A couple grayscale Bismarck shots using camera mod

Twelvefield · 07-14-05, 10:55 PM

Nice shots!

To make your shots look older, you might want to try these things:

- a small amount of Gaussian blur. You used a lot of "noise", so that can look pixellated. A touch of blur will get rid of the blockiness.
- desaturate your colors. You have too much range in your gamma, i.e. your black pixels are too dark and your light pixels are too light. This is how I would fix it:
a) use the curves to adjust your gamma. My version of Photoshop is old, so yours might be different, but try: Image/Adjust/Levels. There should be a graph showing you the distribution of pixels. Click on the triangles that are on the bottom of the graph. The black triangle controls the number of black pixels, the white triangle controls the white pixels, the grey one controls the gamma. Play with moving those triangles around the graph to get a more "washed-out" image".
b) pick a nice airbrush and dial the intensity to about 5%. Choose the "Burn" tool, and burn the area in and around your ship. Also burn the very edges of your image.
c) choose the "Dodge" tool and dodge the area inbetween the ship and the edges.
- maybe add a little bit of camera motion and/or film dust if you have those plug-ins.
- add a very small amount of sepia into your picture. A bit of sepia or blue makes B&W photos look more convincing.

E-mail me at twelvefield@hotmail.com if you have any other questions, or send me your e-mail and I will send you the .psd of what I am suggesting so you can see the difference.

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07-14-05, 10:55 PM	#6
Twelvefield Planesman Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 186 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Nice shots! To make your shots look older, you might want to try these things: - a small amount of Gaussian blur. You used a lot of "noise", so that can look pixellated. A touch of blur will get rid of the blockiness. - desaturate your colors. You have too much range in your gamma, i.e. your black pixels are too dark and your light pixels are too light. This is how I would fix it: a) use the curves to adjust your gamma. My version of Photoshop is old, so yours might be different, but try: Image/Adjust/Levels. There should be a graph showing you the distribution of pixels. Click on the triangles that are on the bottom of the graph. The black triangle controls the number of black pixels, the white triangle controls the white pixels, the grey one controls the gamma. Play with moving those triangles around the graph to get a more "washed-out" image". b) pick a nice airbrush and dial the intensity to about 5%. Choose the "Burn" tool, and burn the area in and around your ship. Also burn the very edges of your image. c) choose the "Dodge" tool and dodge the area inbetween the ship and the edges. - maybe add a little bit of camera motion and/or film dust if you have those plug-ins. - add a very small amount of sepia into your picture. A bit of sepia or blue makes B&W photos look more convincing. E-mail me at twelvefield@hotmail.com if you have any other questions, or send me your e-mail and I will send you the .psd of what I am suggesting so you can see the difference.