Photo/Dioramas

JohnReid

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February 2004
From: Montreal/Canada

Photo/Dioramas

Posted by JohnReid on Sunday, April 18, 2004 12:13 PM

Take a look at this! Now that is a great idea. http://home1.gte.net/konman/AcesMenu.html Cheers! John. Smile [:)]

Guide my hand in your work today.JWRR. My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am. My Photoshop: http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/JohnReid/

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 18, 2004 12:53 PM

Whoa! That's awesome! I wonder what program they (he, she?) used to edit the props and stuff like that as well as the background? Really cool!

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 18, 2004 5:06 PM

WOW! that describes it in one word! WOW

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JohnReid

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February 2004
From: Montreal/Canada

Posted by JohnReid on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 7:50 AM

Hey Scuba! Go to www.theaerodrome.com for the answer to that question.Look under the Art forum.I think putting your models into your own artwork is just a super idea.Cheers! John.

Guide my hand in your work today.JWRR. My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am. My Photoshop: http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/JohnReid/

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zokissima

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July 2003
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Posted by zokissima on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 8:49 AM

Those backdrops really make the models stand out. They don't even look like MODELS!

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JohnReid

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February 2004
From: Montreal/Canada

Posted by JohnReid on Wednesday, April 21, 2004 8:37 AM

Yeah,and the great thing is that you could recreate any historical setting using your own model.I dont understand why more modelers are not doing this especially the younger computer literate types.I guess like anything else it will take a while for it catch on I guess.Cheers! John.

Guide my hand in your work today.JWRR. My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am. My Photoshop: http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/JohnReid/

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zokissima

Member since
July 2003
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Posted by zokissima on Wednesday, April 21, 2004 11:09 AM

It's on of those things that take a lot of time and patience. Unfortunately, when you snap a pic of a model, with intentions for a backdrop, lighting becomes a very big issue, and I for one am not that skilled of a photographer to accomplish this with any degree of success.
Also, in order to cut the model out of your pic fully and accurately takes a) a LOT of time, and b) some fairly expensive image editing software, which in itself takes a lot of skill to work with. Best would be if you have a photographer buddy who can snap pics of your models for you.

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JohnReid

Member since
February 2004
From: Montreal/Canada

Posted by JohnReid on Wednesday, April 21, 2004 12:46 PM

Hey I agree.I take all my own pics with a 35mm camera.But for those creative types with computer skills this is wonderful option.As far as cost is concerned, knowing a little about software ,its only a matter of time before Walmart has it on sale for $1.99. Big Smile [:D]

Cheers! John.

Guide my hand in your work today.JWRR. My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am. My Photoshop: http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/JohnReid/

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 21, 2004 2:22 PM

have you seen Pixilaters photos
i think there even better than the guys in the link, they look like a PC game
but Pixilater gets them to look real

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 21, 2004 2:24 PM

heres Pixilaters site. some of the photos are big
http://home.comcast.net/~bi55ll/wsb/html/view.cgi-photos.html-.html

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zokissima

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July 2003
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Posted by zokissima on Wednesday, April 21, 2004 2:46 PM

Wow, those really are spectacular. They DO look very real indeed.

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JohnReid

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February 2004
From: Montreal/Canada

Posted by JohnReid on Wednesday, April 21, 2004 3:37 PM

Thanks Captain Caveman.Another great site. Cheers! John.

Guide my hand in your work today.JWRR. My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am. My Photoshop: http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/JohnReid/

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cassibill

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February 2003
From: Indiana, USA

Posted by cassibill on Wednesday, April 21, 2004 3:53 PM

Two great sets of pics!! I'm impressed.

cdw My life flashes before my eyes and it mostly my life flashing before my eyes!!! Big Smile The 1/144 scale census and message board: http://144scalelist.freewebpage.org/index.html

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 22, 2004 4:50 PM

wow no other words!

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JohnReid

Member since
February 2004
From: Montreal/Canada

Posted by JohnReid on Thursday, April 22, 2004 5:21 PM

I found a great tutorial on How to create in-flight digital photographs and making model cut outs and transferring them to a terrain image.Thanks to Caz Dalton for sharing. Go to www.aircraftresourcecenter.com click on Tools n Tips then Photographs. This is a step by step tutorial.Lots of great info. Cheers! John.

Guide my hand in your work today.JWRR. My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am. My Photoshop: http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/JohnReid/

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 23, 2004 6:34 PM

heres another site that show you how to do it http://www.pegaweb.com/tutorials/beginners-guide-adobe-photoshop/

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JohnReid

Member since
February 2004
From: Montreal/Canada

Posted by JohnReid on Friday, April 23, 2004 9:21 PM

Thanks for the info. Cheers! John.

Guide my hand in your work today.JWRR. My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am. My Photoshop: http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/JohnReid/

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, April 24, 2004 12:10 AM

some look alot like screen shots from combat flight simulater or Il-2
for example:

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JohnReid

Member since
February 2004
From: Montreal/Canada

Posted by JohnReid on Saturday, April 24, 2004 9:32 AM

Yeah I agree,those are nice shots but it is the whole idea of using your own handbuilt models to create flat art that really appeals to me,especially when used in a historical context.Personally I would love to build the Tamiya mossie that was produced a few years ago with RCAF 401 SQD markings.It is an aircraft that my dad actually flew over the D-Day beaches.I would love to recreate that bit of history for my family.And that is just one small sample of what could be done using photo/dioramas. Cheers! John

Guide my hand in your work today.JWRR. My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am. My Photoshop: http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/JohnReid/

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JohnReid

Member since
February 2004
From: Montreal/Canada

Posted by JohnReid on Tuesday, April 27, 2004 10:34 AM

Matrixone.Please note the two tutorials available to help with your photo/diorama idea.Cheers! John.

Guide my hand in your work today.JWRR. My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am. My Photoshop: http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/JohnReid/

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 29, 2004 2:05 PM

With Acrobat Photo Shop so expensive what is another software that will do the job and is user friendly?

Richard

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