Super work ... thanks for sharing and the tutorial...
I tried my hand at OOB and had a couple of questions...
1) Do you guys use a mouse or one of those wacom pens? It would seem to be quite tedious to outline certain subjects with a mouse.
2) In your tutorial, on page 21, when you paint over, you can see the background with the gradient. However, when I tried this, the entire background got erased. Is there any other setting in the gradient toolbar that I am supposed to set (i.e. do i set the 'mode' to 'normal' or 'clear')?
3) I also have a tough time getting the drop shadow behind the layer mask. When I try and select with the magic wand tool, it seems that I did not paint over the entire background... it is not a clean selection...
I've been away from this site for awhile and what a thread to come back to. I've read it from start to finish.
All I can say is WOW!!! and roll on winter so that when the weather is horrid outside I can try and do some OOB at least half as good as the ones posted so far.
Ok, so I spent the afternoon trying this. This is my second attempt, what do you think? I know I could have spent more time working on the pixles. I so respect you guys and all the time I know it takes to get the wonderful OOBs you have.
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This is a very cool thread, and fun. Here are a couple attempts I have done and still need a lot of practice.
Question: Are there any secrets to getting the crisp lines on the photo outside the frame? A lot of these other examples don't have any blurs in their lines like on some parts of mine. Is there an easier way to do it then just using the brush?
Well done guys! For your first attempts you are well on your way to OOB nirvana! Hey what better way to spend the long winter nights than creating cool OOB's. Thanks for sharing all your great creativities!
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Super work ... thanks for sharing and the tutorial...
I tried my hand at OOB and had a couple of questions...
1) Do you guys use a mouse or one of those wacom pens? It would seem to be quite tedious to outline certain subjects with a mouse.
2) In your tutorial, on page 21, when you paint over, you can see the background with the gradient. However, when I tried this, the entire background got erased. Is there any other setting in the gradient toolbar that I am supposed to set (i.e. do i set the 'mode' to 'normal' or 'clear')?
3) I also have a tough time getting the drop shadow behind the layer mask. When I try and select with the magic wand tool, it seems that I did not paint over the entire background... it is not a clean selection...
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All I can say is WOW!!! and roll on winter so that when the weather is horrid outside I can try and do some OOB at least half as good as the ones posted so far.
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Ok, so I spent the afternoon trying this. This is my second attempt, what do you think? I know I could have spent more time working on the pixles. I so respect you guys and all the time I know it takes to get the wonderful OOBs you have.
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Fantastic! Thanks for sharing the knowledge!!
I used OOB to do a sports montage recently!
What do you think?
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Ohhhhh this looks great Kwcrow, and a whole big montage of OOBS at that,
wow that would have taken you quite a bit of time.
Well Done! .... Skippy
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Amada this is a real pretty shot, didn't think of doing a Bug shot.
Beautiful! .... Skippy
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As if I didn't have enough distraction already, now I happen across this thread. I'm never going to get any work done!!!
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All your pics you did look good...
Question: Are there any secrets to getting the crisp lines on the photo outside the frame? A lot of these other examples don't have any blurs in their lines like on some parts of mine. Is there an easier way to do it then just using the brush?
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OK.. this is bad. I need another thing to distract me from actually working like I need a hole in my head.
... here is my first try at this... this is freaking fun!
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Cuban, if that's a first attempt you have a bright future spending endless, nonproductive hours on these OOBs.:D Nice job.
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Exactly what I was thinking. That's an excellent job for a first try Cuban!
Here's another attempt using my Firebird
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Here's another one using a photo I took at the St. Louis zoo.
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Here's my second try... warped it this time. This is my nephew Devin. He's a little terror.
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This is like crack!!!
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Here's one I did last year playin' around. Looks like I may have to do a serious one.
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This is fabulous. I may have to learn this.
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