Wow, I had no idea that this would be such a popular little game! 40 of you took part, and made 230 crops from the six screencaps! *boggles
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oh no, i missed it!! damn. i knew there was something i still wanted to do, and this was it! arrggh. i hope you're going to do this again. i already had these cropped in my head and everything...
It was great fun, but I'd have to do it a little differently, as it's taken me ages to match up crop number with each icon maker! I think I'd have to say everyone makes exactly six icons from the six screencaps, and then just assign them a number - as it was, gah, such a job! Hee, you can tell I've just finished doing that page!
But yes, as long as I find an easier way for me, it'd be fun to try again. Maybe with colouring, or something different.
Yes, I was quite wowed by the variety! Some great ideas.
The user icon I posted with has 2 layers of gradients, 11 texture layers, an adjustment layer and several layers of John and Rodney, all on different opacities and blends! I masked rather a lot of them - for example, I masked the gradient layers so that they just brightened the characters, and masked a lot of the textures so that they just showed up on the sky.
If you have Photoshop 7 or above, I can send you the PS file so you can take a look, if you like.
I've zipped it up, so here it is - hope it's helpful.
In case you're wondering why I have several identical layers at the bottom, I always work initially in 200x200, then duplicate the layer, sharpen that, duplicate the sharpened layer and sharpen that again. Then I shrink down to 100x100, and I can see which layer looks the best, or sometimes maybe fade the opacity of the sharpest layer until I get what I'm after. I practically never merge down, because I like being able to alter things at any stage.
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great job everyone
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and the crops for the first cap....amazing!!!
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i still think you should do this again sometime :).
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But yes, as long as I find an easier way for me, it'd be fun to try again. Maybe with colouring, or something different.
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Hopefully a few people will make icons from their crops - I know I'm going to!
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*twirls you*
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It wasn't the coding that was the real fun bit - the best was matching up crop numbers with the icon-makers. I made so many mistakes!
If I did it again, should it be cropping again (just different pics/fandoms) or something else, like colouring?
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Also, how do you do the think with the colors and the sky in the icon you posted with? It's gorgeous.
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The user icon I posted with has 2 layers of gradients, 11 texture layers, an adjustment layer and several layers of John and Rodney, all on different opacities and blends! I masked rather a lot of them - for example, I masked the gradient layers so that they just brightened the characters, and masked a lot of the textures so that they just showed up on the sky.
If you have Photoshop 7 or above, I can send you the PS file so you can take a look, if you like.
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In case you're wondering why I have several identical layers at the bottom, I always work initially in 200x200, then duplicate the layer, sharpen that, duplicate the sharpened layer and sharpen that again. Then I shrink down to 100x100, and I can see which layer looks the best, or sometimes maybe fade the opacity of the sharpest layer until I get what I'm after. I practically never merge down, because I like being able to alter things at any stage.
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