Here you go KIM :) This is another new corrected thread... And hope that shot is fine now! Sigh..

Sorry becasue my brains don't work really good these past weeks, and hopefuly that won't stay for long..

Anyways.. Now LETS DITIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!

JOE

btw: This shot was talking yesterday in downtown Detroit. I was going for a meeting to shoot some groups and before i cross the street to the building, i had to shoot once to check my settings. Yesterday had the worst weather ever and the low clouds were every where.. So i had to change all the settings again to fit my need since i was going to shoot in open air

OMG!!! OldWORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is a very nice edit my friend and it gave me an idea :D hehehe

Thank you so much.. I will get back to the thread when i get back home from work..Sigh

JOE

That is wicked!!! Awesome job oldie!!!!!!! #:o)

Forget it ....I've had a hard day and its late...anyway  an Alpine like backdrop was called for too (any excuse to fit in some mountains!)

Cheers!

Oldie : Nice effect mate, you rotter.  I was gonna go for the gothic effect ;-)
Aangus....... I presume just behind the tree is a set of stairs leading up to the roof so you can get out the tea-tray and slide down?!?
Natty : Cheers for the pic!

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Next time I remember to attach the frickin pic....... dur..........

OMG!! aangus!!! That is a very nice change and manipulation!! Lovely touch on the back moutain and snow..

To be honest, i really don't know the full name of the church.. But it is right on Jeferson street and when i was taking that shot, i noticed the weitten name of it on a sign, It was MARINE something CHURCH!! And yes it is in DownTown Detroit (D.T.D)..

But promise to call my friends and ask them to check it tomorrow and tell me so i can answer your quetion :) Now don't you think the floors are abit over-exposed! Or you meant it to be like that?

Nice job my friend... I like that..

And now Reborne!!!

OMG!! How long it took you to CLONE and manipulate that pic dude!!! :b_stunned:

That is sooooooooo sweeeeeetttt looking pic now!! Cool.. now i have an idea.. I will use your pic and the top two post's techniques and redo one and post it.. Sigh.. Hope i can finish it in few mins

Hummmmmmmmmmm... ANDREASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!! Where is your edit!! And where are the rest of the FAMILY AMIGO?? :b_grin:

Thank you guys and hope to see some more

JOE

Joe, less time than you would have thought ;-)  I do a lot of cloning in my 2D work, it's down to 3 things :  changing clone brush sizes quite a bit, copying similar areas then deleting the edge with a feathered rubber (!), and finally.... CTRL-Z !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

While I thought nothing of the work itself, I thank you. bows

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Came back home at 1:50AM washed my hands and face and worked on my new comming upload.. And then did this fast edit :)) I really can't see infront of me.. So i will redo the idea once again tomorrow.. I don't work tomorrowwwwwww!!!!!! :D

Thank you again all and still waiting FOR ANDREAAAAASSSSSSSS!!! :PP :))

JOE

BTW: The clouds are EVIL EYES :D

Very nice KIM! :D I like the flare in the middle of that window! What do you think about the other posts! I like the extracted cloned one :)

Have a nice day

JOE

I really like that crop on yours, Joe!
Oh yeah........ that extracted clone one is awesome.......... someone has wayyyyy too much time on their hands!!!!!!!!! LOL ;p
Love the mountains in the back of Angus'!!!!
Now just waiting for Kort to come along and throw in some of those great clouds he does!!!!!!

Guys, stop it!  Doing that pic took less than an hour (I can't give accurate times, coz I constantly get interruptions while working on anything!)  If you want I'll knock up a quick 'how I did it' tut to give my best hints ;-)

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A tut? Oh goody goody Pwweeeeaaazzz

:LOL: Nice one Richard.

LOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!! Nice one Richard!! The walking man on WATER! :))
Nice touch on the sky tho.. AWSOMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

You too Radlafx.. I like your trippy double mirrored one.. Even flying men now :)) Thank you guys for the edit and you to KIM for you reply honey..

Waiting for Kort and i want ANDREAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS!!!!  :b_tonguewink:

Still waiting..

JOE

Well,thhhhhbbbbbbt,here's mine anyway...pffft

...and now that I look at it,it's pretty close to oldworld's...except his is better...sigh.

Btw,is there a filter or something that helps make realistic shadows?I seem to remember seeing that somewhere.I'm not that happy with mine.

And oh yeah,lots of great ones here!

WOWWWWWWWWWWW!!

Your one is awesome and impressive Marlene :) Love what you did honey on the whole image!! It is really stunning.. tho..

Thank you so much for the edit, and don't be sad that i didn't mention you.. I know that you would come sooner or later Ms :) Sigh! I bet you allready know that..

Now tell me what program you are using!! Hopefully it is photoshop.. And i don't recommend you any shadows filters!! NOTHING BETTER THEN HAND MADE WORK!! :P

PM me any of your Messengers ID to add you, and i will teach you how to do any shadow in less them 5 mins ;) SMILEEEEEEEE NOWWWWWWWWWWW MS! :))

JOE

OMG Radlafx, that's freaking brilliant!!!! Thinking 'out of the box' I see... lol...

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LOL ....thank you,Joe...I feel better now.... ;^)

Yes,I use photoshop...and this obviously was hand-made...I just thought there was something already in PS that might have come out better.

Okay.Here's my smile... :m_coolsmirk:

Hehehe.. You welcome Marlene..

I will be home after 2 1/2 hours and i will send you my contacts :) And there are some non-free and free ones out there.. But they won't be more accurate then my method :))

btw: I will redo another 2 edits when i get back home.. One mirrored, i will also try it manully and one like yours with the shadows if you don't mind ;)

Now me off to finish working L(((((((OOOOOOOO))))))))L

JOE

What ..........no clouds????????  JK!!!

Love what you did, Marlene!!! I think the shadow looks fine!

LOL!!! I just knew there had to be one with a flood filter and I almost did a quad flip myself!  Great job, guys!!!!!!!!!

Nice Infra conversion Kort! Love the greeny tones :)

And now me back.. i am home now, i will take a quick bath dive and will post another edit :)

Thank you all again and will be back in few

JOE

one thing i've done to get a more realistic shadow is do a regular drop shadow (after i've selected the item i want shadowed of course) and then make the drop shadow effect its own layer and then mess with distort and skew edits.......usually works out ok (i forgot the shadow in my diti attempt  :)  old age ya know? :)

Yes!That's where I have seen it before.They added a drop shadow to their selection.Thank you Oldie!

holy moly....these are just too good! I am humbled. Perhaps to try..perhaps to not try...we will see.

But at least came to post those two i promised.. Here is the first mirrored one.. Some trippy one! Hope you will like it..

JOE

Here is a 7 mins edit!! Used 8 layers, 3 objects and some digital painting and smudging..

Marlene.. Hope honey this is what are you looking forward to do.. (The Shadow), remember this is a quick edit (SAMPLE) only.. if yes, then i will meet you tomorrow to share some info.. and if not! I WILL STILL meet you tomorrow :)))

Have a nice night all and will see you tomorrow..

JOE

btw: I really need to know your openions.. You to Marlene and KIM.. Now i wonder where is ANDREAS!!

Tom: Please feel free to edit my friend.. and thank you for the INTRUDER's review :)

Quick sample? :blink: Please turn your head just a little....so that i can reach properly....

SLAAAAAAAAAAAAP!!!!!!

My God! This is just awesooooooooooooooooooooome!!!!! Genious work!!!!!!

Thank you ZACKOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! That SLAPPPP sent me to bed bro :))))

Thank you so much for the compliment Andrea!! It is a real quick sample :P By the way.. I am done!! I will meet you tomorrow my friend... You will see it first, and then we will think what to do or you advice.. You might also join if you want ;) I will tell you later..

Nighty Night!! :))

JOE

Quick???????????? Did he say quick????????? Crap... that would take me days!!!!!!!!
You are amazing Joe!!! That's it ...........I quit..............I suck!!!!!!!!!!    ...................JK!!! I don't quit, I just suck!   Now I really feel like a newby! I think I need to go back to some tutorials and pay attention this time!!! LOL ;)

LOOOOOOL Kim!!

DON'T YOU EVER SAY QUITE/SUCK!!! That hurt please awww!!

Yes it is about 7 Minuites job :)) :P And i don't think that would take you days.. All you need is to know Photohop Or Corel PhotoPaint some more ;)) Then beielve me that you will able to do stull even faster then me :)) Sigh!

So tell me, you liked it! I hope Marlene can tell if that is what she want on the shadow or no..

Thank you people and have a nice day all

JOE

Gorgeous Joe, both the mirror and the poster. When does the movie come out...or will it be a book??? ;'P

Wow Joe! That is excellent! And yes,your shadow came out great!

LOL I can't believe you guys...minutes?Minutes?????This would take me days,lol!

Kim,I understand completely!

Nice one Joe, I'd heard you finished quickly, but I thought it was something else completely ;-) snigger  Seriously though, damn good work.

Dig the atmoshpere you've got in there Zack....sweeeeeeeeeet...

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So where's the cloning tut,Reb?

Hey, I ain't as fast as some of the guys around here....lol
Life's busy at the mo (just found out we're moving at last! yay!  Boulder here we come!) and the place isn't finished inside (it was being renovated but we have our own ideas so asked them not to do any more......)
I'll do my best to get it done asap.  Trouble is, there's a damn forum on Rosity keeps mailing me to tell me people are posting things....... it's taking over my life....lol

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Hey! Doesn't Andreas' look like the cover for "Exorcist III" !!! LOL :P Good job!!!

lol - only in the way that I look like Keanu Reaves, Kim...... snigger ;-)

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I thought you reminded me of someone.... ;^P

Yes Kim.I think so,too.

Hello Marlene!!

So you liked it! :D Thank you so much for the posts people! :)

Now Marlene.. Please do follow this link to add a realistic shadows for your objects.. I personally do that my self and trust me, it is the best way ever to transform and creat your shadow for anything you want!

http://www.wbcampaigns.net/downloads/tutorials/shadow/index.php

Also check this one out! http://www.mickm.com/index.php?section=tutorials&id=66 i guess you like that hehe

And here is another one with more details :D http://pstutorialsblog.com/?p=78

Now about the clone thingy! I think you know the basic tool right!? Oh well there is nothing really special about it, but to know where to start and what to clone.. It is a matter of experience tho..

Here is some sample tutorials of clone stamp:

http://www.tutorials-photoshop.com/basics/clone-stamp-erasing.php

or

http://www.tutorialstraining.com/cstutorials/tut38clonestamp.htm

or

http://xtremeliquid.ryanoman.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=242

or

Now i think this is exactly what are you looking for ;) http://www.webdevshed.com/article/50

Now hope that will help you Ms Marlene and the other who wants to know how to! Thank you so much to all.. and now me going to downtown DETROIT to shoot some JAZZ concert :P

JOE

OMG!!! ANDREASSSSSSSSSS!! I like your EDIT!! and it is the best bro!!!! Hummm... Thank you so much for your try...

Now i want you to run to check your PM!!! it is there :b_tonguewink:

JOE

Thank you Joe for finding these tuts for me.That was sweet of you.I'll definately check them out. :^)

LOL! Thanks Joe. And thanks for all these links....do you mind if i ask you something though? :rolleyes: How many god damn clones do you have at your disposal??? I can´t for the life of me understand how you manages to write such long comments in the gallery, write such long replies in the forum....include links....and at the same time keep producing top image after top image. :blink: I WANT A MINI-ME TOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! :tt2:

OMG, JOE!!!!!! NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Shooting the Jazz Concert?!?  We need you here man...... do they have internet access in Federal Prisons?!?  That's if you even survive the response.......

Dude, whatever you're going through, and whatever your issues are with Jazz, I'm sure that with a little help you can work them out.........

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LOOOOOOOOOOL @ ReBorn and the Federal Prison :)))

I will be back after 5 hours tho :)) I have to shoot it with some other photographers.. Now this will be with the MARK II 1Ds :P I really don't like the regular JAZZ but Ambient JAZZ is my best if you kow what it is, I will post you something later so you can listen to it..

And Andreas.. I can handle 1000,000,000 things at a time, remember when i told you that i am a CYBORG? :)) That is true, add the metal and chips to my brain and body and i will be a 100% machine :))

I just want you to check the thing i gave you bro and send me what i requested from you if you don't mind.. I need to talk :))

Sigh and here is tonguey!! :tt2:

JOE