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Posted on 13/11/04 4:59:41 PM
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Motorbike image
Hi All, I had a go at creating this image, not sure what it represents though Would like to know whatcha think

Ryan



Posted on 13/11/04 5:03:02 PM
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That is very nice ryan, did you learn most of this stuff in steve's book, cause man i am hoping to get his book so i could be alot better at PS.
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Posted on 13/11/04 5:11:31 PM
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Thanks African. I learned these techniques from a varity of Photoshop books. Steves book has taught me a great deal when it comes to creating images.

Ryan

Posted on 13/11/04 8:49:58 PM
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Nice sense of movement, Ryan.

I'm not sure if I would have made the main picture colour to contrast with the blue toned backdrop and make it stand out more to give it a sense that it's racing out of the frame at you - But black & white might have worked better for you, what do you think?


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Posted on 14/11/04 00:30:39 AM
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Hey i was just wondering ryan how do you create reflections onto the ground, in your images>>

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Posted on 14/11/04 12:22:22 PM
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At 00:30:39 AM 14/11/04, African wrote:
Hey i was just wondering ryan how do you create reflections onto the ground, in your images>>

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A simple ground reflection is created by duplicating the image being reflected to a new layer.

Flip the copy layer image vertically then create a blank layer mask to which a black to white Gradient fill is applied.

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Posted on 14/11/04 4:03:24 PM
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Thats how I do my reflections African

Thanks for the feedback Becky. I agree that the design need some colour to contrast in the design, I did not want to use the original colours as they are green and yellow. I think orange is the best contrast with blue so I painted in a few parts on the rider.

Ryan



Posted on 14/11/04 4:58:43 PM
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Now that really does stand out, in my opinion, giving it even more depth. Extremely well implimented.

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Posted on 15/11/04 2:37:51 PM
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Thanks Becky. I think the orange on the motorbike adds the contrast that the image needed, thanks for the suggestion.

Ryan

Posted on 17/11/04 7:11:17 PM
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Ryan

I don't want to be teaching an old dog new tricks or anything like that but - do you know why orange is such a contrast to blue?
If you do fine, if not let me know and I'll tell ya

cheers Glen

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Posted on 17/11/04 9:58:37 PM
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Hi Glen, I guess it because they are opposite each other on the colour wheel?

Ryan

Posted on 17/11/04 11:31:51 PM
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You got it, always a good one to use to create a stop em dead statement in a design - bit hard on the eyes tho at times

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