OFP photography - Questions & comments

[dabitup 0]

How do people make such high quality pics? I have heard about "AntiAliasling" or something but am not sure how to implement it in OFP. One other question, I understand some people use photoshop...can you achieve the same quality using paintshop pro?

thankyou, and I appologize for posting this question in the wrong forum. (I accidentaly posted in the photography thread, I didnt know you couldn't post question in there)

Effects > Blur > Soften, in most cases improves the image.

For explosion patching up (I do that a lot ), use the select freehand tool, put the feather up to about 20-40, select around the explosion, copy and paste an new layer (Ctrl + L), and change layer blending, merge layers, select explosion and change brightness/contrast (Then you can do stuff like put feather upto 200 and select around the explosion again, unlselect the explsion area with 10 feather brush and increase brightness etc)

For patching up things like low-LOD forests, clone brush (Hardness : 0) from a closer forest, use soften touch up brush etc

For smoke, make a new layer, select tool, feather 200 again, drag smallish circle, use fill tool to fill it with grey/white (Repeat a few times), and you can change layer blending etc, also using smudge to in circle-ish path can make it look better

PSP layer thing is messy with lots of layers, Photoshop beats it hands-down for layery stuff, and for making graphics/sigs etc, but for editing photos/screenshots I find PSP faar easier.

Finaly, remeber it doesn't matter if the mission slows your PC down when taking screenies, as screenshots are static (For the Afganistan assault pictures I never got more than 5FPS )

Hmm, anyone else have any tips for editing/taking screenshots?

- Ben

thanks..uhh...I will try that stuff later...

jk thanks I appreciate it, I really do.

[HotShot 0]

Quote[/b] ]http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/4886/ofp04july1s9wn.jpg

This looks like a real Photo!

In my opinion, that Mig (28?) with the new CSLA looks more realistic than any other OFP plane. Check Parvus's CSLA montage, the two Mig pictures in that look real too. Bottom left picture in the montage i really like though.

[DBR_ONIX 0]

Those two little pics do look real

Only "problem" is in the very bottom right, the cloud looks bit pixelized, but that is nit-picking

CLSA's textures are.. amazing

- Ben

Oh, Eversman, you didn't un-image the IMG tag (remove a [)

[ShadowY 0]

I`m glad that I have a crappy graphicscard, because overhere`it doesn`t look any real to me

[Sgt_Eversmann 1]

@DBR Onix

nah forgot that

@Hotshot

yeah, they look awesome too!

I love the new CSLA Update I

It's a MIG 19 or 17...or something like that

[Ironsight 1]

It's a MIG 19 or 17...or something like that

In my opinion, that Mig (28?) with the new CSLA looks more realistic than any other OFP plane.

It's a MIG-21

[sniperuk02 0]

Quote[/b] ]http://www.rkslstudios.info/images/combatphot/IMG-Highstrike.jpg

Great , pitty it never came into service though.

[Sgt_Eversmann 1]

It's a MIG 19 or 17...or something like that

In my opinion, that Mig (28?) with the new CSLA looks more realistic than any other OFP plane.

It's a MIG-21

damn, I knew I was wrong

[dabitup 0]

How do people make such high quality pics? I have heard about "AntiAliasling" or something but am not sure how to implement it in OFP. One other question, I understand some people use photoshop...can you achieve the same quality using paintshop pro?

thankyou, and I appologize for posting this question in the wrong forum. (I accidentaly posted in the photography thread, I didnt know you couldn't post question in there)

Effects > Blur > Soften, in most cases improves the image.

For explosion patching up (I do that a lot ), use the select freehand tool, put the feather up to about 20-40, select around the explosion, copy and paste an new layer (Ctrl + L), and change layer blending, merge layers, select explosion and change brightness/contrast (Then you can do stuff like put feather upto 200 and select around the explosion again, unlselect the explsion area with 10 feather brush and increase brightness etc)

For patching up things like low-LOD forests, clone brush (Hardness : 0) from a closer forest, use soften touch up brush etc

For smoke, make a new layer, select tool, feather 200 again, drag smallish circle, use fill tool to fill it with grey/white (Repeat a few times), and you can change layer blending etc, also using smudge to in circle-ish path can make it look better

PSP layer thing is messy with lots of layers, Photoshop beats it hands-down for layery stuff, and for making graphics/sigs etc, but for editing photos/screenshots I find PSP faar easier.

Finaly, remeber it doesn't matter if the mission slows your PC down when taking screenies, as screenshots are static (For the Afganistan assault pictures I never got more than 5FPS )

Hmm, anyone else have any tips for editing/taking screenshots?

- Ben

I looked at it, but I don't have a "blur" under Effects, I do under "adjust", but it doesn't have smooth in it :/ I also have a smoothing option under adjust but it just kind of blurs it up :/

[Parvus 0]

Ooops ... looks very nice eddyD

[eddyd 0]

thanks Parvus , yours screenshots looking always very good too.

i hope that footmuch update the F-16 pack

wow Llauma nice screenshot on that jeep

[llauma 0]

thanks Parvus , yours screenshots looking always  very good too.

i hope that footmuch update the F-16 pack

wow Llauma nice screenshot on that jeep  

Thanx.. but it still got a few details like the roof and the orange lights that needs to be fixed before you can take some pics of it too.

[DBR_ONIX 0]

I looked at it, but I don't have a "blur" under Effects, I do under "adjust", but it doesn't have smooth in it :/ I also have a smoothing option under adjust but it just kind of blurs it up :/

What version of PSP do you have? I have 7, and used 6, both have the blur option somewhere in the File> Something menu

Have a look around for soften under blur.

If that fails, use the touch-up thing (The same icon as your mouse over a link, the hand), and use the tool options to change the brush size to about 30-60, and change the type (Can't remeber exact name, it's the second tab in tool options) to Soften.

Then you can use this to patch up the edge of units (Sometimes a small brush of 10 is good for edge of soliders etc)

It's very usefull if you need to blur a certain parts of an image, like this.

- Ben

[-HUNTER- 1]

Quote[/b] ]http://www.rkslstudios.info/images/combatphot/IMG-Highstrike.jpg

   

Great , pitty it never came into service though.

yeah I had the same thing. and its called GR4 aswell!

Really cool aircraft, allthough your making a modern day variant? RKSL needs to give some more intel for us normal ppl!

[black dragon 0]

Amazing screens from the KFOR.

[fat_al 0]

Amazing screens from the KFOR.

Thanks.

Nice pics all.

[Colossus 2]

Nice pic Parvus

[Parvus 0]

Thanks!  

... what island is that *actionhank*?

[ebns72 0]

@parvus...though I'm not actionhank, I'm pretty sure thats and older version of anjou with the dirt runway...the grass is either some other addon or photoshop.

[dabitup 0]

I looked at it, but I don't have a "blur" under Effects, I do under "adjust", but it doesn't have smooth in it :/ I also have a smoothing option under adjust but it just kind of blurs it up :/

What version of PSP do you have? I have 7, and used 6, both have the blur option somewhere in the File> Something menu

Have a look around for soften under blur.

If that fails, use the touch-up thing (The same icon as your mouse over a link, the hand), and use the tool options to change the brush size to about 30-60, and change the type (Can't remeber exact name, it's the second tab in tool options) to Soften.

Then you can use this to patch up the edge of units (Sometimes a small brush of 10 is good for edge of soliders etc)

It's very usefull if you need to blur a certain parts of an image, like this.

- Ben

its kind of embarising, but I am using the trial version of 9. it is 60 days and wtf is the price so high for?

but I'll look! thanks

[@cero 0]

I got a 5.5 special edition

And blur is in there, so any version after 5.5 should have it too I supose.

I know is very old and all that, but it do the job. I edit all my stuff with it, pics, signatures, etc. I have a disc in the house of "Creative suite 8" that a friend of mine gived me, and he recons is the dogs b####cs, so I may instal it, but I'm happy with 5.5 for the time being.

@CERO.

[bucket man 2]

The picture with the russian army briefing is very nice! Excellent work @cero!

[king homer 1]

Hehe nice pics @cero!

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/4366/gazelletacticals8bq.jpg

But this isn't the Malvinas Gazelle, it's the Falklands Mod Lynx

[@cero 0]

Yep, I got mixed up there, I have a pic of the Gazelle too, Guess I uploaded the wrong one, or I put the wrong name on the wrong pic, or I was off my face, lol.

BTW, thanks for the coments.

This one was a bugger to edit. I think from my pics is my favourite so far.

Regards.

@CERO.

[Parvus 0]

nice pics Aimpoint - at the second pic - i wasn't sure if it's a tree ....