Jao's Basic Stuff - Clearly My Best Work Yet x2

[JaoSming]

I use GIMP, not PS and I finally decided to start doing a couple of things besides basketball textures with it.

A while ago i posted this in the requests thread

Could someone please enlarge this photo of me and enhance it so it isnt so blurry?

maybe 2 or 3 times as big? I'd like to get prints of it as a poster



http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/5080 ... ler9fu.jpg

Well it was overshadowed by a request for a friggin huge picture of Wade, so I took a crack at enlarging it.

Just enlarged
http://www.nba-live.com/jaosming/dunknothing.jpg

Contrast only
http://www.nba-live.com/jaosming/dunkcontrast.jpg

Other enhancements
http://www.nba-live.com/jaosming/dunkhoopitup2003.jpg


Also with my new monitor I needed a 1680x1050 wallpaper, so I re-sized and messed with this picture.
http://www.nba-live.com/jaosming/wallpaper.jpg

So does anyone wanna take a crack at that first photo and give a couple of pointers on how to sharpen it up a bit?

[Joe']

I don't think there's anything you can do about the first pic without pro equipment.
Maybe converting the image to greyscale, adding contrast, and a light blur to correct the pixel effect, then colorizing it using the pen tool, sharpening it, adding saturation and some lighting effects, but it's a really long and hard job.

[JaoSming]

So I found this at work for my desktop there.

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i250/ ... ground.jpg

And I made these two edits to it.

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i250/ ... round3.jpg

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i250/ ... round4.jpg


Then I played with the render options in GIMP and made this, all-by-my-self!

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i250/ ... round2.jpg



Enjoy 'em if ya want 'em

[Fizdale]

Yo JS, Can ya make sigs? GIMP imo, is better than PS, but it could go either way.

I wanna see you pump out sigs haha cmmon man.

[JaoSming]

way to start off the workday right?

simple color dance thingy




1920x1200
http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/4940 ... en1se6.jpg

[JaoSming]

1280x1024 basic wallpaper done in 5 minutes while waiting for something to plot.

Reflections dont match and the lighting / bumpmapping could be better, but oh well, still good for like the only Celtics & Duke fan alive.

[Null17]

Shouldn't have cut off the bottom of the Celts logo IMO. And maybe reduce the size of the logo. since the focal point in monitor usually doesn't encompass a large area of the monitor at a time. And you're probably right on the last statement

[JaoSming]

actually the logo on sportslogos.net is already cut off at the bottom like that, but good points

[JaoSming]

had some fun tonight messing with a 2k12 screenshot, I wonder how many people will ask for my ENB series settings and global in the 2K section


Also, before I got my shit owned by c0nr4d with his NLSC Wallpaper, I did this

[Andrew]

I still like that wallpaper too.

[Lean]

It's more like the 'home' version of Conrad's 'road' wallpaper.

[JaoSming]

I still like that wallpaper too.

It's more like the 'home' version of Conrad's 'road' wallpaper.

Still, I think I'll leave the jersey stuff to the pros

[Patr1ck]

Was that a tilt shift effect on the 2K12 screenshot?

[JaoSming]

indeed it was, I enjoyed doing it for my final photography project so I tried it with 2K12

[Patr1ck]

I like the shots with objects farther away from you. It really brings out the "miniature" look.

[Lean]

Excellent Mr. Smith. They all look like... miniatures!

[deihatein]

And I have a new wallpaper! Thanks Yaosming

[JaoSming]

And I have a new wallpaper! Thanks Yaosming

Which one did you use?

I made another Tilt Shift, except this time I did a quick trace to keep the hoop and focused players in focus. I think the next step is messing with closer shots

nba2k12 2012-03-30 09-34-08-68-1.jpg

[JaoSming]

F it, one more with a new method, and real life.

206358_505165991397_25600710_30092388_2643_n.jpg

[deihatein]

And I have a new wallpaper! Thanks Yaosming

Which one did you use?

The NLSC one.

[Andrew]

I think he meant his or c0nr4d's.

[JaoSming]

actually, I thought he liked one of the tilt shift pics, lol


or maybe that awesome Celtics Duke one

[shadowgrin]

I misread the title as 'Jao's Basic Stuff - Tit Shit'. Carry on good sirs.

[c0nr4d]

I misread the title as 'Jao's Basic Stuff - Tit Shit'. Carry on good sirs.

I'm thinkin that's where Jon should go with this thread now...

*anxiously waits*

[JaoSming]

It's just too damn slick, I'm proud of it....and Cambria!!!