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Polar Lights 1/1000th TOS Enterprise

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Polar Lights 1/1000th TOS Enterprise
Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 8, 2005 11:52 PM

Here is mine, I just put a background behind it using Paintshop Pro 7. I did one with damage on it as well which I used from the actual doomsday episode. So its not really on the model.I'll post it if anyone is interested.

 

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Posted by Admiral Grasshopper1 on Friday, December 9, 2005 6:05 AM
Hey nice model,how did you do that with the pics? I think that is great how you intrigrated them in the pics. Please post the Doomsday one,I am thinking of doing one of those. Nice Job.Approve [^]
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, December 9, 2005 6:40 AM
With Paintshop Pro 7 its easy. The trick is to photograph the model with a black background. Then use the magic wand to cut around the ship, then paste into the space background as a transparent selection. Then just touch up the edges a little with the clone brush. Also, I forgot to add, that while you have the Enterprise selected, you can change things like hue, contrast, color so on and so forth. It only affects what is selected.  The shot of the Enterprise orbiting earth, for example, while it was still selected, I changed hue and gave it a little more blue to reflect earths atmosphere. And there ya go...
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, December 9, 2005 6:43 AM

Same model, damage is NOT on the model, but done with Paintshop Pro 7. I took it off the damaged starship and put in on my Enterprise.

 

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Posted by Admiral Grasshopper1 on Friday, December 9, 2005 9:55 AM
WOW!!!!! That is incredible!
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, December 9, 2005 5:07 PM

 Admiral Grasshopper1 wrote:
WOW!!!!! That is incredible!

Thanks! This one took me a bit of time to match up the two ships so the damage would match the model. Once that was done it was an easy task of just moving the damage over to the model. I was bored one night.

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Posted by Admiral Grasshopper1 on Friday, December 9, 2005 8:02 PM
That could be a mirror,mirror image of the doomsday machine happening to the Enterprise instead,that is just too cool.
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 10, 2005 2:37 PM

Here is the photo I used for the Enterprise damage. If your wanting to build this version, hope the pic helps you out Admiral...

 

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Posted by Admiral Grasshopper1 on Saturday, December 10, 2005 6:46 PM
Thanks it sure does help,Where can I get a Photoshop program from? I would not mind doing that with some of my pictures.
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 10, 2005 7:31 PM

 Admiral Grasshopper1 wrote:
Thanks it sure does help,Where can I get a Photoshop program from? I would not mind doing that with some of my pictures.

 

I think the version out now is 8 or 9. You can go to Jasc software web site and download it there. You can bring it up with any search engine like Google.

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Posted by Admiral Grasshopper1 on Saturday, December 10, 2005 8:08 PM
Hey Thanks I will let you know.
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Posted by Fish-Head Aric on Monday, December 12, 2005 10:33 AM

I have long used a program called GIMP.  It is veru, very powerful in features, and it's FREE!  Is very easy to use as well.  Downloadable via www.gimp.org .  Look for the "GIMP for Windows" version.  Requires two downloads:  1) GTK+ which is some form of operating system component, and 2) GIMP itself.

I have used it for years, and over time this program has evolved quite nicely into something that I have found quite easy to operate.  I have used Photoshop, Paintshop Pro, and a load other "paint programs" quite heavily, and still prefer to go back to GIMP for my leisure work.  If you want to use GIMP, and need a few pointers, I will be more than happy to assist.  The program was originally very buggy, but has cleaned up a lot with revisions, and runs quite smoothly now, though there may be a rare hang-up, but I have found such to be the case with even the "big boys" of these types of software.

Here's an example of one of the very first things I ever made in GIMP, about 5 years ago, completely from scratch:

The above work (I call it "Space Mint") gives you an idea of just what can be made with the program if you are of any sort of "artistic bent."

I have used GIMP to alter colors of photos and artwork, and even did a piece that was originally a charcoal sketch and completely colorized it for someone.  Unfortunately for the readers here, that particular piece is mildly offensive to some and cannot be posted here.

~Aric Fisher aric_001@hotmail.com
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