SF2 Screenshot Thread

[jdbecks 0]

Some more love for the Tornado

 

[+EricJ 4,244]

Look kinda scrunched, you have a widescreen laptop?

[Wrench 9,846]

some shots from the Iran/Iraq map rebuild...

 

1) near Nasriyah

2) near Basra, with Al Faw in the background, and the Shatt-al-Arab (Basra airport below)

 

wrench

kevin stein

[FrankD 7]

Looks good Kevin

 

Eager to show up shots of things being shot down

[jdbecks 0]

Look kinda scrunched, you have a widescreen laptop?

 

it might be the ress settings in game, I have a widescreen cpu monitor

[+EricJ 4,244]

Yep so do I and try out the 16:9 or 16:10 ones...

[Spinners 15,986]

"Er, perhaps you'd like to pull-up now"

 

McDonnell Douglas Hornet GR.4 - No.31 'Goldstar' Squadron, RAF Middle East Command, 2009

[+EricJ 4,244]

I was going to do one but you beat me to the punch... nice work!

[Spinners 15,986]

I was going to do one but you beat me to the punch... nice work!

 

Thanks EricJ. It's a WIP made all the more easier by your templates.

 

Note to self - Give your aircrew ejection seats. lol

[+EricJ 4,244]

Was going to say something about that but you got it...

[xclusiv8 35]

I saw Gustavs pic on page 124 and man was that MiG looking nice. So i did an edit. I hope you dont mind sir. I take no credit for your work. The pic was taken by Gustav but i just played around with it in photoshop

 

 

[FrankD 7]

Great edition of a great pic Xclusiv8!

 

It looks like a cartoon where the author would be a former pilot overwhelmed by his souvenirs and just after that box, you have a full page draw.

 

Do you mind if I ask what effects is in Photoshop?

[xclusiv8 35]

Great edition of a great pic Xclusiv8!

 

It looks like a cartoon where the author would be a former pilot overwhelmed by his souvenirs and just after that box, you have a full page draw.

 

Do you mind if I ask what effects is in Photoshop?

 

Thank you! But without Gustavs eye for great pics it would not have happend

 

I am sorry, i dont fully understand what you are asking for.

What effects are in photoshop or what effects am i using in the picture? I'm not really using A particular effect in the picture. Its a mix of techniques, filters and tweaks i use to get that kind of effect. If you could be more specific maybe I could help you

But if you are asking about what effects are available in photoshop.. There are over 100 effects and filters that you can use in plain photoshop. To many to list here. hehe You can also download 1000s for free on the internet.

[FrankD 7]

Oh sorry, I didn't proof read my message before pressing "Post". :-/

 

I was curious about the technique(s) you used in Photoshop to get that effect on the pic.

 

Though I don't want the magician to reveal his tricks so I would fully understand if you prefer to not go specific too much. But if you want to share your experience, it would be a great opportunity for everyone. :)

Edited February 1, 2011 by FrankD

[Wrench 9,846]

For FrankD ... he requested some action shots

 

Intercepting bombers bound for Tehran..

 

1) Departing Mehrabad Int'l (yes, those ARE QRA shelters..)

2) FOX 1!!!

3) Got a piece of him...

 

(unfortunately, I forgot about the escorting Fishbeds, and took an Atoll in butt -didn't get a picture of me spirialing into the ground in flames)

 

wrench

kevin stein

Edited February 1, 2011 by Wrench

[+EricJ 4,244]

Coming home.

[xclusiv8 35]

Oh sorry, I didn't proof read my message before pressing "Post". :-/

 

I was curious about the technique(s) you used in Photoshop to get that effect on the pic.

 

Though I don't want the magician to reveal his tricks so I would fully understand if you prefer to not go specific too much. But if you want to share your experience, it would be a great opportunity for everyone. :)

 

No problem =) Just so you know, i really suck at explaining and i am in no way educated in photoshop and such. I just like to mess around with it and have been doing so ever since i got a copy for my birthday ages ago. Self taught.

 

Well, lets see. It is so much easier when one does it than actually writing about it. =)

First thing i did was create a new layer and a layer mask where i painted on some more chrome on the jet, basicly selecting the layer mask and painting on white. It is important to paint in the layer mask and not the actual layer with the image.. Then i blurred out the the effect with gaussian blur to smoothen it out. I like shiny stuff

After that i created a vignette but its not really visible in the pic. I wanted to have a larger spectrum of shades in the distance. I did this by drawing out the vignette hand marquee tool and messing around with the different channel levels. In the end it didnt really matter much since i decided to go with the pop out frame.

Then i played around with the channel curves. Making a curve that resembles an S basicly. What the S does is making the collors more vivid and the lightning more realistic according to me. It also creates some of that cartoonish effect with the darker blacks and so on.

Since the image at this moment is really collorful i ad a new layer over it and fill it with black. I select HUE in the layers dropdown menu and drop the opacity to 25%. This tones the vivid colors down but keeps some of the cartoonish effect.

 

puhhh, breather

 

After merging all the layers i change the image mode to Lab Color and select the lightning channel. Then i sharpen the shadows, the darks and all the lightning in the image with an unsharp mask. This can create some really amazing visiual effects if used excessively.

I change the image mode back to RGB Color. Depending on how i feel about the image i might change the Hue/Saturation levels. I also added some diffused glow and some grain.

 

Now the main image is done. On to the frame, the easiest part of it all. I just made a rectangular shape with the marquee tool and then subracted a smaller rectangle from the shape and filled it with white. I then put some shadow on it and deleted the parts around the image that are not supposed to be inside of the frame. I also manually added shadows under the wing that is outside the frame. Basicly drawing a black line and blurring it out to look similar to the shadows around the frame.

That should be everything i think...

I dont know if this will be of any help or use to anyone... I warned you, i suck at explaining.

 

Edited February 1, 2011 by xclusiv8

[exhausted 55]

For FrankD ... he requested some action shots

 

Intercepting bombers bound for Tehran..

 

1) Departing Mehrabad Int'l (yes, those ARE QRA shelters..)

2) FOX 1!!!

3) Got a piece of him...

 

(unfortunately, I forgot about the escorting Fishbeds, and took an Atoll in butt -didn't get a picture of me spirialing into the ground in flames)

 

wrench

kevin stein

 

Show me moree!!!

[Wrench 9,846]

I would of my stick hadn't load the "down" section of the 4-way switch. I can select all A-A but no A-G ordanance. AND... I that to test the CAS and ARMED_RECON routes (which follow the roads between cities)

 

However, I'll see what I can come up with

 

In the meantime, how about an Iranian Herc? Fly over some city or another...(reskin of Dels E). Still need serial number decals...

 

or maybe one of the Shah's Vipers??? (well, 79 of the order found their way to Isreal, after the revolution, so I guess it wasn't a total loss!)

 

wrench

kevin stein

[FrankD 7]

Thank you much Kevin for that "War of the cities" moment, it looks very promising, there must be a ton of work behind the scene to get everything to work.

 

Good "luck" for the rest! (The French expression is "Bon courage", litterally "Good bravery" and it involve more self investment than pure luck)

 

 

xclusiv8,

 

thank you very much Sir for the time you spent typing all this, I'm gonna print it and open 'toshop to be able to read it with all the attention it deserve and give it a try. It will takes time, a lot, to reach an acceptable level, and I'm not even talking about the marvelous pics artists like you and Farmer are regaling our eyes with.

 

 

To both, thanks for your hearth warming posts gents, a great example of how wonderful this community is.

[+EricJ 4,244]

Hell I'll test the CAS and Armed Recon routes

[Gustav 285]

I saw Gustavs pic on page 124 and man was that MiG looking nice. So i did an edit. I hope you dont mind sir. I take no credit for your work. The pic was taken by Gustav but i just played around with it in photoshop

Hi xclusiv8,

 

Nice job with my picture !

 

I'm always happy when my pictures are a source of inspiration for a good-looking edit, without forget to quote me !

 

Now, some big cats...

 

 

 

[FrankD 7]

Very neat pics Garmer, especially the last one!

[Gustav 285]

Very neat pics Garmer, especially the last one!

 

Garmer ?

 

Thanks FrankD.

[+Spectre_USA 7]

I think its a combination of Gustav an fARMER.

 

And yeah, very nicely altered screenies, bordering on looking real!