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phenomsParticipantWho will actually be the movement subject(s)? (The person(s) being captured.)
Male or female or both?
Namely what I am getting at is women will (ideally) move differently than men do. Presumably with a feminine aura.
While I’ve certainly seen my share of women who move like men, and men who twirl and bounce like 5 year old girls, that doesn’t mean I don’t shutter (or chuckle) at the sight of it.
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www.thevalkyrie.com/picthumb/p/phenom_fett/index00.htmphenomsParticipantLingster wrote:
I took care of it using Joomla menus – better than adding lines to an already very complex htaccess file.
Glad I could help draw your attention to an oversight.
As for how you did it. Whatever works for your back end. I don’t presume to have the slightest idea of what you have going on to make the site work.
Every now and then its nice to blow some dust off my rewrite skills. Of course at this rate I’ll have more dust than skill left.
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www.thevalkyrie.com/picthumb/p/phenom_fett/index00.htmphenomsParticipantEarlier this evening I followed some artwork links to imageshack and noticed something interesting. Near the bottom where it shows “Related Images” I saw links to 2 versions of my “American Dream” photo manipulations.
This
http://img136.imageshack.us/i/mountrushmore2kh8.jpg/?a=j&ci=-1&rt=4
and this
http://img136.imageshack.us/i/mountrushmore32ic0.jpg/?a=j&ci=-1&rt=3I’m not positive how Related Images works on imageshack but I am assuming those were uploaded by someone other than myself.
I know that sort of thing upsets some people, but I was more intrigued than anything. I suppose I have much more floating about in the pubic domain, but personally speaking, this is my first time accidentally stumbling across something of mine not posted by me.
It’s kind of a cool feeling. B)
I just wish they had completed the set by also posting the third image
http://phenoms.deviantart.com/art/American-Dream-v2-Flexing-81809145Its a set of 3.
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www.thevalkyrie.com/picthumb/p/phenom_fett/index00.htmphenomsParticipantMaitolasi wrote:
Actually I didn’t I didn’t increase the resolution: the original image is 4288×2848, but still I see some poor details in hands. I guess there is not much you can do about it if the original image isn’t good enough.
Then someone else took a small image and increased the size. You got their blown up version which already had distortion. The hands were the first thing that stood out to me as well.
Just remember, high resolution and high quality must go hand-in-hand. If the resolution is high and the quality is low, then you are looking at a distorted image.
People are constantly screwing with images on the web. There is often no way to know how many distortions have been done to an image before you get your hands on it.
Use your common sense and a careful eye to spot the good from the bad.
Maitolasi wrote:
I think I now have better vision what to try next and where to look more detailed instructions. It’s just quite hard to get started when I’m total noob in this and another thing I’ve noticed that this is quite time consuming. But I guess it gets faster as you start knowing the tricks.
Don’t count on it getting faster. Even if you gain speed at certain tasks, you are slowed down again by knowing more techniques to use. As you develop a better eye, you will get faster spotting stuff you are still learning to spot, but you will start spotting much more which slows you back down.
Accept that this is a very time consuming hobby. That is part of what makes it a good hobby. If you are not rushing something and giving it your best, it may take hours… it may take weeks.
Maitolasi wrote:
I’ll post the next version of this image later. Thanks for the tips.
You are welcome. 🙂
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www.thevalkyrie.com/picthumb/p/phenom_fett/index00.htmphenomsParticipantfasola wrote:
I think you should try with the name Kati Rubos. Iuf memory serves me well, that’s the name they gave her in the WPW videos and photosets. Maybe there is more luck.
Thanks!! I found results right away.
“…then move on to Kati. She is Hungarian, doesn’t speak a lot of English, and needed help in the poses because of this, but a male friend was of great assistance here particularly for the interview Since all of Kati’s posing is dubbed with music, we lead off her portion with the interview so you can hear her voice early, and get to know her personality verbally. We then move in to her posing segments, and though she isn’t ripped, we were sure you would enjoy viewing her physique as at 5’5” 150 pounds, she has a full, symmetrical body, and it is power-packed: her biceps are huge, measuring 17″; as do her calves, and somewhat unique, her thighs and waist both measure 25″. She poses in all the outfits mentioned in the photo sets and we did not emphasize any particular bodypart (well, maybe biceps…), as the development is even throughout.”
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www.thevalkyrie.com/picthumb/p/phenom_fett/index00.htmphenomsParticipantMaitolasi wrote:
Great peak.
Yeah, her arms are great. But her entire body is great. Those arms just put her over the top. She’s basically a modern day answer to Charla Seddeca, though Charla had a better face in my opinion.
Can anyone find more on Katarine Rubosch than the 2 YouTube videos I linked to above? I did a search and only found those videos. Can anyone post more?
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www.thevalkyrie.com/picthumb/p/phenom_fett/index00.htmphenomsParticipantIs Gimp to be your software of choice? I ask because tools will differ depending on which software is being used and it can make for much more targeted advise.
Also, if you know you will be using Gimp, you can look for resources specific to Gimp users. It is in those communities that you can really find exposure to all the little tips and tricks specific to what software you are using.
Also, just have fun with it. As long as you enjoy it, you are more likely to keep at it and the more you do the better you will get.
Right off, using the background you posted, the thing which stands out right away is the resolution. You increased the size larger than the original and the quality is suffering as a result. You can make images smaller, but never bigger. It will always lead to a loss of quality. You will want to try finding images that are very large to begin with. Ideally, the originals will be larger than the final background dimensions. That way the size reduction works to your favor by reducing imperfections.
Another solution is to make a collage of multiple smaller images cut out and assembled onto a larger canvas that is to become the background image.
And another approach is to use image filters to expand the size of an image but there is no perceived loss of image quality because you have (as an example) applied a layering of the same image as a zoom or shrink effect where the larger you expand the image, the more Gaussian blur you apply and the more you reduce the opacity.
Use a single image and do experiments with it trying different tools and techniques. Write down things you do and critique yourself as you go. Then when you find something that works well you will have how you did it in your notes so you can apply the same technique again in the future.
Pay attention to jagged edges, pixelation, light and shadow, and color bleed (particularly from lighting and opacity issues). Those tend to be the things that will most often be your hurdles to conquer and to be the gotchas in the final versions.
I hope you find this advise useful. Good luck, have fun, and I look forward to seeing you progress.
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www.thevalkyrie.com/picthumb/p/phenom_fett/index00.htmphenomsParticipantLingster wrote:
I’m having problems with Brawna.org – according to the stats from the hosting provider, the site is eating a huge amount of server capacity. I’ve shut off the fancy caching module I was using and have gone back to the standard caching mode, but it’s now costing me about $120/month to host it. If that doesn’t drop, I’ll have to shut it down or restrict access in some way.
Just keeping you all in the loop.
Lingster, since this is potentially a tech oriented question, would you please provide more specific details for those of us who may have the background to offer constructive feedback?
“Server capacity” as in storage, bandwidth, or resources like processor/ram?
What appears to be the culprit? Can you narrow it down to select problems or does it seem to be a hodge podge?
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www.thevalkyrie.com/picthumb/p/phenom_fett/index00.htmphenomsParticipantthe_collector_2 wrote:
You might have been hallucinating my friend.
I’ve been wondering that from the start. Wondering if somehow the sheer scale of the big screen led to an exaggerated perception. But re-read what I said to accompany the picture; that it is not at all impressive. But that is NOT what I saw in the movie.
I am really hoping GWHH is able to post the relevant clip.
I will either be vindicated or pulling my foot from my mouth. I’m still betting on vindication as I’m not inclined to post just anything.
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www.thevalkyrie.com/picthumb/p/phenom_fett/index00.htmphenomsParticipantGWHH wrote:
i am downloading that movie as of right now. where is this muscle you speak of at in the movie?
Awesome.
I looked for a download myself and did not find one. Thanks for doing so.
It is the scene where she is about to take on the bad guy for the first time. She is in a dress and holding a knife.
I found a studio still photo, but it is not at all impressive in the photo like it was in the actual scene.
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