FranOnTheEdge opened this issue on May 21, 2006 · 17 posts
FranOnTheEdge posted Wed, 31 May 2006 at 7:18 PM
Now lookee here Oh Thundering One - you can't have it both ways. One moment you say "practice practice, practice" and next you say I'm "rushing things". Make up yer mind!
Gordon Bennett!
Lol.
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b - I've looked into that and still can't figure out (meaning I don't think it's possible) how to add a multiple layer file to a multiple layer file without pulling each layer over to the next document one by one and lining them up. Can't figure out how to merge them.
Oh. And I thought I'd seen it mentioned somewhere... Oh well... Thanks for looking into it for me. It's a pity you can't do it after all... but there we are.
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c - The order is determined by what you wanna SEE. Think of it this way - as you look at the layer stack and your resulting image - realize you are looking at the layers from the top down. Whatever is on a layer (we'll call it #1) above another (call it #2) will overlap on TOP of that layer - whatever is on #1 will cover up whatever is directly below on layer #2. If you wanna see #2 covering #1 - move #2 up above #1 in the Layer Stack.
d - In the Layer Pallette - at the top right of the stack is a property labelled "Opacity" - with a numeric indicator that by default is set to 100%. Change it to 50% and it becomes HALF transparent - get it?
yes. I know that... so your point is what exactly??? Unfortunately with the daft way R'osity has of doing these reply boxes - I can't see the other messages in this thread soI can't tell what this bit might be in reply to, so I don't know if I've asked something stupid - or what...
Aha!!! NOW I see. What I mean't was that I don't want a layer to be a bit transparent - I want part of a layer - a specific part - to be totally transparent, while the rest of the same layer is totally opaque. How do you do that?
(sorry, it was me, not explaining properly what I meant)
Quote - Sounds like you may be rushing things too fast without learning more of the ins and outs of the program - you are seeming to want to do all the high-end stuff from the start and it does takes some practice and getting used to.
There you go, moaning at me! My problem is there are loads and loads of tutorials on doing things with Poser figures, and very little for anything really useful (useful to me that is! Lol!)
Quote - As far as what will raise and lower the bumps - whatever is 128 value grey will not produce a bump. Anything lighter (129-255) will produce a bump, and anything below (127-0) will produce a "dig" meaning it will appear to be below the surface.
raise and lower the bumps? I wonder what on earth I was asking about here...? :blink:
Quote - And don't be afraid to use photos of rust you can take with a digital camera
My camera just came back from repair today - and it's still not fixed... so it'll have to go back
Quote - - or buy collections from the likes of Dosch or 3DTotal, and mess with them in PS. You don't HAVE to hand draw natural elements in order for it to be something of your own.
No money, still need to pay for camera repairs...gawd knows how.
Quote - And it doesn't even have to be rust - it can be side tread of a worn tire - you can take the pattern or scuffing and color it to look like rust in another image - get the idea?
No. And that's exactly why I've been trying so hard to find tutorials on this sort of thing.
Finally found one - thanks to Taz.
http://67.15.36.49/team/Tutorials/texture_katherine_dinger/dirty_texture01.asp
> Quote - I'll say it again - practice practice practice! This won't come overnight - you'll have a LOT of frustration if you're expecting high end results fairly soon out of the gate.
Now now, don't be silly - you wouldn't say that if you saw MY result of doing this tutorial and compared it to the tutorial's result - I only got up to step 12 though as I didn't have a dingbat/logo thingie to continue on with... anyway, you can see how far I got in the image above - mine is quite different to the tutorial's version...Mine's nowhere near as good.
Measure
your mind's height
by the shade it casts.
Robert Browning (Paracelsus)