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Riplox

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2005

North Carolina

Shrophire Protectors [Lion]

05 Dec 2007 at 18:54 - 241

I haven't done much in the way of manipulating GW screen shots, mainly because I'm so busy with other projects, so I've submitted a pic of my portfolio site. (WIP & Minorly GW related)

http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/6...rtfolioxk5.jpg

Amanda Daark

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2006

Daark

Mo/

05 Dec 2007 at 19:37 - 242

My first wallpaper.

jrk247

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2006

Twenty Gold For Mountain Troll [Tusk]

06 Dec 2007 at 06:58 - 243

Hiotoko

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2006

08 Dec 2007 at 05:57 - 244

Just a couple of quick effects on my Paragon, gotta love CS3.

CasterOfShame27

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2007

08 Dec 2007 at 18:46 - 245

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hiotoko

*Image Snip*

Just a couple of quick effects on my Paragon, gotta love CS3.

Nice, what effect is that?

Katina

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

Center of Attention

Dangerous And Moving [DM]

E/Me

08 Dec 2007 at 21:51 - 246

Quote:

Originally Posted by jrk247

:O Nice photo! I think Livia is just so pretty, and her armor is wow!

-Katina
Xo Xo

Hiotoko

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2006

09 Dec 2007 at 03:23 - 247

Quote:

Originally Posted by CasterOfShame27

Nice, what effect is that? I rendered a 50-300mm zoom lens flare and touched up the waves on the bottom to get rid of the unwanted part of the flare, then I applied a filter (Dark Strokes) but I can't remember the exact settings I used.

Here's another example(sans lens flare): before & after

Woo

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2006

Teh Academy [PhD]

18 Dec 2007 at 18:59 - 248

My little 30 seconds fast crappy Photoshop, just for fun.

LukeD

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2007

England

Gettin Money Like We Just Found [OiL]

Mo/E

18 Dec 2007 at 19:31 - 249

this was a sig i made for somone thought id show u

Chrono Re delle Ere

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2006

The Land of Hyrule

[GoE]

18 Dec 2007 at 22:13 - 250

man, there are some really nice effetcs on that pic. And GIGALOL at cystalline sword xD

Jumping Is Uselss

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Sep 2005

-... . .... .. -. -.. / -.-- --- ..-

24 Dec 2007 at 05:21 - 251

This took awhile to get the right pose

sickle of carnage

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2007

Textual Harassment [kTHX]

24 Dec 2007 at 05:23 - 252

Quote:

Originally Posted by Myaka

My little 30 seconds fast crappy Photoshop, just for fun.

LOL go put that in high end

CasterOfShame27

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2007

26 Dec 2007 at 02:57 - 253

Just messing around with layers, and I found a good double of mah necromancer.

Clicky!

Nevin

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2005

28 Dec 2007 at 00:39 - 254

They look better as thumbnails.

Issac

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2006

Earthrealm

W/A

28 Dec 2007 at 01:45 - 255

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nevin

They look better as thumbnails. Yo, those are really nice man. Good job.

great sir s

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2006

The depths of Africa

[LotU]

N/Me

28 Dec 2007 at 03:48 - 256

Quote:

Originally Posted by Myaka

My little 30 seconds fast crappy Photoshop, just for fun.

funny thing is that looks completely real

o m g pizowned

Site Contributor

Join Date: Aug 2006

28 Dec 2007 at 03:50 - 257

Quote:

Originally Posted by great sir s

funny thing is that looks completely real

no it doesn't lol the whole req7 swordsmanship part is much lighter

Zhack

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2007

Sweden

28 Dec 2007 at 14:35 - 258

Ok, i just want to clarify that this was more of a joke then anything else, so don't even think about taking this picture seriously

*edit realised it was to large :/*

undeadgun

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

Its Rainning Fame Hallelujah[伞回伞], also as guild leader

28 Dec 2007 at 14:56 - 259

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jumping Is Uselss

This took awhile to get the right pose

very nice lookin and cool armor combo there!

Chicken of the Seas

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2006

California, USA

Vulpes Velox [Fox]

Me/

31 Dec 2007 at 05:18 - 260

Nothing over the top but I was bored, and had quite a few cool-ish looking screenshots.

Elmir

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Sep 2007

Lyssas Chosen

D/W

31 Dec 2007 at 11:37 - 261

Heres one that hasnt been photoshopped yet maybe u could do somthing christmasy with it?

Fenrir Brightclaw

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2006

Guild Wars

07 Jan 2008 at 18:59 - 262

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I kinda like the photoshop brush effects I downloaded.... but it seems so cheap.

Mournblade

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: May 2005

Houston, Texas

Dawn Treaders [DAWN]

W/Mo

08 Jan 2008 at 04:24 - 263

most likely here...

http://www.brushes.obsidiandawn.com/...ne-circles.htm

PathOfPerfection

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2007

08 Jan 2008 at 19:08 - 264

Here's something i made nothing special but i thought i could share it..

Uber Mass

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2006

The Netherlands

retired from gw [agro] still ftw

08 Jan 2008 at 21:54 - 265

my first attempt to photoshop something have to practice a bit more ^^

The Bard

Metal Machine

Join Date: Aug 2006

Scions of Carver [SCAR]

09 Jan 2008 at 11:32 - 266

just a wallpaper i made last night, could be better but it got late XD
click click!
blaming mediocre quality on photobucket's resize :P

Absolute Destiny

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2006

Oklahoma City

Forgotten Realms [FR]

11 Jan 2008 at 03:22 - 267

Basic, but considering I just started playing around with it...

Amadei

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2005

Blinkie Ponie Armie

R/Me

11 Jan 2008 at 08:26 - 268

My new desktop image:

Screenies taken on Isle of Wurms. Edited in some sparklies in from another screenshot for the top image; fixed some bad clipping (wand through the arm; I love the clonestamp tool) on the far right image. Minor color changes -- extra saturation, some color balance and very minor selective coloring.

jrk247

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2006

Twenty Gold For Mountain Troll [Tusk]

20 Jan 2008 at 09:00 - 269

Before:

After:

Absolute Destiny

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2006

Oklahoma City

Forgotten Realms [FR]

21 Jan 2008 at 02:09 - 270

First attempt, without having PhotoShop on my computer (have PhotoImpact instead)

Chronos the Defiler

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2005

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

21 Jan 2008 at 02:37 - 271

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Bard

just a wallpaper i made last night, could be better but it got late XD
click click!
blaming mediocre quality on photobucket's resize :P

Photobucket doesn't resize for me, you need to go into your options and change it...

[Click The Image To Enlarge]

gotloot

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2007

24 Jan 2008 at 15:45 - 272

Background picture on my PC. Made with The Gimp. Click to enlarge, the fullsize is 1280x1024.

Someone asked: "How did you cut out your characters and put them all together against the same background?"

(Long) Answer:

Pick the screenshots you want to work with. Get them all into Gimp (or Photoshop), each on a separate layer, and use the move tool to position them however you want. At this stage you can adjust the layer opacities so you can see where they are located relative to each other -- it's more convenient to adjust them this way than trying to move a path afterwards. When they're in position, turn the opacities back to 100%.

Once you have the screenshots in place, pick the path tool. On the tool options screen, I set the path to polygonal mode (straight lines only, no curves -- easier and faster). Pick a layer to work on, hide the others, and trace the outline of the figure or whatever you're "cutting out". Put a path point at each sharp corner, and use several points around curves. I usually zoom in to 400% or so to make an accurate outline. If you mess up, you can move the path points around after placing them. When you're on the last point, control-click to join it to the first point to make the path a loop. If your figure has "holes" in it (for example, a hand on a hip: the triangular space between the body and the arm) you can make another path for that area.

Add a layer mask to the layer you're working on, and make it black (100% transparent). Convert the path to a selection and feather the selection by 1-2 pixels (helps hide small inaccuracies in the path). Select the layer mask, and fill the selected region with white. Now you've got a cut-out figure that you can "put" on a different background.

You can reuse the paths for simple special effects, like the faint black shadow/border and the subtle white glow I put around my characters in the picture. Create a new layer, convert the desired path to a selection, grow the selection by 2-3 pixels, feather it by 4-6 pixels, and fill with black or white. The effect is usually pretty strong (too much glow) so turning the layer opacity down a bunch may look better.

Small details like the Stormbow lightning are too tedius to trace with a path, so I use other tricks: I use the paintbrush tool, a fuzzy brush and white color to modify the layer mask by hand, "un-erasing" the lightning.

I used the same trick for the logo. Several versions of the logo are available on the GuildWars.com website (under fansite resources or something, I forget the exact address) but all of them are against a solid white or black background. I downloaded a large black-backed version and moved it into Gimp, and set the layer blend mode to lighten only. Then I made a transparent layer beneath the logo, and used the paintbrush with black color to make a big blurry shadow behind the logo.

The meteors were found via a Google Image search; I scaled the original up to fit the width of my image and added a layer mask with a gradient to smoothly blend in the meteors from the orange sky background.

The streaky background effect was made with plasma, desaturate, a huge horizontal blur, and a displacement map from a sinus render. In the end you can barely see it, so it's probably not worth the trouble.

LukeD

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2007

England

Gettin Money Like We Just Found [OiL]

Mo/E

28 Jan 2008 at 02:34 - 273

A Friend of mine shown me this consept and i went and designed it what u think?

RavenGT

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2005

29 Jan 2008 at 08:45 - 274

Vonthora family, still strong!

Numa Pompilius

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

At an Insit.. Intis... a house.

Live Forever Or Die Trying [GLHF]

W/Me

29 Jan 2008 at 13:30 - 275

One I threw together for the "show off your Warrior" thread.

Zarathos

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2006

Divine Warlocks

01 Feb 2008 at 20:06 - 276

A work in progress.

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/3601/gjsrb8.jpg

Valeria Darkblade

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2006

02 Feb 2008 at 02:39 - 277

She is a pirate! ^^

Some members of alliance's photo. Title in spanish, translation: Sons of the five Gods

And.. a some members of alliance's "nude" (ejem ejem) calendar. Tex in spanish

tracco

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2007

Earth (mega lawl)

Lubricated Volcano Love

02 Feb 2008 at 06:19 - 278

Quote:

Originally Posted by LeoX

Whatever you're selling... I'm buying it.

Narada

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Sep 2005

United States

Clan Foxrunner

R/P

02 Feb 2008 at 08:13 - 279

I didn't see anything saying this was restricted to GW... if so I apologize. >< Anyway, the only photomanip I've done that I'm particularly fond of was an entry for a "Place this render of Master Chief in an amusing situation" contest a few years back. I've still got the psd and png but not the exact source/painting I used so I just googled a similar one for reference:

Before

After

In hindsight I'm kind of wishing I'd originally found a complete image with that bottom label on it too... that would've added 'moar lulz'. Har har.

(Sorry in advance if this offends anyone.)

netniwk

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2005

Bellgium

W/E

02 Feb 2008 at 11:03 - 280

imo.