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Old 12-06-2011, 07:01 PM
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Originally Posted by SharksBreath
yeah of course, just not sure exactly when. i have to help out another friend with his (promised a while ago) so maybe we can all meet up when i do that and just knock a bunch of installs out at once.
awesome, i should be getting the kit friday or saturday. Would there be anything else i would need to bring? tools/material wise?
Old 12-06-2011, 07:16 PM
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Originally Posted by SharksBreath
lol...thanks. what did you end up doing with yours?
Still looking for a place to paint it haha

Havn't had time to run around for quotes; been too busy
Old 12-07-2011, 08:17 AM
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Too bad you're not local...Nexson is a great guy and does fantastic paint work out of his garage. Really fantastic...like, matching orange peel on bumpers to factory paint so it wouldn't mismatch.
Old 12-07-2011, 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Twisdit
awesome, i should be getting the kit friday or saturday. Would there be anything else i would need to bring? tools/material wise?
no i don't think so. i should have everything we need. and if i don't, i'm sure dave does.

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Still looking for a place to paint it haha

Havn't had time to run around for quotes; been too busy
paint it already!
Old 12-07-2011, 09:03 AM
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hayyyyyyyyyy can i get yo' numba?

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/a...y/IMG_0186.jpg

this picture^^ is freaking nsfw....this is the only NBP i like the aspec on...
Old 12-07-2011, 09:16 AM
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^thanks veggie.

i was able to crop out the one picture, but the other one has a telephone pole that is tricky to work with. i'm still trying to get it right tho.

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Old 12-07-2011, 09:51 AM
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Wow...very nicely done. I actually have photoshop CS3 and don't even know how to use it!

gorgeous pic...

and Sean...wtf do you mean that's the ONLY NBP you like with the aspec kid!
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^^^ i got something up my sleeve for that. if you like how it turns out i'll have you email me so you can have a better quality.

well nvm since i just finished.


be gentle. this is my first 'photoshop' attempt....i am gonna try and get some of the color back into that corner

sorry jeremy, you have too much black!


here we go, this is better imo, but what do you think?


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Old 12-07-2011, 10:24 AM
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Old 12-07-2011, 12:27 PM
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@ Jeremy hahahahaha.....Sean be nice to him LOL....

@Aaron: bro you did good with the chops.....ur PS skills are right up there buddy, with GP/VM....
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Originally Posted by swoosh
@Aaron: bro you did good with the chops.....ur PS skills are right up there buddy, with GP/VM....
thanks man. i just resized the pic, got rid of the TL in the background, and copy and pasted some trees over that SUV.

i wish the pic was a little bit sharper tho...it's kinda fuzzy up front but idk how to fix that.
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^^^ I did see that.....

you did a great job getting that SUV out.....I thought i was good with paint LOL
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oh boy. now i see that you took out the suv and didn't just crop it like i thought.... i just thought you cropped it for the power line pole. i just got rid of that part and tried to get teh sunset color in.

edit: i tried to change what i did or whatever. it came out like shit.

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Old 12-07-2011, 01:22 PM
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Very nice, clean, aggressive. Totally jealous :-D
Old 12-07-2011, 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted by swoosh
^^^ I did see that.....

you did a great job getting that SUV out.....I thought i was good with paint LOL
thanks, swoosh. i'm still learning PS...takes me forever to do one thing.

Originally Posted by veggiemonster
oh boy. now i see that you took out the suv and didn't just crop it like i thought.... i just thought you cropped it for the power line pole. i just got rid of that part and tried to get teh sunset color in.

edit: i tried to change what i did or whatever. it came out like shit.
haha wow i didn't even catch that! i went back and re-looked at them and saw what you did. i think you did a good job...subtle.

Originally Posted by Guiltyox
Very nice, clean, aggressive. Totally jealous :-D
thanks man.

alright so i fixed the other picture and also messed around with HDR. what do you think?

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...and my attempt at HDR. i think it came out ok.

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^^ are you using actual photoshop?

i usually make my attempts darker to keep that grain from popping up. using a 'clarity' tool gives that "hard edge" look though.



different than yours but just food for thought

(ps, these files i'm DL'ing are small and compressed as hell, with the original stuff like ^^^ will look even less grainy)

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Old 12-07-2011, 01:52 PM
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^yeah i'm using CS4.

i'm still learning everything right now...i'm just bored at work so im messing around with diff features.

i love how page 25 is going to be nothing but PS pics
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i have no idea what i'm doing either. i use a browser editor LMAO

i just play around hoping it doesn't look like polished poop.






how i feel about it.

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pictures looking noisy bro haha

I owned a photoshop tutorial site where I had members and myself write articles on step-by-step instructions how to make things.

That's how I'm able to replicate almost any design (logo, website, poster, etc) I see out there on Photoshop by scratch =D

I might make a set of tutorials on Photoshop just for the Acurazine peeps.

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Originally Posted by guitarplayer16
pictures looking noisy bro haha
noisy? is that good?
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Car looks sweet.
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Originally Posted by SharksBreath
noisy? is that good?
Well, grainy is a better word but not good haha.

It's what happens when you bloat things up in Photoshop.

Sorry I had to

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^^^

hahahahah
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it needs to be a shark hanging out of the window^^
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^^^that's great!

Sean, I went to middle school near a Martin Luther Blvd...there's no such thing as "too much black" thank you very much!

IMO...if you're serious about messing around with pics...you HAVE to sign up for picnik pro. It's 20 bucks for the year and has the ability to clean up and make look nice but simplified into 1 simple step. Unless you have an itch to learn it or have an abundance of time I'd do that first over PS.

example...this took me literally 2 minutes (I'm still learning, Sean is much much better than me...I was OVERDOING it as little as 2 months ago).

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^^^ that is bad ass....i need to sign up for that shizzz
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would HIGHLY recommend it swoosh. There's a free version but if you sign up it gives you access to ALL the wacky ish you can toy with. It's amazing stuff, seriously.
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You guys need to use GIMP.
One of the best free programs out there.

I've seen some AMAZING edits with GIMP because of all the possibilies from it (it's like photoshop)
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this is nice. i like the car. and i like that you kept it classy.
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Keep it classy, San Diego!

GIMP, huh?!?! Simple like picnik!?!?!?
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Originally Posted by guitarplayer16
Sorry I had to
Originally Posted by swoosh
^^^

hahahahah
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it needs to be a shark hanging out of the window^^
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^^^that's great!
Originally Posted by swoosh
^^^ that is bad ass....i need to sign up for that shizzz
that was pretty good...well played sir.

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would HIGHLY recommend it swoosh. There's a free version but if you sign up it gives you access to ALL the wacky ish you can toy with. It's amazing stuff, seriously.
Originally Posted by guitarplayer16
You guys need to use GIMP.
One of the best free programs out there.

I've seen some AMAZING edits with GIMP because of all the possibilies from it (it's like photoshop)
thanks for the suggestions. i'm gonna check out a few of those programs today.

Originally Posted by KillerG
this is nice. i like the car. and i like that you kept it classy.
thanks.

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Keep it classy, San Diego!

GIMP, huh?!?! Simple like picnik!?!?!?
i'm ron burgundy?

here is my second stab at HDR. still a bit "noisy" but i'm working on it. GP if you want to grab these 4 and clean them up please do!







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Nice attempts!
Actually...picnik has a straight up HDR-ish feature where you can convert to hdr and then adjust HOW fake it looks. Very cool.
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^^^ what J is saying is true. flickr+picnik are the shit. i remember GIMP from back in the day, my friend used it. should look into it again i guess?

what i love about picnik is how fast you can do what you want, and you don't need to have YOUR computer with you....anything with internet and your golden.
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I could stare at your car all day
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True that...what Veggie said...you can log into picnik anywhere and pull up your pics and continue to mess with it.

I tried flickr but felt like I had a hard time maneuvering it in comparison to photobucket...I guess I've just gotten used to it.
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Nice car man
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I just wanted to say, this is a very nicely done TL. I spent the last 2 days going from page 1-end. Gave me alot of ideas as well as info for when i start to mod my recently bought NBP TL-S....

Great job OP...enjoy!!
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Originally Posted by rockstar143
True that...what Veggie said...you can log into picnik anywhere and pull up your pics and continue to mess with it.

I tried flickr but felt like I had a hard time maneuvering it in comparison to photobucket...I guess I've just gotten used to it.
Photobucket's interface is REALLY easy to use.

BUT I realized one thing that made me stop using it for my "good" photos.

Photobucket degraded my images I uploaded, making them pixelly and grainier than the original.

You can Google it if you want.

I discovered this when I uploaded this picture:


You can clearly see the pixel "blocks" if you look at my TV closely.
I uploaded the exact same file on flickr and it was perfect; no loss of quality.

Sorry SharksBreath lol I'm sure you don't mind the talk about image editing in your thread!
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