Dave Shaw Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 I’m posting this Panther again only because it was said that it needed a more appropriate backdrop. I have to agree that is true. …better than… Photoshop sure makes diorama building easy! Dave Shaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussTnailZ Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 Lmao that looks great Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilgrim_UK Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 Very smart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPNGROATS Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 Nice touch Dave, kind of a "time machine"... Cheers, ggc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthemodeller Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 And just when I was going to ask how you got that chared effect... Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stéphane Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 Hello, Nice kit and nice photo cheating ... It can be further enhanced a bit; if you have Photoshop, you'll want to work the panzer in blending it a bit more with the background -by reducing a bit the contrast (you need to have the panzer on a separate layer) reducing contrast will enlighten a bit (image - filter> noise> adding noise; this will make you panzer a tad more grainier to match background - and filter>attenuation>gaussian blur, to achieve the blending .... But this is only nitpicking as your image is almost ready. Nice work, indeed on both the kit and the piccie Stef (#6) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Shaw Posted July 20, 2010 Author Share Posted July 20, 2010 (edited) I have got to admit that I am very new to using the Photoshop program and have been teaching myself how it works. I did use the "filters" to give it some grain but I could not match the dot matrix of the WW II photo. The grain created by the program that I applied to the tank is random where the actual photo has a uniform grain to it such as you would find in news print. I didn't think of using the noise setting, perhaps I'll have a go at that. If I was able to work from the original photo that might have helped... or if I could clean up the background photo before I drop the tank in it.... hmmm. Yes that would have worked. After playing around a bit I found that I could have despeckeled the background first and then I could have matched the grain perfectly. Edited July 20, 2010 by Dave Shaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stéphane Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Yes it work either ways, although the period photos have grain, while digital don't, so you need, in my opinion, to add grain to the panzer. Nice anyway, as said before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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