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[that_punk_guy]

Karlos wrote:
I knew from the start the colours wouldnt be right :-) You know, I actually sampled colour for the right edge highlight from the brighter areas of the background, thinking it would look more realistic... Shows you where logic gets you :-)

I think "logically" it just wouldn't be as bright reflecting off Kenny's back. That's why it looks odd :-)

Nice work though. Is it me or does that boing ball look kinda like a breast?

[cecilia]

Depends which one

well, I'll go looking and you tell me when I found it. ok?

Even I could see kenny's picture from the faces site was chromatically challenged

ah, don't sweat it. I spent years learning how to do this image processing cr.ap

:-P

my first impulse was to see the humor in your efforts and enjoy it just as it is and then my professional brain takes over and starts analysing what's "wrong" with it.

actually, there's nothing wrong. it's supposed to be funny, rediculous and not quite right.
i just saved a copy because I want to chuckle when i get offline.
good job!

now, back to the leg......

[cecilia]

Is it me or does that boing ball look kinda like a breast?

it's you....I tend to see penis's all over the place.
:-P

[Karlos]

@Cecilia

Don't worry, I was just joking along too. I'm not about to take the slightest offence from a professional commenting technically on something I spent all of 15 minutes on ;-)

now, back to the leg......

oo err missus :-)

[Karlos]

cecilia wrote:

I tend to see penis's all over the place.
:-P

Funny, I have thought that in my old job once or twice. Must just have been something about the people I was working with

[cecilia]

that_punk_guy wrote:

I think "logically" it just wouldn't be as bright reflecting off Kenny's back. That's why it looks odd :-)

it's more complex than that.
the figure is too bright to be in that dark background. even with a light directly on him. his back edges would be melding into the background shadows.
plus, the background is more redish and the figure is more bluish. that would have to balanced out with color curves.

you don't really what to know any of this, right?

[Turambar]

ah, don't sweat it. I spent years learning how to do this image processing cr.ap

Imagine the fun im having learning it now

[Karlos]

cecilia wrote:
you don't really what to know any of this, right?

Sure. It will help me make better lampoons in future :-)

I still have the original (it's a fireworks .png file though) with all the layers and what not in it if you like - feel free to fix it :-D

[cecilia]

feel free to fix it

I could...but would it be funnier?
I doubt it.
now, if you came up with a situation where you really needed a picture to look "real" to be really funny, well, THEN it would be worth it.
and, i'd be happy to help out. :-D

btw, a few months ago I made this as a goof for anyone who wanted to put words in the mouths of certain people.
I had some idea for a cartoon, but recent events seem to have made comedy redundant. :-P

[that_punk_guy]

cecilia wrote:
you don't really what to know any of this, right?

Yes!

[Karlos]

In the words of my optician...

Better or worse?

-edit-

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[cecilia]

oh, Snap! now I'm holding a class!

well, you went a bit too far, but that was a good effort.

The thing is that you made ALL his edges like this and the bottom of the shirt wouldn't have a shadow. (Yes, I know you just did a quick and dirty effect).

I would make mattes around various parts so I could control how dark certain edges get. I use AfterEffects for this sort of work. I'm used to it and I like it.

Also, in AE I can control the feathering of all edges and that helps to "marry" pieces of a comp togther.

plus, the color hasn't been corrected yet and that helps alot to create the illusion that peices belong in the same space.
but then, we already know you are color-challenged. So, i won't bug you about that. :-P

[Karlos]

Well, I did make the foreground layers redder but I can't really tell by how much - that's the problem...

I was going to crop the bottom off, but I couldn't be fagged :-)

-edit-

This old dog ain't too old to learn new tricks :-D

[cecilia]

well, he just looks pinker, rather than redder.
I swear, I'm not being unreasonable. (this is mostly for people just finding this thread and not quite realizing what's happening here)

I my past jobs, I have to think like this all day long. I have to alter effects sometimes by one number. sometimes alter a feathering by half a pixel. just to get it RIGHT.
I find this kind of fiddling quite interesting.

But then, i AM odd :-P

One of the most interesting shots I had to do was one for "From the Earth to the Moon". There was this 16 mm footage from Gus Grissom's funeral (LBJ and other famous people were in it) Including Wally Shirah. I had to substitute the original Wally with the actor who was portarying him in this shot.
What I spent alot of time doing before I even started putting anything together was examining the colors and textures of this digitized 16mm film. It's different than stuff shot today.
and my job was to match that with the footage I had of the actor who was shot very crisply against blue screen.

man, what a job that was!

you can see a frame of a before and after here

[Karlos]

Wow, the apollo stuff is something else, eh?

/me decides not to give up day job :-D

well, he just looks pinker, rather than redder

Well, my arms and Kenny's face don't seem to go together...

-edit-

Last attempt :-D

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