Skippy,
Thanks for your kind words and all! It is fun to see what others can do with their editing tools. I was hoping that the tuts would give some folks unfamiliar with editing the basics to try it out. I am always encouraged by others who take the technique and push the out of bound-aries...pun intended! I have seen some really nice work here and enjoy watching how beginners progress from the simple learning stages to the adventurous OOB masterpieces.
Here are a couple more OOB's that I have done.
This one is of a knight statue from the Art Museum located in St. Louis Missouri and I added a local castle looking building in the background:
This one is of a RC model jet (radio controlled), they came to our area and put on a big show of around 150 pilots with several hundred jets this last summer. These things fly at around 200mph and have real jet engines that are scaled down, this one here has around a 3 foot wingspan and costs around $20,000 dollars.
Thanks again for this forum to share our creations.
Also you asked about adding thickness to the frame, this is easy...just make a duplicate of your frame layer. Change the color to a gray. Move this new layer below the main image layer and above the gradient layer. Move the new frame layer out as needed to create the illusion of thickness.
Have fun.
Thanks again for even more help Serrator. You do some great tutorials. I agree that shading the frame can really help the realism of OOB's. I thought you might be using some tricks with a grey and white gradient or something. This is very helpfull and I like the idea of your daughter grabbing the frame and curling it, in your tutorial.
The lake ones are all very cool! How do you get all the little water droplets though?
Basically I duplicate the Red Color Channel of the image (It has the most contrast with the blue water) and then use the levels command to create a mask from it by pulling the black and white and midtone markers in towards the middle and play with all three until I get the mask that I want. (not quite black and white but just so the foam is about the only thing that is not black then blacken in anything that you don't want showing through your gradient. I then select the image mask and do a load selection and choose the copy of the red channel that I made (you may have to do an inverse on this? I am away from photoshop and forget.) Anyway now you can just select a big paint brush and choose white and paint the selection. This will reveal only the water droplets from the image. For the Frame I do the same thing so that the foam or water is over the top of it. It makes what seems like an impossible mask very simple once you master the technique. If others are interested, I would possibly be willing to do a better tutorial with some images.
-Kevin
This one is of a RC model jet (radio controlled), they came to our area and put on a big show of around 150 pilots with several hundred jets this last summer. These things fly at around 200mph and have real jet engines that are scaled down, this one here has around a 3 foot wingspan and costs around $20,000 dollars.
Thanks again for this forum to share our creations.
Wow Wow and double Wow ..... I love the Jet Serrator.
It looks like it's hovering ready to just take off , the vapours coming from the back of the Jet add to visual effect this image has :ivar
Wow Wow and double Wow ..... I love the Jet Serrator.
It looks like it's hovering ready to just take off , the vapours coming from the back of the Jet add to visual effect this image has :ivar
Skippy...you are way to kind!! Just a fun past time...better than watching the old tv.
Took this pic of a local dragon today that a guy built from scrap metal, it stands around 2.5 meters tall in his front yard.
Here is the unedited version...kinda of a busy background.
Gosh that would have taken you some time to remove the background on that one .... very cool touch adding the smoking coming from the dragons nostrils thanks again Serrator ...... Skippy
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To me this is the coolest thing about OOB shots. The ability to take a rather plain photo and make it very dramatic!
Excellent job with the dragon. You are right, the origional was a bit busy, the the end resuly is spectacular!
I find myself looking at my own well shot "throw aways" in a new light.
Z
It is the purpose of life that each of us strives to become actually what he is potentially. We should be obsessed with stretching towards that goal through the world we inhabit.
Basically I duplicate the Red Color Channel of the image (It has the most contrast with the blue water) and then use the levels command to create a mask from it by pulling the black and white and midtone markers in towards the middle and play with all three until I get the mask that I want. (not quite black and white but just so the foam is about the only thing that is not black then blacken in anything that you don't want showing through your gradient. I then select the image mask and do a load selection and choose the copy of the red channel that I made (you may have to do an inverse on this? I am away from photoshop and forget.) Anyway now you can just select a big paint brush and choose white and paint the selection. This will reveal only the water droplets from the image. For the Frame I do the same thing so that the foam or water is over the top of it. It makes what seems like an impossible mask very simple once you master the technique. If others are interested, I would possibly be willing to do a better tutorial with some images.
-Kevin
Id love to see a tutorial on this. Thanks
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Shepsmom...thanks for checking out this fun pastime...addiction. Not sure what you mean by not having this for Mac's?? If you mean how these pictures are edited, then you most certainly do have the capability! Just go download the Photoshop CS3 beta and give it a whirl or pickup a copy of PS Elements...for that matter you can really do OOB's with just about any photo editing software. If you get stuck...post a question here for help.
FotoPhocus...very well done! Cute pup too!!
Don't forget to use your burn tool to add some hints of shading on the frame to help with the illusion.
My First OOB
Probably needed to work on the "plumbness" of the frame. I also need to get a mouse for my laptop, the little pad control makes it difficult to work with in Photoshop. I think I could have done better, but for my first time it turned out ok. whataya think?
Probably needed to work on the "plumbness" of the frame. I also need to get a mouse for my laptop, the little pad control makes it difficult to work with in Photoshop. I think I could have done better, but for my first time it turned out ok. whataya think?
Hey there its an excellent first try indeed
In the original is the girl on the lefts hand cut off??? if not it needs to come outside the frame
You did real good now that your hooked hehehe I'm sure you will be doing a heap more ....... Skippy
Man, this is WAY TOO MUCH FUN. Time for my OOBers Anonymous meeting.
This is my first post, too. Seems like a cool board.
Working on that basketball net was teeeedious. Had to manually redraw the left side of the net too, as there was a bright light behind it in the original photo that had drowned out that part of it completely. Final complaint: her arms and legs got the skinny treatment since she was blurred in the original. A sharper pic would've been better.
Edit: By the way, this is Natasha Howard, likely the #1 high school fresh(wo)man in the country. She's gonna be big, sho 'nuff.
Basically I duplicate the Red Color Channel of the image (It has the most contrast with the blue water) and then use the levels command to create a mask from it by pulling the black and white and midtone markers in towards the middle and play with all three until I get the mask that I want. (not quite black and white but just so the foam is about the only thing that is not black then blacken in anything that you don't want showing through your gradient. I then select the image mask and do a load selection and choose the copy of the red channel that I made (you may have to do an inverse on this? I am away from photoshop and forget.) Anyway now you can just select a big paint brush and choose white and paint the selection. This will reveal only the water droplets from the image. For the Frame I do the same thing so that the foam or water is over the top of it. It makes what seems like an impossible mask very simple once you master the technique. If others are interested, I would possibly be willing to do a better tutorial with some images.
-Kevin
Kevin, I'd love to see a tutorial on this as well if you've got the time to spare. I love those OOBs!
Shepsmom...thanks for checking out this fun pastime...addiction. Not sure what you mean by not having this for Mac's?? If you mean how these pictures are edited, then you most certainly do have the capability! Just go download the Photoshop CS3 beta and give it a whirl or pickup a copy of PS Elements...for that matter you can really do OOB's with just about any photo editing software. If you get stuck...post a question here for help.
Thanks, i have PS CS2, i d'l the tutorial, , i don't know what i was thinking
Well, here is my pathetc attempt at this. I'm not sure i like this one, i couldn't find anything more approprate. I need to go snapping...
-FotoPhocus, good job on the shading touchups. One more slight tip on that, try to shade only on one side of each protruding object such as the rhino's horn, only shade the lower area of the horn and not above the horn too. Try to match the lighting of the image and in the rhino's case the light is coming from the upper right it appears. Nice work though. Hope this makes sense...
-BlueHoseJacket, wow...using a touchpad, you are brave! Knowing that... you did extremely well on your OOB. Just consider adding some shading on the white frame under the car. Fun pic too!
-viningsbee, terrific job! Having the OOB of the girls and then the backboard shows the creative thought you gave this one!! Excellent.
-Shepsmom, you have been holding out on us...very nice! Great looking canine too!!
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Thanks for your kind words and all! It is fun to see what others can do with their editing tools. I was hoping that the tuts would give some folks unfamiliar with editing the basics to try it out. I am always encouraged by others who take the technique and push the out of bound-aries...pun intended!
Here are a couple more OOB's that I have done.
This one is of a knight statue from the Art Museum located in St. Louis Missouri and I added a local castle looking building in the background:
This one is of a RC model jet (radio controlled), they came to our area and put on a big show of around 150 pilots with several hundred jets this last summer. These things fly at around 200mph and have real jet engines that are scaled down, this one here has around a 3 foot wingspan and costs around $20,000 dollars.
Thanks again for this forum to share our creations.
www.flickr.com/photos/serrator
Thanks again for even more help Serrator. You do some great tutorials. I agree that shading the frame can really help the realism of OOB's. I thought you might be using some tricks with a grey and white gradient or something. This is very helpfull and I like the idea of your daughter grabbing the frame and curling it, in your tutorial.
-Kevin
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-Kevin
This is such a cool OOB
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:skippy Everyone has the right to be stupid, but some people just abuse the privilege :dgrin
Wow Wow and double Wow ..... I love the Jet Serrator.
It looks like it's hovering ready to just take off , the vapours coming from the back of the Jet add to visual effect this image has :ivar
Your OOB's are just amazing ....... Skippy
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Skippy (Australia) - Moderator of "HOLY MACRO" and "OTHER COOL SHOTS"
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:skippy Everyone has the right to be stupid, but some people just abuse the privilege :dgrin
This may be the best OOB that I have seen so far!
Kevin...your skiing OOB's are definitely top notch work, superb job!!!
I like aircraft pics for sure, here is another I did on a guys awesome pic:
"Breaking the Frame Barrier"
...and another one for fun:
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Ok, I haven't gone through every post in this thread, but these are cool.:D
Basking in the shadows of yesterday's triumphs'.
Gawwwwwwwwd Serrator you truly are an expert at this stuff
These two definately are full of WOW Factor !!
Thanks again for sharing your amazing OOBs with us
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Skippy (Australia) - Moderator of "HOLY MACRO" and "OTHER COOL SHOTS"
ALBUM http://ozzieskip.smugmug.com/
:skippy Everyone has the right to be stupid, but some people just abuse the privilege :dgrin
Skippy...you are way to kind!! Just a fun past time...better than watching the old tv.
Took this pic of a local dragon today that a guy built from scrap metal, it stands around 2.5 meters tall in his front yard.
Here is the unedited version...kinda of a busy background.
www.flickr.com/photos/serrator
Gosh that would have taken you some time to remove the background on that one .... very cool touch adding the smoking coming from the dragons nostrils
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Skippy (Australia) - Moderator of "HOLY MACRO" and "OTHER COOL SHOTS"
ALBUM http://ozzieskip.smugmug.com/
:skippy Everyone has the right to be stupid, but some people just abuse the privilege :dgrin
Excellent job with the dragon. You are right, the origional was a bit busy, the the end resuly is spectacular!
I find myself looking at my own well shot "throw aways" in a new light.
Z
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Nikon D700 x2/D300
Nikon 70-200 2.8/50 1.8/85 1.8/14.24 2.8
Id love to see a tutorial on this. Thanks
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Here's my first 2 tries
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Nikon D40
Nikon Coolpix P80
FotoPhocus...very well done! Cute pup too!!
Don't forget to use your burn tool to add some hints of shading on the frame to help with the illusion.
www.flickr.com/photos/serrator
Thanks for the tips! I modified my original 3. I also did another one late last night.
- Ansel Adams
Nikon D40
Nikon Coolpix P80
Probably needed to work on the "plumbness" of the frame. I also need to get a mouse for my laptop, the little pad control makes it difficult to work with in Photoshop. I think I could have done better, but for my first time it turned out ok. whataya think?
Hey there its an excellent first try indeed
In the original is the girl on the lefts hand cut off??? if not it needs to come outside the frame
You did real good
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Skippy (Australia) - Moderator of "HOLY MACRO" and "OTHER COOL SHOTS"
ALBUM http://ozzieskip.smugmug.com/
:skippy Everyone has the right to be stupid, but some people just abuse the privilege :dgrin
Man, this is WAY TOO MUCH FUN. Time for my OOBers Anonymous meeting.
This is my first post, too. Seems like a cool board.
Working on that basketball net was teeeedious. Had to manually redraw the left side of the net too, as there was a bright light behind it in the original photo that had drowned out that part of it completely. Final complaint: her arms and legs got the skinny treatment since she was blurred in the original. A sharper pic would've been better.
Edit: By the way, this is Natasha Howard, likely the #1 high school fresh(wo)man in the country. She's gonna be big, sho 'nuff.
Kevin, I'd love to see a tutorial on this as well if you've got the time to spare. I love those OOBs!
Nice to see a Hiver on the Dgrin site. Nice work by the way.
BlueHoseJacket
Well, here is my pathetc attempt at this. I'm not sure i like this one, i couldn't find anything more approprate. I need to go snapping...
www.intruecolors.com
Nikon D700 x2/D300
Nikon 70-200 2.8/50 1.8/85 1.8/14.24 2.8
-BlueHoseJacket, wow...using a touchpad, you are brave! Knowing that... you did extremely well on your OOB. Just consider adding some shading on the white frame under the car. Fun pic too!
-viningsbee, terrific job! Having the OOB of the girls and then the backboard shows the creative thought you gave this one!! Excellent.
-Shepsmom, you have been holding out on us...very nice! Great looking canine too!!
www.flickr.com/photos/serrator