another Photoshop comparison

[Scott Hopkins]

Chris,

This is probably a Photoshop rookie question, but what tool do you use to fade out the edges of the rendering?

[christopher.zoog51272]

Not a rookie question at all. You can do it a few ways but I prefer this way:


1. The linework itself in on it's own layer (if you follow what I just mentioned) right? So all you do is make a new layer directly beneath the linework layer (but above you color artwork layers).
2. Then use the paintbrush tool, select white as the color, and pick a brush with a large feathered edge, I usually use a 300 pixel feather for high res images.
3. Paint away! You are basically "erasing" by painting.

make sense?

-Z

[Scott Hopkins]

Cool! Thanks alot! I'll give it a try.

[SkiSouth]

Thanks, Chris. I'm familiar with smart blur. Used it as one of the steps in the Photoshop tutorials. Yes the columns are faceted, approximately 250,000. (Max Ionics completely high detailed) I've moved on to another project, but thanks for the crit.

Nice image. You don't know how to deal with a metric mesh that disappears in Max when brought up by 2.54 scale do you?

[SkiSouth]

Scott,

Another quick way is to use the selection tool (the box, or circle etc) Make your selection to keep. under the pulldown select find "feather", give it a pixel width (0-250). Hit erase. You'll get a smooth "delete" from your selection box inside or outside, depending on what you have selected to erase.

[christopher.zoog51272]

Thanks, Chris. I'm familiar with smart blur. Used it as one of the steps in the Photoshop tutorials. Yes the columns are faceted, approximately 250,000. (Max Ionics completely high detailed) I've moved on to another project, but thanks for the crit.

Nice image. You don't know how to deal with a metric mesh that disappears in Max when brought up by 2.54 scale do you?

Oops sorry about that, didn't remember that from reading the tuts.

No never heard of that before, what type of mesh is it? was it imported?