Think You're Good At Photoshop?

12 years 9 months ago #119024 by Shadowfixer1
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12 years 9 months ago #119051 by Maria21
:goodpost: That is awesome, thanks for sharing...something for me to aspire to.
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12 years 9 months ago #119063 by chasrich
OK - I need a nap after that one. Wow, that really blew my mind. Open the image to full screen or you miss the full effect. :goodpost: :agree: :thumbsup: :judge:

“Amateurs worry about equipment, professionals worry about money, masters worry about light, I just make pictures… ” ~ Vernon Trent
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12 years 9 months ago #119107 by Scotty
I am not lying or being sarcastic when I can say I can do all of this. It's not as hard as it looks, it's just time consuming.

When the last candle has been blown out
and the last glass of champagne has been drunk
All that you are left with are the memories and the images-David Cooke.

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12 years 9 months ago #119112 by Scotty
BTW what he won't mention is he has a team that edits with him. Including people that work with Maya and 3d studio max.

When the last candle has been blown out
and the last glass of champagne has been drunk
All that you are left with are the memories and the images-David Cooke.

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12 years 9 months ago #119114 by SJM
Yeah that was pretty cool, impressive actually

Country guy living in the big Apple!
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12 years 9 months ago #119118 by Shadowfixer1

Scotty wrote: I am not lying or being sarcastic when I can say I can do all of this. It's not as hard as it looks, it's just time consuming.

The photoshop stuff is not what amazes me as much as the concept and shooting all the pieces to make an image. To previsualize what you want, that's the amazing part to me.
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12 years 9 months ago #119125 by chasrich
OK... I'll volunteer to be the one asking the dumb question. The effect is that they are taking a single photo and tearing it down then shuffling the layers against each other. Am I correct in assuming that this is false and that they actually take multiple layers of individual images and sandwich them together to provide a reasonable facsimile of a single shot... Then they do the maneuvering that we see in the video. Am I close as to how they do it?

No matter how they get er done - I'm impressed.

“Amateurs worry about equipment, professionals worry about money, masters worry about light, I just make pictures… ” ~ Vernon Trent
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12 years 9 months ago #119133 by Scotty

Shadowfixer1 wrote:

Scotty wrote: I am not lying or being sarcastic when I can say I can do all of this. It's not as hard as it looks, it's just time consuming.

The photoshop stuff is not what amazes me as much as the concept and shooting all the pieces to make an image. To previsualize what you want, that's the amazing part to me.


Just because I can do it, doesn't mean I'm even as close to as good as him.

I agree with the visualization part. Go on his website and look behind the scenes. Watch him instruct every model, it's crazy.

When the last candle has been blown out
and the last glass of champagne has been drunk
All that you are left with are the memories and the images-David Cooke.

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12 years 9 months ago #119134 by Scotty

chasrich wrote: OK... I'll volunteer to be the one asking the dumb question. The effect is that they are taking a single photo and tearing it down then shuffling the layers against each other. Am I correct in assuming that this is false and that they actually take multiple layers of individual images and sandwich them together to provide a reasonable facsimile of a single shot... Then they do the maneuvering that we see in the video. Am I close as to how they do it?

No matter how they get er done - I'm impressed.


How he does it, he uses ring flashes with grid strips and lots of intense lighting and lights each individual differently. Then he layers each person in, and then dodge and burns by hand with a tablet, (sometimes loads selections and then gradients in dodge in burns, from edges to center, dark to light). Does a composite, adjusts according to depth. Uses Dodging and blurs to create glow, then uses streaks and some 3d studio max to create special effects such as particle effects and such. The dodge and burning with blurs is what gives it an unreal look to it, almost illustrated.

He uses aggressive high pass methods with different types of blending depending on how the glow is for the area of the shot.

He also uses H4D-60 blades so his resolution is very forgiving for any editing.

When the last candle has been blown out
and the last glass of champagne has been drunk
All that you are left with are the memories and the images-David Cooke.

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12 years 9 months ago #119496 by Prago
I have to say, that was impressive

SWM into chainsaws and hockey masks seeks like-minded SWF. No weirdos, please
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12 years 9 months ago #119722 by Scott Grant
That was so interesting


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