn't have flown through the air far enough for it to be noticable... but it's at least slightly realistic

I'd be more worried about the fact that your finger isn't still on the trigger. Unless you fire guns with your thumbs....

LOL, I know exactly what you mean, and i appreaciate your attention to detail concerning the realism of the picture. Im really a perfectionist when it comes to realism my self. I thought about the whole trigger finger thing, the problem is in order to fix that it basicly needs to be redrawn. Thats just the way the character model is in the screenshot. If you look at the original youll notice i DID actually redraw part of the hand holding the gun. I added more thumb to the pistol grip and even made sure it had the correct shadeing and light source compared to the rest of the hand.

However fixing the trigger finger was a bit beyond my talent. It would take more than clever use of the smudge, burn, and dodge tool to correct that graphic error. SMILEY

[edit] w00t rarebit likeys my piccy SMILEY

#36300179320 03/03/2007 23:54:01 Re:Imax's Pictue Thread

You should experiment with the Clone tool, if you haven't already. I use it all the time in Paint Shop Pro to replace UI elements with simple background parts. I even used it once to erase the in-game map and replace it with carpeting. It usually only works well for small things... like erasing fingers from the front of a gun to make it look like they're still on the trigger SMILEY

#36300179641 03/04/2007 09:41:07 Re:Imax's Pictue Thread

Here somthin I did for my mom, Phluff. Obviously will be used for her new cypherite siggy (traitor)

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#36300179643 03/04/2007 09:42:13 Re:Imax's Pictue Thread

Hmm very nice..i like the eyes and the blue storm..nice job!

#36300179794 03/04/2007 11:34:06 Re:Imax's Pictue Thread

Good work.

#36300180511 03/05/2007 13:24:45 Re:Imax's Picture Thread

I think he's a natural. SMILEY

(phinished sig below) SMILEY

Phluff (the traitor)

#36300180521 03/05/2007 13:32:16 Re:Imax's Picture Thread

(oops double post)

#36300180541 03/05/2007 13:54:46 Re:Imax's Picture Thread

Told this on the ID forum but can't hurt saying it here again: Those eyes are hawt!

#36300181234 03/06/2007 09:34:18 Re:Imax's Picture Thread

Ive got an idea i want to do. I'd like to do an enhanced image of someone else screenshot. I was never the best and takeing screenshots but some of you out there can take some GREAT ones.

I'd like anyone or everyone to post a link to an unaltered ingame screen and i will pick the one i like the best to try my stuff on. Note i said link, dont post the actual picture, make a link to it or somthing (i just want to keep the consistancy of this thread the same, Only enhanced images shown, and the originals in links, like in my posts earlier.)

#36300181249 03/06/2007 09:43:42 Re:Imax's Picture Thread

Knock yourself out with these.

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#36300181647 03/06/2007 19:52:13 Re:Imax's Picture Thread

only one person?

#36300181691 03/06/2007 21:07:42 Re:Imax's Picture Thread

ok... see what you can do with my award winning Phluffinator Photo. SMILEY

click here

#36300181991 03/07/2007 10:17:52 Re:Imax's Picture Thread

Very nice work, Imax. One thing I have to mention that hasn't been mentioned yet, however, is the earpiece. Sure it's a little nitpicky, but you should try to make it so that the cord doesn't just end up going into your neck somewhere... then again, if you really are a terminator, I guess that wouldn't be such an odd thing lol

#36300182065 03/07/2007 11:47:58 Re:Imax's Picture Thread

Shinryu wrote:

Very nice work, Imax. One thing I have to mention that hasn't been mentioned yet, however, is the earpiece. Sure it's a little nitpicky, but you should try to make it so that the cord doesn't just end up going into your neck somewhere... then again, if you really are a terminator, I guess that wouldn't be such an odd thing lol

LOL, no im not a friggin terminator SMILEY

But the terminator is just so cooooooo.

Yea i actually did extend it down in the Rain pic, but i didnt in the bullet time pic, and the reason is I didnt want to screw up LOL, shamless.

#36300339611 10/18/2007 20:12:15 Re:Imax's Picture Thread

This is what happens when your bored. You get what might be the gheyest enhanced screenshot evar!

#36300369845 12/12/2007 23:35:30 Re:Imax's Picture Thread

Its been a while since I tried my hand at a genuine enhancement pic. Started out I wanted to make a winter sig, then I decided it wanted it to stand out from the cheery winter sigs going around this year. But ended up working on an entire picture. So here it is 'Dark Winter'.I hope it comes across cold. I'm not real happy with it, just couldn't really make things look very wet. And I wanted to steer clear of snow, and stick with a more freezing rain look, because snow is usually associated with happy, and I wanted it to look miserable.

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#36300369852 12/13/2007 00:18:31 Re:Imax's Picture Thread

Your talents just keep on improving. =) (I prefer to be cheesy) =P

Seriouly though, I can tell you spent a lot of time on that... it looks awsome. =)

#36300370030 12/13/2007 08:12:41 Re:Imax's Picture Thread

Aw shucks! Thanks mom!

#36300370051 12/13/2007 08:59:39 Re:Imax's Pictue Thread

imax wrote:

Here somthin I did for my mom, Phluff. Obviously will be used for her new cypherite siggy (traitor)

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Phluff
is a Cyph? That's phantastic!

#36300370064 12/13/2007 09:36:29 Re:Imax's Pictue Thread

Bunnyfit wrote:

imax wrote:
Here somthin I did for my mom, Phluff. Obviously will be used for her new cypherite siggy (traitor)

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Phluff
is a Cyph? That's phantastic!

" W A S " ...I had a blond moment. Not anymore. Pure machinist all the way. SMILEY

#36300370065 12/13/2007 09:37:45 Re:Imax's Pictue Thread

Phluff wrote:

Bunnyfit wrote:
imax wrote:
Here somthin I did for my mom, Phluff. Obviously will be used for her new cypherite siggy (traitor)

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Phluff
is a Cyph? That's phantastic!

" W A S " ...I had a blond moment. Not anymore. Pure machinist all the way. " />

Oh, never mind then. Pfft.

#36300370794 12/14/2007 13:18:39 Re:Imax's Picture Thread

Its to dark isnt it? I looked goodon ym monitor at home, but can hardly see the detail on mymonitor at work. SMILEY

at the brightness is turned all the way up on this monitor.

#36300371002 12/14/2007 19:57:21 Re:Imax's Picture Thread

imax wrote:

Its been a while since I tried my hand at a genuine enhancement pic. Started out I wanted to make a winter sig, then I decided it wanted it to stand out from the cheery winter sigs going around this year. But ended up working on an entire picture. So here it is 'Dark Winter'.I hope it comes across cold. I'm not real happy with it, just couldn't really make things look very wet. And I wanted to steer clear of snow, and stick with a more freezing rain look, because snow is usually associated with happy, and I wanted it to look miserable.

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This is UBER..And it's dark also!!(Big fan of dark screen shots)

#36300371016 12/14/2007 20:26:55 Re:Imax's Picture Thread

Nice work man, I love how you added the condensing of water droplets in your breath. ;P

#36300371400 12/15/2007 19:34:37 Re:Imax's Picture Thread

Thanks for the kind words guys. I still think it might look a little to dark for yall, so i saved a 2nd version just upped the brightness some. Hopefully some of the detail can be seen now that wasnt seen befor. Mainly the rain in front of my char, water on the ground, and the ground itself lol.

#36300373435 12/19/2007 13:29:32 Re:Imax's Picture Thread

imax wrote:

Ive got an idea i want to do. I'd like to do an enhanced image of someone else screenshot. I was never the best and takeing screenshots but some of you out there can take some GREAT ones.
I'd like anyone or everyone to post a link to an unaltered ingame screen and i will pick the one i like the best to try my stuff on. Note i said link, dont post the actual picture, make a link to it or somthing (i just want to keep the consistancy of this thread the same, Only enhanced images shown, and the originals in links, like in my posts earlier.)

Hey, i don't know if your going to still do this or what not. But i've always been really really good at taking screenshots. Just never great at editing them. I'm not patient enough to learn all there is about photoshop. ( I am patient however in waiting hours for the right screenshot ). Anyways ill hook you up with a couple of some recent screenshots. I'd love to see what you can do with them. I'm certain they will become amazing.

#36300399072 02/03/2008 17:24:37 Re:Imax's Picture Thread

a little diddy I made for fun.

finding the footage for the right kind of explosion that was what I was looking for was pretty tricky.

#36300399228 02/03/2008 20:35:11 Re:Imax's Pictue Thread

Rarebit wrote:

I like the first one--very sharp. Posterization effects FTW! =D

Deffinently agree with Rare on that one SMILEY

nice job, man ....

however, all of them PWN!

\m/><\m/

#36300399271 02/03/2008 22:24:19 Imax's Picture Thread

imax wrote:

#36300403669 02/10/2008 16:12:02 Re:Imax's Picture Thread

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Thanks to odj's code tutorial, and a lil walking through from the god himself SMILEY

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#36300403671 02/10/2008 16:20:35 Re:Imax's Picture Thread

Let me be the first to say " *CENSORED* "

#36300403675 02/10/2008 16:27:13 Re:Imax's Picture Thread

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice.

#36300403678 02/10/2008 16:34:01 Re:Imax's Picture Thread

Very good Imax, but I'm still waiting to see that special moment on the bench we shared.

#36300403722 02/10/2008 18:37:48 Re:Imax's Picture Thread

imax wrote:

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Thanks to odj's code tutorial, and a lil walking through from the god himself ">

THIS is going in the MxOSpace Enhanced Screen Shot section.

And not just because he's my son.