Davnes007

Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:
you seriously asking me to read the user's manual?!  C'mon man, be reasonable!!

Maybe you could get someone to read it to you? ...Or, just pretend to read it ;)

Don't forget Kirstie Alley (Saavik) in ST:II, John Larroquette (Maltz) in ST:III, Catherine Hicks (Gillian) in ST:IV, and James Cromwell (Cochrane) in ST:VIII... ;)

Oh...what ever do you mean? ;)

..."there", and "they're" :)

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Siliconmaster482 said:

Davnes007 said:

An odd idea for Vader's hallway.

...

Is that background a picture of the Millenium Falcon from the Science of Star Wars exhibit? Either that or a behind-the-scenes shot.

Not sure. Found it on flickr.

An odd idea for Vader's hallway.

How does the video display when you play it in a media player on your PC?
...or is that a stupid question...? 

1. I loaded up the image (I guess that's pretty obvious, lol)

2. Choose the "Freehand Selection Tool"

3. I zoomed in on the image (doesn't matter where) and carefully selected areas of blackness around Sweeny, tracing along his clothes, etc.. I do it in small sections, so if I fudge-up something, a can easily undo.

4. When I get to the hair, I just take my time, and use my 'artistic license' (my best guess) to make it look half-desent.

5. Then I looked on Google for the silliest/cutest picture I could find (on the first page), and copy-pasted it into the image ('Edit' - 'Paste As New Layer'), and moved it to under Sweeny's layer (a quick drag-n-drop).

It may sound kinda complimicated, but it's not.

Edit: The PSPimage file (for PaintShop Pro X2)

dark_jedi said:

1. now how did you do that?

2. can you do that but have more of his body and upload the .psd file?

3. damn I have been trying to do that all freakin day yesterday and today LOL

1 - I used the Selection tool a whole bunch of times to cut away the background bit by bit.

2a - That's all the body that was seen in the original pic.
2b - I used Paintshop Pro...not Photoshop (I'm a cheep bastard) :(

3. I'm sure with a bit of practise you'll be able to do this sort of thing, too. :)

Just do your best. Hair is always a pain in the ass.

It should be easy to cut away the dark background, and the take what's left, and paste it onto anything you want.

Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

Jedikev said:Which did you like?

What an odd choice of words.  Sorta like, "which do you like, being hacked by an axe or burned in a fire?"

I'd prefer being hacked up with an Axe - It hurts a lot less.

....err....not that I've ever done it, or anything like that..***tries to look innocent***

Picked up my copy yesterday :)

I love how the french title is "Howard: Une Nouvelle Race de Heros" - 'A New Race of Heros' - lol

Just a silly idea.

(it's not animated)

- I opened the GIF with 'GIF Construction Set', and most of the frames are just the changes between other frames.

What I would've done (using Paintshop Pro, at least), is get the background image you wnat to put the object into, trace around the object you want, copy it from the original image, and then paste the object onto the other image.

--or--

You could trace the object you want, promote it to a new layer, and then insert a new background under it ("Paste As New Layer"...or something like that).

...Now that I've thoroughly confused you, I know someone else will chime in -- one who actually uses Photoshop.

The rarest CED I have is 'Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment'.

And, my player is at my Dad's house...4 hours from where I live. :(

Oh well...Since I don't have a BR player to begin with, I'll just wait for the prequels to be released on CED Videodisc.......they still make those...right?*

* Please note the sarcasm. I know that CED's stopped being made in 1986, so don't worry - I'm not crazy...I'm just weird, lol.

(And, I already know that Return of The Jedi was one of the last movies released on CED.)

I bet I know what GL is gonna do: He's gonna release the SE on BR, with a few bells-n-whistles...and then release the OT (the 1993 LD version)..........on HD-DVD - As a giant F-U to all the fans.

........do I sound bitter?..........naa, it's probably my imagination...lol

Ganamae said:

Davnes007 said:

Okay. When trying to find an 'invisible' line, I saw something weird. A dark 'block' that blocks one of the shield-generator balls. It's real hard to see, and goes away quickly, so I made a pathetic animated gif of it. The spot to stare at is above 'demo' (at the edge of the letter-boxing).

I know it's real hard to see...but, am I crazy??

- It's at the 33-34 second point in Ady's clip.

(if GIF doesn't download for ya, my bandwidth got exceeded - just wait a while)

...and MANY thanks, hugs, and kisses to 005 for compiling a list of wonderful people :)

No you are not crazy, this is what I mean :D

These blocks, shadows, squares and lines are here and there on the destroyer if you look close enough.

 

lol...kool. 

Okay. When trying to find an 'invisible' line, I saw something weird. A dark 'block' that blocks one of the shield-generator balls. It's real hard to see, and goes away quickly, so I made a pathetic animated gif of it. The spot to stare at is above 'demo' (at the edge of the letter-boxing).

I know it's real hard to see...but, am I crazy??

- It's at the 33-34 second point in Ady's clip.

...and MANY thanks, hugs, and kisses to 005 for compiling a list of wonderful people :)

EDIT: New image host used for GIF

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Ganamae said:

[An] "invisible" [line] slowly moving down the command tower from the top at time: 00:30, and when the rebels transport passes, you can also see these "lines" on the side of the Tyrant, as well as by the engine area.

I think he's referring to faint residual electric arcs that are still running along the SD's body.

What could be done is this:

The ill-fated X-Wing tries to dog the SD's shot(s)
It gets hit in the wing
It spins around for a second, or so
Then there's an epic explosion!

.....or something like that :)

And, It's a VERY kool clip :)