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03-04-2008, 02:29 PM
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Hey everyone, I recently took a picture of some mountains in Arizona and GIMP'ed in a picture of Shaquille O'Neal so that it looks like he is coming up over the mountains like Godzilla or something. As of right now, it looks half decent but has some flaws. I would also like to have some kind of funny caption. I was hoping that some of you might give me some pointers on how to improve it and maybe suggest some captions. Even if one of you is bored and wants to take it and see what you can do, you can.
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03-04-2008, 02:33 PM
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03-04-2008, 02:36 PM
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03-04-2008, 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by flakeh  those arms look weird.... | i reallize that, how can i unweird them? |
03-04-2008, 02:52 PM
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Originally Posted by WickedPissah i reallize that, how can i unweird them? | Damned if I know. |
03-04-2008, 03:01 PM
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Originally Posted by WickedPissah Hey everyone, I recently took a picture of some mountains in Arizona and GIMP'ed in a picture of Shaquille O'Neal so that it looks like he is coming up over the mountains like Godzilla or something. | My money is on "or something". Quote:
Originally Posted by WickedPissah As of right now, it looks half decent but has some flaws. | That is the understatement of month. Quote:
Originally Posted by WickedPissah I would also like to have some kind of funny caption. I was hoping that some of you might give me some pointers on how to improve it and maybe suggest some captions. Even if one of you is bored and wants to take it and see what you can do, you can.
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Happy to help any way I can.
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03-04-2008, 03:03 PM
|  | The Lowdown Diggler | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA | | | Is that San Bernardino? |
03-04-2008, 03:07 PM
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Owner/Retailer: Jive Sound | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Alexandria,VA | | | Start over from scratch, that pic is done. As it is, there's much you can do to fix it.
There's many ways you can get the effect you are looking for. Here's one.
1. Use a pic of Shaq that has a plain background. Then use the magic wand to select the background, and then inverse the selction.
2. Copy the selection onto the mountain pic as a new layer
3. Make copies of the sections of the mountain that will be touching Shaq, and paste them back on as new layers.
4. Take the new layers of the mountain that you created, and place them where they should be. Then erase the layers around where Shaq is until it looks natural.
It's much easier to show someone how to do this than to tell them, but maybe this will make sense. |
03-04-2008, 03:09 PM
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Originally Posted by jady Dude, this is off topic, no one in here actually plays bass | |
03-04-2008, 03:09 PM
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03-04-2008, 03:09 PM
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Originally Posted by OctoberMooN another | LMAO. Throw that in the Atoz thread. Just for historical purposes. |
03-04-2008, 03:11 PM
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Originally Posted by MakiSupaStar Is that San Bernardino? | No its the Scottsdale/Phoenix, AZ area. |
03-04-2008, 03:11 PM
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Originally Posted by OctoberMooN another | Gee... I never saw that coming. 
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03-04-2008, 03:13 PM
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03-04-2008, 03:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Thomas, OK | | | Id say start over and brush up on some photoshop stuff.
As for the caption, I like OctoberMooN's suggestion hahaha. Ive heard that too many times in RTS games lol.
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03-04-2008, 03:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Kansas City, MO | | | It looks like you just tried to "draw" the outline of Shaq with your mouse, which is why it looks bad. Learn to use GIMP's Magic Wand correctly. In short, Shift-mouseclick will add an area to your selection, and Ctrl-mouselick will subtract an area from your selection. You may need to adjust your Threshold value so it just selects what you want. Takes some getting used to, but it will look much better.
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03-04-2008, 03:29 PM
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Originally Posted by MakiSupaStar Use Mt. Fuji too. | Wish granted 
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Originally Posted by jady Dude, this is off topic, no one in here actually plays bass | |
03-04-2008, 03:51 PM
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Happy to help any way I can.[/quote]
This just about killed me....literally. I'm chewing gum and I started laughing so hard I started choking on it.
I'm ok now and still chewing. |
03-05-2008, 01:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Boston | | | Scheisse, I look at mine one day later, and reallize how TERRIBLE a job I did. I guess that's why I asked for pointers, because I knew it was bad. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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