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After those tips from Niels (thanks a bunch mate) I ran back to my Ps2,, took some shots of the Z4 and the Civic Type R,, And here I am,, just now done with editing them:) I think they cam out really good,, some of the blurring have been done your way Niels,, and I must say it is easier than my way:)
Anyways,, Again,, tips and comments are highly appreciated,, don't forget to enjoy;)

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I like how the softness makes the trees look in the phototravel shot, and I like how the white sky contrasts with the dark track and car in the second BMW picture.
 
Aother account--------------> Thanks a lot for commenting
RcWr------------------------> Thanks a ot mate,, I think it looks good too,, but far from perfect I guess:),, Anyways,, thanks a lot mate:tup:

As I see my pics now,, I think I made them a bit too soft,, Oh well no turning back now,, More comments?
 
Nice new update.

I am wondering if you take your turns with blur. I hope it was neccessary because as a result of me trying I think I got unneccessary blur.
 
Thanks,, and for the blur part,, I think there is no such thing as unneccessary blur as you call it,, As long as you do not overdo it,, and do the right angle were your blur is pointng to,, So if your taking a corner to the left in a game,, I suggest letting your Motion blur point to the left too:)

But I just started blurring so take this advice lightly:D

Thanks for commenting
 
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Thanks,, and for the blur part,, I think there is no such thing as unneccessary blur as you call it,, As long as you do not overdo it,, and do the right angle were your blur is pointng to,, So if your taking a corner to the left in a game,, I suggest letting your Motion blur point to the left too:)

But I just started blurring so take this advice lightly:D

Thanks for commenting
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You are definatly improving alot man! It's really fun to see to be honest:D
Now you can probably only learn from your own experience, wich is another major part in learning, taking pictures again and again, realising your pictures might look too soft and stuff like that(just throwing in an example).

It will be cool to look back at how you started;)
Keep it up!

PS: There's a so called "crop tool" in photoshop. With it, you can select a square area of the picture, and everything outside that area will be removed. It's somewhere in the toolbar to the left.
Why I'm saying this is because the first picture could use a "crop" to leave out mountain edge. It's a detail though, dont worry about it;)
 
I think this will be my last big update,, I think I will focus on 1 pic,, and then make it look good with photoshop,, Because I'm now more familiar with photoshop,, I can probably produce better pics if I spend a bit more time on them:) So,, I hope you like this update,, Please leave a comment,,
Enjoy:tup:

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Thanks a lot Niels,, oh and about the crop tool,, I know it exists.,, And I now I should've used it with that first Z4 pic,, but oh well,, I was just too lazy to fix it,, Oh and can somebody tell me how you get that frame around your pic:)

Edit: Fixed that double posting and stuff:)
Also Niels really thanks a lot for telling me that I am improving,, that really means a lot:),,
Also of my last update,, I like the first pic a lot,, last 2,, If I can focus more on 1 pic you know,, than I can probably make them look even better,, that's the reason I'm going for small updates:) Quality over Quantity
:cheers: mate
 
A border? Yeah well I just go to "select-> select all", then I take the square selection tool, and then I deselect the center of the picture by pressing alt and dragging the square again, so only the border remains selected. Then I go to levels and move the white triangle all the way to the left, or the black one all the way to the right (depending if I want the border to be black or white).
Then go to brightness/contrast and do contrast -100 to remove colored spots that might still be in the border, and do extra brightness adjustments (-100 or +100, again depending if I want the border to be white or black).

👍:)
 
Niels
A border? Yeah well I just go to "select-> select all", then I take the square selection tool, and then I deselect the center of the picture by pressing alt and dragging the square again, so only the border remains selected. Then I go to levels and move the white triangle all the way to the left, or the black one all the way to the right (depending if I want the border to be black or white).
Then go to brightness/contrast and do contrast -100 to remove colored spots that might still be in the border, and do extra brightness adjustments (-100 or +100, again depending if I want the border to be white or black).

👍:)
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WOW,, thanks a lot mate,, noticing now,, you're going to be really important for my next update mate,, You gave so many tips,, That little tutorial of yours is helping me out a lot for my next update,, and that border also,, What I mostly like is that you do not only say what you like but also what you don't like or could be better,, Thanks to those people: Niels and the others who did that also:D
:cheers:
 
Oh well it's paying off isn't it;) No problem m8.
It's another thing that you actually listen to tips. Be proud of that!👍:dopey:
 
The GTV in the last shot looks a bit like a ghost pretending not to be a ghost. But nice update.
 
TVR&Ferrari_Fan
The GTV in the last shot looks a bit like a ghost pretending not to be a ghost. But nice update.
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I think I know what you mean,, was actually not what I wanted,, but it isn't that bad I think,,, Thanks a lot for commenting:),, and stop seeing ghosts everywhere:cheers:

And thanks a lot to RcWr too,, I really love that last shot 2,, but that first shot is even better I think:)
 
My first small two car update:),, Tried to work with the tips of (mostly Niels) you guys,, Thanks a lot mates (special thanks to Niels),, After a lot of photoshopping,, I decided to change an old pic of a Bmw M3,, and an Alfa Gt which you've never seen,, I think they came out pretty good,, but I know I still have got loads to learn,, before I'm good enough,,
Oh well,, enjoy and please leave a comment or tip,, or whatever:)

BMW M3


Alfa Gt
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First one is just stunning!! Though yellow doesn't fit well with black and green IMO. But seriously that's just very very minor.

Second one has some difficulties with the shadow. If you look behind the Alfa, the shadow goes straight into some strange direction:irked: But that's the game, an error you might not notice at first. But honestly, I don't think anyone here could fix that shadow. Just prevent those shadows from coming into view. If you had cropped it, the side of the Alfa would still have been visible, maybe that would have been a good solution.
Then there's another thing you need to watch out for when applying that grainy technique. First of all, very nice addition to the picture, the shadow on the right side of the alfa looks really cool with that effect. The thing you need to watch out for is the 3D effect.
If you look at the road further ahead, it just feels kinda flat to the eyes. That's because the size of the "grain dots" doesn't decrease when the distance increases.

Next time you apply that technique, go to "Layer-->New-->Layer via Copy". Then apply the technique, get the eraser, and erase the grain from the road in the distance so it doesn't take away the depth of the picture.

Somehow the color mix of the last pic looks very very good!👍 And btw it's much handier to judge 2 pictures instead of 5 for example;) Quality over quantity:)
 
WOW I have missed so many great shots. The DB9, Z4 is me favorites but the most of the shots looks great.
Oh and your latest update love that M3:tup:


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The motion blur and softness is perfect on the M3 btw, just so that you know what you are doing right too;)
 
Niels
First one is just stunning!! Though yellow doesn't fit well with black and green IMO. But seriously that's just very very minor.

Second one has some difficulties with the shadow. If you look behind the Alfa, the shadow goes straight into some strange direction:irked: But that's the game, an error you might not notice at first. But honestly, I don't think anyone here could fix that shadow. Just prevent those shadows from coming into view. If you had cropped it, the side of the Alfa would still have been visible, maybe that would have been a good solution.
Then there's another thing you need to watch out for when applying that grainy technique. First of all, very nice addition to the picture, the shadow on the right side of the alfa looks really cool with that effect. The thing you need to watch out for is the 3D effect.
If you look at the road further ahead, it just feels kinda flat to the eyes. That's because the size of the "grain dots" doesn't decrease when the distance increases.

Next time you apply that technique, go to "Layer-->New-->Layer via Copy". Then apply the technique, get the eraser, and erase the grain from the road in the distance so it doesn't take away the depth of the picture.

Somehow the color mix of the last pic looks very very good!👍 And btw it's much handier to judge 2 pictures instead of 5 for example;) Quality over quantity:)
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I think it's something to be looked after at my next update,, And now I look at it,, the shadow is really weird,, and you're right when you say that the Noise takes away the depth,, also something to be looked after,, but I did it as you said,, With layer via copy,, but I just didn't think about erasing it,, oh well stupid off me,, Thanks a lot for the tips,, are really appreciated:D,, and I'm really glad you like the Bmw pic:),, At first I took pics of a White car,, and when I wanted apply what I learnt from your tutorial,, it just didn't look good,, so figured I had too take a car with color,, so I ended up with the yellow Bmw,, But I still love how it looks though:) And from now on I will only do quality over quantity updates,, so you can give me more tips;) Going to make some pics know:tup:
Thanks a lot for commenting
 

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