Need some opinions on these
 

Well I picked up a few Star Wars figures yesterday and took a few test shots. So let me know if they suck. ;)






Now these other two are the same pics I just used a template that Outrider posted in the file section. It gives a rain, snow or dust effect, so I thought I'd give it a shot.

So you got Kit fisto and a shock trooper. :cool:
The kit fisto is good only you wanna make him more in focus.
The clone is good too but the lazer from the gun is supposed to look like a small blue lightsaber.

I agree w/ 22. I think Kit Fisto needs to be in focus.

The Clone Trooper... It looks too cut n pasted. I would suggest blurring the background and then making the CT smaller. I think the scale doesn't look right; as if the background is supposed to be a huge landscape.

Agreed on Kit Fisto; also, I wouldn't use the rain. Agreed on the Shocktrooper too, but you need to keep the light source direction the same. It is off by 30 degrees.

Ok so let's go over some of these "problems"
I guess I should have stated that I wanted feedback about the lightsabre and blaster effects.

-Kit Fisto being out of focus actually I did that on purpose because I wanted the lightsabre effect to stand out. i wanted to know more of how the lightsabre looked than the figure.

-The Clone Trooper's lazer blast blast seems big, but judging from what I could tell from the movies it has a glow to it. So yeah the glow does make it look large, but given the blaster size wasn't really sure.

-Clone Trooper looking to cut n paste agreed, but was looking at the blaster effect then the background. Same with the lighting and sizing. Now as for the rain effect Outrider posted the template and I wanted to try it out. I'm not to crazy about the Clone Trooper one, but I like the Kit Fisto one.

So here's what I think is a better picture

Much better.

Yeah, that works much better.

I agree, the Kit Fisto pic looks good, and the revised Clone Trooper pic is also nice. However, and I may be mistaken, I think blaster bolts in Star Wars have a white center like the middle of a lightsaber. That would be the only thing I might change.

In fact, I think I'll see if I can upload my laser blast template (also good for lightsabers) into the files section. It's a Photoshop file, though, so if you don't have that program I doubt you'd be able to use it.

Very well done.
But I would still change the lazer.

That would be great, it's always good to see that there are guys like you SM that step and offer help. I do have Photoshop so I don't see a problem using it.
Thanks again

Can't the file be saved as a jpg? I have a buddy whose done a few different things for me and he just sends me a jpg and I layer it onto what I need. *shrug*

I tryed some Star Wars pjotos by myself, will show them to you soon Blowtorch. My only tip would be have a light effect on Kit Fisto Face, since the lighsaber have some light :D.

I'm about to post it now. I'll post the PSD file and a jpeg. The reason I think the PSD is better is because it's slightly transparent at the edges, which the jpeg wouldn't be. But for people without Photoshop I'll put that up too.

EDIT: I didn't realize we can't post PSD files, so I've put up the jpeg. It should still work fine though.

I think you can save .psd as a .gif with transparency. It should still work.

Oh yeah... I forget we're talking about very specific... Now wait a minute... If you just did a light beam, all Blowtorch would have to do is move it around as he likes, make it bigger or smaller, play with transparency, etc... so in theory, the edges wouldn't matter cuz he'd erase what he doesn't need.

I did look at the file, but I didn't use it. I didn't feel like cropping then erase what I didn't need. However it is an excellent template that I'm sure will come it handy later on. I did just finish this off. I think it came out pretty good.






I thought of that after I did it, and I'm going to figure out the best why to do it.

Oooo! THats a nice one!

Now all you need is about 500 droids! :p
You got more shock troopers than me!

Really ?? Are you sure about that?
The truth is I only have one the other 4 are photoshoped into the picture.

That last shot is excellent. I wonder if I could talk Fel into opening a new section for 'other' toylines.

:eek: :( :confused: :)
Never mind, I got only two!

I'd definitely sign that petition!

Same here

Blowtorch:

Man, you fooled me! Great photoshopping!