04-05-2012, 07:42 PM
Good progress on landscapes buddy!
Did a quick PO on your comp.
It's all working I think, there's a few tricks you can apply to give it some more impact I think.
One worry for me is she's looking outside of the frame, there's a dude there but it's not clear. Might work better her looking at the other guy.
before
![[Image: b3e927aed00c2d0b11e08966a87e8b49.png]](http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/b3e927aed00c2d0b11e08966a87e8b49.png)
after
![[Image: b3e927aed00c2d0b11e08966a87e8b49po.jpg]](http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/b3e927aed00c2d0b11e08966a87e8b49po.jpg)
Simply, added a flat layer of colour set to multiply then masked out the areas of interest. "vignetting" something popular in photography, darkens the corners bascially to add more focus, yours was a bit flat all over with the lighting.
Again some desaturation in the areas of non focus.
Some motion blur in the areas of non focus, adds movement too.
Some FX/grit/debris/blood - layer with a "Radial Blur" set to ZOOM, with a focus placed on the lady.
Some color dodge/overlay type layer for the sunset.
Some Levels, for extra contrast.
Oh and a screen layer with some highlights on the shiny parts of interest, sword shield etc.
The more I look the more I think you should not have her looking out of the picture like this.
Oh and put some blood on that sword, look at all the bad guys she's just slain, with a clean sword! Check out the chick in Dragon Age: Origins, she's gonna look like that on the battlefield. Well maybe more family orientated, but make her battleworn, not so clean cut :)
PSD below.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8009186/forrestPO.psd
Did a quick PO on your comp.
It's all working I think, there's a few tricks you can apply to give it some more impact I think.
One worry for me is she's looking outside of the frame, there's a dude there but it's not clear. Might work better her looking at the other guy.
before
after
Simply, added a flat layer of colour set to multiply then masked out the areas of interest. "vignetting" something popular in photography, darkens the corners bascially to add more focus, yours was a bit flat all over with the lighting.
Again some desaturation in the areas of non focus.
Some motion blur in the areas of non focus, adds movement too.
Some FX/grit/debris/blood - layer with a "Radial Blur" set to ZOOM, with a focus placed on the lady.
Some color dodge/overlay type layer for the sunset.
Some Levels, for extra contrast.
Oh and a screen layer with some highlights on the shiny parts of interest, sword shield etc.
The more I look the more I think you should not have her looking out of the picture like this.
Oh and put some blood on that sword, look at all the bad guys she's just slain, with a clean sword! Check out the chick in Dragon Age: Origins, she's gonna look like that on the battlefield. Well maybe more family orientated, but make her battleworn, not so clean cut :)
PSD below.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8009186/forrestPO.psd