Hey everyone! I'm ready to attempt to take my Bryce works to another level. For the most part I've not done much postwork in previous images. This image I am posting looks to me like it could really benefit from something beyond what I have done so far. Only thing is... I don't know quite where to go with it. I have photoshop so I would use that for postwork. Any suggestions on what could be done to this image? -- Jeff in Arkansas

Jeff... This is an amazing image!! Coming from me "Postwork Maniac"........ It's Perfect the way it is. The reason I'm saying this: # 1 Due to the fact that there are multiple reflections of the girl, whatever you do to one... It would be maddening to get them all identical. #2 The lighting in this is Spot on for this scene. Only One Suggestion for PostWork.... A killer Presentation with some Sci Fi style Lines for Frame Work. If you would like some Examples, I can post some and where to get the PhotoShop Brushes. Again...Superb Work!! ICM

I used JASC PSP6, but here you go anyway. I equalized contrast and added gaussian blurs in foreground and upper background.

Just to give you a couple ideas:

Duplicated the main layer, Desaturated completely, Used a couple muted lens flares (just for white enhancement) on the white spots of her dress. Then cut the opacity of that layer down to 30% allowing the colored image to show through. On the colored layer I used Blending options: inner glow(red diffused), outer glow Gray(precise) for a sharper line. Then a Tech brush at the bottom with a gradient effect.

Mostly what I originally said with the exception of less color.

(I shoulda known better, LOL, Always gotta mess with it)

Sorry to paint on your Image.
Let us know when you finish.

ICM p.s. (a few jaggies from dropping down the JPEG format)

Message edited on: 11/16/2004 20:40

I agree that it looks just perfect the way it is. It's really a great image, I don't think you should change it.

Whoa, I just cruised some of your gallery Jeff, Great Stuff, You don't need postwork lessons!!

WOW! You guys are so kind. I also like the image as it came out of Bryce but I just thought there might be something that could be done that would take it even way beyond. Thanks for the suggestions. Moongoat, I did output a "distance mask" for the purpose of doing some depth of field blurring so I might give that a try. ICM, thanx for your tips. I like to think of myself as knowledgable with Photoshop but I've not ever done the blending modes you described with the glows. I will tinker with that for sure. And I like the edge brush effect. And yeah, tell me about where to get some of those brushes (and some examples of their use?). If anyone else has any more ideas I am still open. I may go ahead and work on these tips and post it from these and then post another one with later ideas.

My usual preference in this case would be more blue tone to the image, but, as everybody before me said it, looks good without any postwork !!! Very nice rendering, indeed, congrats ! :D

Beautiful!

I love ICM's anime look. :-) Shouldn't you have a figure in the middle?

some cheap tricks..

to answer Erlik's question about "a figure in the middle?" I'm posting a wireframe side view and top view to show this scene. There are two figures: the girl and the creature. There are lots of lights. And the floor. Everything else is mirrored primitives. The girl is positioned so that she is right behind the position of the camera. The two images of her at the sides (as well as everywhere else) are the reflections she'd see of herself in the mirrors. You don't see her directly in this scene; only reflections. You also don't see a reflection of her straight ahead at the far side of the room because there is an angled mirror there and it doesn't reflect straight back.

Great layout, I like that the creature is not in plain site, you can see his shadow & his reflection. Very cool. Mrdodobird does a lot of work with mirrored scenes to add to depth.

Erlik beat me to my lick! I was just about to suggest a mask render of her, that could be laid out fairly large, without 100% opacity!

BTW - Is anyone welcome to this .br5, I'd like a reversion of it with or without the figures! An explanation of how you laid the mirrors would also be super, was the Multi-Replicate or other formulae used? = )

I don't have a website, or webpage and am trying to figure out how to set one up at one of those free provider sites. When I get it put together I will make available a few files, such as the .br5 file of this room of mirrors (without the characters) and the files I used to make the marbles (in another gallery image).