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nice pic of the 350z, and great explaination. BTW, about blurring the wheels, good luck with that, unless photoshop learns to read depth on a 2 dimensional image, it might take a lot of work.
440's Photomode Gallery - Forza 3 *Update 6/18/2010* Hemi Challenger
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Great pics and great tutor-something. Exept now it's not just a thing you could do. I would have kept it to myself I think.(But thats just me, I'm kinda selfish)
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Nice tutorial, id been playing around with the same method but i didnt get as good results, i think its because i was just drawing a marquee rounfd the car so it didnt get blurred, making it a seperate layer would have worked better, ill try that.
How do u get your pics so clean to begin with? Mine never look as vibrant as yours.
How do u get your pics so clean to begin with? Mine never look as vibrant as yours.
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Thanks for all of the comments guys! I need to do more updates than I do, but I just never seem to get around to do it.
And Rovens, here is what I do to get my pictures clean:
1. When taking the shot in GT4, I almost always increase the exposrue to +4 - +6, as well as adjusting the white balance to the red side just a little.
2. Then in photoshop, I go to image, adjustments, levels. Try to move the handles at the bottom of the histogram around to follow the histogram. The left handle should be moved to where the level increases or is at it's peak on the left. The right handle should be moved to where the curve begins at it's minimum at the right. And the middle handle can be moved around to where you like it the best. And you can also move the other 2 around to your liking, but I am just trying to give you a general idea on what to do.
3. After that, I duplicate the layer I just adjusted, and gausian blur it to about 7. I then change the blending mode in the layers pallette to soft light, and adjust the opacity until I like the way it looks. Then I go back to the base layer and apply an unsharp mask filter to it, to sharpen it up a bit. That's just about it.
And Rovens, here is what I do to get my pictures clean:
1. When taking the shot in GT4, I almost always increase the exposrue to +4 - +6, as well as adjusting the white balance to the red side just a little.
2. Then in photoshop, I go to image, adjustments, levels. Try to move the handles at the bottom of the histogram around to follow the histogram. The left handle should be moved to where the level increases or is at it's peak on the left. The right handle should be moved to where the curve begins at it's minimum at the right. And the middle handle can be moved around to where you like it the best. And you can also move the other 2 around to your liking, but I am just trying to give you a general idea on what to do.
3. After that, I duplicate the layer I just adjusted, and gausian blur it to about 7. I then change the blending mode in the layers pallette to soft light, and adjust the opacity until I like the way it looks. Then I go back to the base layer and apply an unsharp mask filter to it, to sharpen it up a bit. That's just about it.
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Time for an artistic UPDATE!
NIKE ONE 2022
(Desktop Wallpaper Size! 👍 )
Photo Travel
I know alot of them are of the same angle, but I like them all! The first 4 are all of the same angle, but they are all a little different. No reason not to upload them!
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That is awesome, it looks so colorful and artistic. Looks like something you would see on a poster.
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Dang, you make that look PS look so easy. Very good tutorial 440! 👍
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All nice and updated now! Come have a look!
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That is great, you make phototravel look like it's the best thing in the world.
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The BLING!!!! Very icy, crisp, and delicious like Treetop Apple juice. Mmmmm....
For the first time I thought that car was sexy! 
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440 CHARGERThanks for all of the comments guys! I need to do more updates than I do, but I just never seem to get around to do it.
And Rovens, here is what I do to get my pictures clean:
1. When taking the shot in GT4, I almost always increase the exposrue to +4 - +6, as well as adjusting the white balance to the red side just a little.
2. Then in photoshop, I go to image, adjustments, levels. Try to move the handles at the bottom of the histogram around to follow the histogram. The left handle should be moved to where the level increases or is at it's peak on the left. The right handle should be moved to where the curve begins at it's minimum at the right. And the middle handle can be moved around to where you like it the best. And you can also move the other 2 around to your liking, but I am just trying to give you a general idea on what to do.
3. After that, I duplicate the layer I just adjusted, and gausian blur it to about 7. I then change the blending mode in the layers pallette to soft light, and adjust the opacity until I like the way it looks. Then I go back to the base layer and apply an unsharp mask filter to it, to sharpen it up a bit. That's just about it.
Hmmm, thats exactly what i do, ill keep playing around with it.
I found something interesting thats a variation to the gaussian blur layer, desaturate it after the bur then change the blending mode to overlay, i found some interesting effects.
Awesome pics of the nike by the way.
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nice dude, i am really lovin the whole first row, and the photo travel pics look great too, awesome pictures man, never thought an ugly car could look so good, wait a minute, you always do that to ugly cars, make them look like works of art. 👍
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My specialty!
I was thinking, "I took an unrealistic, fake, nonexistant car, and made it look real!"👍
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those nike pics are amazing. 
in my opinion the best ones are 5, 6, 9, 12, 14, and 16, but they are all great.
in my opinion the best ones are 5, 6, 9, 12, 14, and 16, but they are all great.
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tabs
Thankyou Tabs! And Thankyou to everyone else whom has commented on my Nike One pictures. They really turned out nice. But I am still in search of that one shot that is just incredibe and is above all the rest. I have seen some many pictures, and have taken so many pictures, I just need to find that certain spot at just the right time with the perfect lighting...... It's back to the old PS2!
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