Critique this, please!

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dvestal
Jul 7, 2009
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This is an update to this thread:
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.graphics.photoshop/browse _frm/thread/e3fc72701b8a661f?hl=en#

Inspired by Mike Russell, I tried to create the image I wanted myself (Picard and Data playing with GI Joes). I used GimpShop, and here’s what I have so far:

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s99/someog/Photoshops/pic ard.jpg

Any general feedback on obvious mistakes I’m making, or tips on how to do things better?

Specific questions:

At this point, I really don’t know anything else to do besides find images that seem to fit, carefully cut away all the surrounding stuff with the hand-drawn selection tool, scale the rest of the image, and paste it into a layer. This leaves a white nimbus around whatever I’ve cut out. Any tips on the most effective way to isolate a figure within a larger picture, and cut it out?

Mike suggested I use "Curves" to color-correct; I’m not sure how to do this. Any advice?

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Mike Russell
Jul 8, 2009
On Tue, 7 Jul 2009 16:03:17 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

I used GimpShop, and here’s
what I have so far:

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s99/someog/Photoshops/pic ard.jpg

LOL Picard holding the toy soldier is priceless.

The white numbus aka fringe is a tough one, and I’m not sure what tools are available in gimp to deal with it. some of the more venerable Photoshop commands to deal with the issue are called "Defringe", or "Background matte". Maybe the Gimp has implemented those. Absent that, you’ll need to do some careful painting around the outside edges – if you can paint onto a transparent edge, preserving the transparency, that will make the work easier. Re curves – any command that alters hue will help make the toys look like they are under the same light as the rest of the image. —
Mike Russell – http://www.curvemeister.com
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Ozymandius
Jul 8, 2009
Mike Russell wrote in
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On Tue, 7 Jul 2009 16:03:17 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

I used GimpShop, and here’s
what I have so far:

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s99/someog/Photoshops/pic ard.jpg

LOL Picard holding the toy soldier is priceless.

The white numbus aka fringe is a tough one, and I’m not sure what tools are available in gimp to deal with it. some of the more venerable Photoshop commands to deal with the issue are called "Defringe", or "Background matte". Maybe the Gimp has implemented those. Absent that, you’ll need to do some careful painting around the outside edges – if you can paint onto a transparent edge, preserving the transparency, that will make the work easier. Re curves – any command that alters hue will help make the toys look like they are under the same light as the rest of the image.

Great photo, I wish the original show had the wit to come up with this.

I can’t help with the retouching, but will point out that Data (Brent Spiner) wore Clown White make-up, so his odd coloring is not as far off as it might seem.
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keepout
Jul 8, 2009
On Tue, 7 Jul 2009 16:03:17 -0700 (PDT), ""
wrote:

This is an update to this thread:
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.graphics.photoshop/browse _frm/thread/e3fc72701b8a661f?hl=en#
Inspired by Mike Russell, I tried to create the image I wanted myself (Picard and Data playing with GI Joes). I used GimpShop, and here’s what I have so far:

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s99/someog/Photoshops/pic ard.jpg
Any general feedback on obvious mistakes I’m making, or tips on how to do things better?

Speaking obvious, where are the shadows under the toys ? You can see Data’s shadow behind him, head on lighting from the right front.
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BF
Jul 8, 2009
wrote:
This is an update to this thread:
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.graphics.photoshop/browse _frm/thread/e3fc72701b8a661f?hl=en#
Inspired by Mike Russell, I tried to create the image I wanted myself (Picard and Data playing with GI Joes). I used GimpShop, and here’s what I have so far:

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s99/someog/Photoshops/pic ard.jpg
Any general feedback on obvious mistakes I’m making, or tips on how to do things better?

Specific questions:

At this point, I really don’t know anything else to do besides find images that seem to fit, carefully cut away all the surrounding stuff with the hand-drawn selection tool, scale the rest of the image, and paste it into a layer. This leaves a white nimbus around whatever I’ve cut out. Any tips on the most effective way to isolate a figure within a larger picture, and cut it out?

Mike suggested I use "Curves" to color-correct; I’m not sure how to do this. Any advice?

Everything is way too sharp compared to the actual picture.

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