WANTED: Images for SWR

[DarthTofu]

Wow, high level stuff, there! Same level as Jahled's saber IMO... If you can add some text or something it'd be awesome lookin'!

[Jahled]

Woo Karpman!

 

Your purple sabre has the movement I couldn't get right! Me like it lots.

[Karpman]

i felt really jerky about posting becuase i saw your saber first and didnt want to cause a scene but as long as your cool with it.

http://kalebo.home.comcast.net/lightsaberv2.gif

[Jahled]

i felt really jerky about posting becuase i saw your saber first and didnt want to cause a scene but as long as your cool with it.

http://kalebo.home.comcast.net/lightsaberv2.gif

 

Dude! I'm cool with it, this isn't an ego-thing!

[DarthTofu]

Good to see that Jahled has gotten over his ego- I mean, really, you just can't get Jahled to stop talking about himself. That's how huge his ego is!

[Jahled]

Good to see that Jahled has gotten over his ego- I mean, really, you just can't get Jahled to stop talking about himself. That's how huge his ego is!

 

Sometimes when i'm not looking my ego turns into a butterfly and flutters off. Once it came back in a bandage because it bumped into a rainbow. Another time it came back with a tan because it went to Brazil.

 

A button thingy:

 

http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0RwDqAiEVyAv!US9YYNBJygBEu2tzLnXCU7HhqC39JAMpX8VrOXv7XyzxTYp*FAin9vymRsFUHkG9cXfCVmiazRVTAUh*WU!qsZrOP2nNZc0/thingy.gif

[Karpman]

a tear to the ones that have egos. if the ego has a tear then pray to god its not chuck norris or hell kick you in half and his tear will cure cancer...

 

spontaneous behaviour is fun

[Evaders99]

Nice stuff so far

Any ideas for Warlords or other SW stuff?

[Jahled]

I'm a bit stumped for ideas personally, unless you want me to simply use a Warlords logo in with a sabre, or something. Ideas anyone?

[Jahled]

...When in doubt start speaking to one's self...

 

A long time ago I posted this:

 

http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0RgATA3EVawTt5gMpUaCjbgIjVt3PA3dCtY*Ei*aSd5tXpaxmIsByRn!*efd!hXarEmf89T0wC9F!1W6S7U6Ig2HM0H8T5wXUnsHbsYLkiHs/wooyayr2d2.gif

 

and asked if anyone knows the technique in Photoshop how the author achieved the holographic lettering effect. I never really got an answer, but am determined to crack it, given i've come quite close. Any ideas, or knowledge of websites that might have a good tutorial?

[DarthTofu]

I know that there was a tutorial for making letters look like lightsabers when using adobe photoshop... I just found the tutorial on google. No clue if it would work for you at all or not. Wish I could be more helpful, there.

[Mad78]

Perhaps by applying two successive gaussian blurs to a gradient and lowering the oppacity?

[DarthTofu]

You know, most of the time I recognize the words that you type but have no clue what you're saying, Mad. This time I don't recognize the words but I'm actually getting a sense of what you're saying I'll stop talking now and let the tech heads get their image on, maybe work on my own crappy button or banner or something that won't move at all.

[Jahled]

Perhaps by applying two successive gaussian blurs to a gradient and lowering the oppacity?

 

That doesn't get the hard blue glow on the edges in the above gif, sadly.

 

In the meantime, I made* a small button to which any text can be added:

http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0RQC1Ao0TM6D9wVxQgoWejp*Gb3uEJkiQMh8FnlNBYHmUhtjDQzQ0rk8j1KPvKWMIixQU3*eq4KOCUxUDU7IOv*ztprizOMjiUODNnhvKJLw/R2D2.gif 120kb

 

Yes, the file size is a little rough, but that's without any lossy; I reckon I can half it with a about 20%. Evaders: Let me know what text I could insert to with any element of the SWrebellion network; assuming that is you think you could use it! Obviously can be resized.

 

*When I say made I "borrowed" the source image from the gif above... inserting the rebel and imp logos.

[Mad78]

I found how to do it J!

I had been thinking about the problem and suddenly decided to solve it! I opened Photoshop and twenty minutes later:

http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/3223/lightsaberletters0sr.th.jpg

What do you think? Do the letters look Lightsaberish enough?

[Jahled]

Emm... nice stuff M78, but the wrong way round to the lettering in the mentioned gif which achieves the holographic effect. I assumed you did with blending options and inner glow. The beauty of the lettering in the gif I posted is that the main body of the lettering can be virtually transparant whilst the edges are glowing enough to keep the letters apparent. This is what I can't figure out... but hell, with multiple minds engaged on the subject I reckon we'll get there soon.

 

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[Jahled]

Late entry:

 

http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0RQDxAi0U0sg83EKVkRFnfYH7yOfsOkpbhsV*oPnAIGcthyrcauPxLhtPs7AISyw6tesQDCmvWNXSYqt*rnEipLQqBxnUoy0FCYQdmf!mBnM/Tion.gif

 

[DarthTofu]

Me like! I would so click on that link!

[Colonel_Olorin]

i have a techniquew that will give that result not a worry mate. just hve to wait abit sorry cause i ngot a 10 minute drive but only 5 minutes to get to work lol

[Evaders99]

Evaders: Let me know what text I could insert to with any element of the SWrebellion network; assuming that is you think you could use it! Obviously can be resized.

 

Mmm looks good. Standard SWRebellion text would be fine.

[Colonel_Olorin]

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c266/jampat/REBELLION.gif

 

this the type of writing you where meaning?fairly simple to do if your graphics program allows you to set a seperate colour for stroke and fill on text.

[Mad78]

Very Nice Col Ol!!!

What do you think of this for holographic text?

http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/7996/holoimage0ru.th.jpg

[Jahled]

this the type of writing you where meaning?fairly simple to do if your graphics program allows you to set a seperate colour for stroke and fill on text.

 

Yay for feed-back and helping each other out! I should be able to figure this out in Photoshop now, hugely appreciated and nice pic!

 

Evaders:

 

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e253/Jahled/R2D2_swr.gif heavy 115kb

 

 

 

http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0TQASA2sXj5mj1JAskKbjjL3ccKWP2iV*J!ZgHNOv9NaJtTDoibEFA9nUTnJsMbPEkX2UCZAKZBV4OORmpxRa8HOL44B448lGDG!vN4MC7fEx!fSrLj3ikw/R2D2_swr_30lossy.gif lighter 74kb but with quality reduction...

 

M: I still want to 'activate' that saber you made; can you provide a pic on a blank or dark background?

Edited January 31, 2006 by Jahled

[Mad78]

Here you go (careful very large resolution! I painted ou the background)

BTW what do you think of the holographic writing i made?

[Jahled]

Tar! I'll get to work on that a little later. Your saber has a very retro feel, strangely reminding me of Royal Naboo gameplay in Galactic Empires... but that may just be me.

 

Anyway, now that Colonel_Olorin has pointed me in the right direction, I HAVE AT LAST almost figured out the method the author of the above woo-yay gif used for his holographic lettering effect!!! Whilst I guess i'll be trying to perfect the technique all day tomorrow, I opened up Photoshop after my supper and cracked open a tin of beer; my very first attempt employing Colonel_Olorin's stroke effect which is in the edit menu:

 

http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0RAAFAzoUbrddKljOmst8iwU0Rg5Bhk3164OuVgzhoV5eAcHxLwYnRK0cGjWPVSp0viZyQ6V!nsZ9xpEPUTmABjwF27cxgH9YAKaFgR7g!ic/test_01.gif

 

For a first attempt with the stroke tool, I don't think it was bad atall. I only used three layers as well, the background, the font at 80% transparency, and a duplicate layer with the stroke effect.

 

I guess to achieve the subtle movement of the woo-yay gif he played around with noise, outer glow, and as you said M, gaussian blur effects.

 

We learn lots talking with one another.